Financial Needs Analysis

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United States

US providers • Social Security • 401(k)/IRA • USD

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Canada

Canadian providers • CPP/QPP • RRSP/TFSA/RESP • CAD

★ Financial Needs Analysis

Your Client's Complete
Financial Protection Picture

A comprehensive tool to identify protection gaps, retirement readiness, and income replacement needs — complete with provider recommendations and reports.

1
Enter client details
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Input current coverage
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Select financial goals
4
Review analysis & download report
Life Insurance
Disability
Critical Illness
Client Profile?Basic information about your client and their household, used to personalize the analysis and determine ages for calculations like retirement timeline and dependent coverage.
Basic personal & household information
Just Me
Me & My Partner
Partner Information
$
Feeds into the household income shortage calculation in Section B
Children
Life Insurance, Education Fund, Emergency Fund, Disability Income
#NameAgeGender
No children added yet.
Adult Dependents
Life Insurance, Emergency Fund, Disability Income
#NameAgeRelationship
No adult dependents added yet.
Section A — Debts & Expenses?How much money your loved ones would need to cover debts, the mortgage, final costs, and dependent care if something happened to the client today. These are one-time, lump-sum amounts added directly to the Life Insurance need.
How much to cover your debts and expenses?
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Remaining mortgage balance to be paid off
$
Credit cards, lines of credit, car loans, etc.
$
Funeral & burial costs — typically $10,000–$20,000
$
Estate costs, bequests, other lump sums
Section B — Income Shortage?How much income your family would need if you die, and how big a fund is needed to provide that income for the years it's needed.
How much income will your family need if you die?
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$
Rental, investment income
$
$
%
Section C — Assets & Existing Insurance?What your client already has in place — existing life insurance, savings, and investments. These are subtracted from the calculated need to determine the coverage gap.
Do you have assets and existing insurance?
$
$
$
Traditional, Roth, SEP, SIMPLE IRA
$
$
$
Financial Goals?Select the areas you want to analyze for this client. Only selected goals will appear in the Gap Analysis results and the downloadable report.
Select all that apply to your client
Planning Assumptions?These sliders adjust the underlying math for every calculation: how much income to replace, expected investment growth, inflation, and how many years of protection are needed.
Adjust for your client's scenario
70%
1%100%
5%
1%10%
3%
1%6%
20 yrs
1 yr40 yrs
Section A — Current Income?Disability insurance typically replaces a percentage of gross income, up to a carrier maximum. This sets the benchmark for what coverage could be available.
What is your current income?
$
Defaults to Annual Gross Income from the Life tab
60%
40%70%
Section B — Monthly Expenses?If income stopped due to a disability, these are the monthly expenses that would still need to be paid. This sets the income replacement target.
What monthly expenses would continue if you couldn't work?
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Defaults to Monthly Mortgage/Rent from the Life tab
$
$
$
Section C — Existing Coverage & Other Income?Disability income you already have in place, plus any other household income that would continue. These offset the monthly need calculated in Section B.
Do you have existing disability coverage or other income?
$
Defaults to Existing Disability Income from the Life tab
$
Section A — Income Replacement During Recovery?A critical illness diagnosis often means time away from work for treatment and recovery — sometimes months, sometimes longer. This lump sum replaces income during that period, paid directly to the client regardless of expenses.
How much income would you need to replace during treatment & recovery?
$
Defaults to Annual Gross Income from the Life tab
Section B — Debts & Treatment-Related Expenses?Beyond lost income, a critical illness often brings out-of-pocket medical costs not covered by health insurance, plus the desire to pay off debt so recovery isn't complicated by financial stress.
What debts & expenses would you want covered?
$
$
$
Section C — Assets Available to Offset?Savings, investments, and existing critical illness coverage that could be used to help cover the costs above. These offset the lump sum needed from new coverage.
What assets & existing coverage do you have?
$
Defaults to Savings + Other Investments from the Life tab
$

Gap Analysis Results

Updates automatically as you enter data

Client
Total Household Income
$0
Gross annual
Life Insurance Need
$0
Income replacement + debts + dependents
Current:$0

Overall Coverage Score

Financial protection coverage
0%

This tool provides a general estimate based on the information entered and is intended to support — not replace — a conversation with a licensed insurance professional. Figures are illustrative, not guarantees, and actual coverage costs and availability depend on underwriting, health, and carrier-specific terms.

🍁 Canada — Financial Needs Analysis

Discover Your True Protection
Needs in Canada

A comprehensive analysis covering Life Insurance, Disability Income, and Critical Illness — built for Canadian families using Canadian standards, terminology, and providers.

1
Complete your client profile
2
Review Life, DI & CI tabs
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Download your report
Client Profile?Basic information used across all three tabs. Age drives retirement and education projections. Province captures context for CPP/QPP and provincial health plan differences.
About the client
$
Children / Dependants?Each child's age affects Life Insurance (until age 22), RESP education savings (PV calculation), Emergency Fund (+0.5 months), and Disability Income (+CAD 200/mo per child).
Add dependent children
NameAgeGenderRESP?
No children added yet.
Adult Dependants?Aging parents, dependant spouses, etc. add 7 years of income replacement per person to the Life Insurance need and +1 month to the Emergency Fund per person.
Parents, dependant family members
NameAgeRelationshipNeeds Support
No adult dependants added yet.
Section A — Debts & Expenses?Lump-sum amounts needed at death to clear debts, cover the mortgage, final expenses, and child/home care. All added directly to the Life Insurance need.
One-time lump sums needed at death
$
Remaining mortgage balance
$
Credit cards, lines of credit, car loans
$
Typically $10,000–$20,000
$
Childcare, home care lump sum
Section B — Income Shortage?How much income the family needs if the client dies, and how large a capital fund is required to provide that income. CPP/QPP survivor benefits reduce the gap.
Capital fund needed to replace income
$
$
Rental, investment income
$
$
CPP/QPP survivor pension (annual)
🍁 CPP/QPP Survivor Pension: CPP pays a flat-rate component plus an earnings-based component to eligible surviving spouses/partners. The 2025 maximum is approx. $800/month. Quebec residents receive QPP instead of CPP. Enter your estimated annual benefit above.
%
Section C — Assets & Existing Insurance?Existing life insurance, RRSP/TFSA, savings, and home equity reduce the calculated need to determine the coverage gap.
What you already have in place
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$
$
RRSP, RRIF, pension plan
$
TFSA, brokerage, non-registered
$
$
Financial Goals?Select the areas to analyze. Only selected goals appear in the Gap Analysis and downloadable report.
Select all that apply
Planning Assumptions?Adjust these rates to reflect the client's situation. Defaults reflect typical Canadian averages.
Rates and projections used in calculations
70%
50%100%
5%
1%12%
3%
1%8%
20 yrs
540
Section A — Disability Income Limit?Canadian DI policies typically limit the benefit to 60–85% of pre-disability earned income to preserve the incentive to return to work.
Maximum insurable DI benefit
$
75%
50%85%
🍁 Canadian DI limits: Individual DI policies in Canada replace 60–85% of pre-disability earned income. Maximum benefits typically range from $15,000–$30,000/month depending on occupation class. Group plans usually replace 60–66.7%.
Section B — Monthly Expenses?A breakdown of actual monthly expenses helps confirm the DI benefit covers real costs during a disability, rather than relying on a flat percentage of income.
Monthly expenses during a disability
$
$
$
Food, utilities, transport, personal
$
$
Section C — Existing Coverage & Other Income?All income sources available during a disability reduce the coverage gap. Include existing DI policies, CPP Disability, and EI Sickness benefits here.
What offsets the monthly need?
$
$
Avg $1,100/mo; max ~$1,600/mo (2025)
$
55% of earnings, 26 weeks max
$
🍁 CPP Disability: Taxable; generally falls short of full income replacement. EI Sickness is a short-term bridge only. Individual DI coverage fills the remaining long-term gap.
Section A — Income Replacement During Recovery?Monthly income needed during recovery and for how many months. CI policies pay a lump sum — this estimates the income replacement component.
Income needed while unable to work
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Heart attack: 3–6 mo  |  Cancer: 12–24+ mo
Section B — Debts, Treatment & Lifestyle Costs?Lump-sum costs associated with a CI diagnosis — medical expenses not covered by provincial health plans, mortgage/debt payoff, home modifications, and other out-of-pocket costs.
Costs beyond income replacement
$
Not covered by provincial health plans
$
Accelerate or pay off mortgage/debts
$
$
Provincial plan gaps vary by province
Section C — Assets & Existing CI Coverage?TFSA, liquid savings, and any existing CI insurance reduce the total need. TFSA is the most accessible in a CI emergency — withdrawals are tax-free.
What offsets the CI need?
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$
🍁 Canadian CI: CI insurance pays a tax-free lump sum upon surviving 30 days after diagnosis of a covered condition. Most Canadian CI policies cover 25–26 conditions including cancer, heart attack, and stroke.

🍁 Gap Analysis Results

Total Annual Income
CAD $0
Life Insurance Need
CAD $0
Currently have: CAD $0
✗ Gap: CAD $0

Overall Coverage Score

of selected goals covered

This tool provides a general estimate based on the information entered and is intended to support — not replace — a conversation with a licensed insurance professional. All amounts are in Canadian dollars (CAD). Figures are illustrative, not guarantees. CPP/QPP benefit figures are based on 2025 published maximums and vary by individual contribution history and province. Provincial health plan coverage varies across Canada.