Strategic ways to boost your savings for your retirement and turn your savings into income: RRSPs, TFSAs, GICs, pension plans, RRIFs and more
An Insured Retirement Policy is a strategy to generate income from a Universal Life (UL) policy.
Typically, this strategy is used by people who have maximized their RRSP contributions and are looking for another way to build a tax-deferred cash pool. The investment portion of a UL policy is allowed to grow cash-deferred, thus making this opportunity possible. An IRP utilizes a tax exempt UL policy to accumulate tax sheltered investment growth.
For as long as the investments remain in the tax-exempt portion of the insurance contract the investment growth can accumulate indefinitely on a tax deferred basis, provided they meet the guidelines with respect to contribution limits