Ryan Wall

Author Profile

Ryan is a Fellow of the Society of Actuaries and a Fellow of the Conference of Consulting Actuaries.  He is an expert in the valuation and taxation of life insurance policies for both corporate transfers and charitable giving. He is also an expert in the field of Canadian pensions, with experience in Individual Pension Plans and Retirement Compensation Arrangements. 

Getting Tax Credits for Your Unwanted Life Insurance

Ten or twenty years ago, you purchased a life insurance policy. It was part of a good financial plan to ...
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Tax Free Profit Extraction Using Life Insurance

A tax avoidance strategy has been growing in popularity in recent years. Although CRA has been aware of the strategy ...
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A New Approach to Pension Design

In 2008 the Alberta/BC Joint Expert Panel completed its work on suggested pension reforms. Alberta passed Bill 10 implementing the ...
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Should You Contribute to Your RRSP?

There are two advantages to RRSP investing. The first is tax deferred growth, which allows the effects of compounding to ...
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The Future of Life Expectancy and Government Benefits

The average life expectancy in Canada has been increasing steadily for over a century. This is due largely to improvements ...
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