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Mercedes is a single mother to her 5-year-old son Arthur. Arthur's father Richard is not in his son's life because he is a recovering drug dealer who spent the last 4 years in and out of prison. Mercedes has full custody of Arthur and cannot count on help from her family because they live in another province.
Wanting to ensure his well-being, in the event of her death, Mercedes purchases a $100,000 life insurance policy and names Arthur the sole beneficiary of the policy.
If she died without a will who would receive the death benefit?
Sabrina is an insurance representative with an insurance of persons certificate issued by the Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF). Her client, Stephanie, is a Quebec resident who accepted a job with Service Canada, in Ottawa, and purchased a condo there. Stephanie calls Sabrina to explain that her new job requires her to work in Ottawa three days per week, but she is still a Quebec resident; she spends four days a week with her family in Granby, Quebec. Stephanie asks Sabrina if she can buy mortgage insurance from her to help cover the mortgage on her new condo.
What should Sabrina answer her?
Rhonda is a sixty-year-old biologist at the local university. She has two adult children Connor and Daniel. She meets her life insurance agent Todd to make sure that if something were to happen to her that everything would be taken care of. She has taken the initiative to have a will done that has all of her assets divided between her two children after any debts or taxes are settled. She knows her boys are not great with money so she names her friend Sandra as the executor.
One of the things that Rhonda is concerned about is the taxes that will be owed on her final tax return and thinks a life insurance policy would be a good idea to solve her issue.
What should Todd recommend while completing a life insurance policy to make sure that Rhonda’s concerns are met?