--- title: Empire Life Insurance Blog - Insuring With Care | Allison Barton (5) description: (5) --- [![Empire Life logo](https://blog.empirelife.ca/hs-fs/hub/322854/file-368300927.jpg?width=189&name=file-368300927.jpg "Empire Life logo")](https://blog.fastandfull.ca) # INSURING WITH CARE™ BLOG [Français](https://blog.fastandfull.ca/fr) ## Allison Barton ### Recent Posts ## [Living Your Dreams](https://blog.empirelife.ca/old/living-your-dreams) Posted by [Allison Barton](https://blog.empirelife.ca/old/author/allison-barton) Feb 5, 2014 3:28:00 PM ![Two boys with Canadian flag face paint](https://blog.empirelife.ca/hs-fs/file-508164545-jpg/Blog_images/blog-image-olympics.jpg?width=700&name=blog-image-olympics.jpg "Two boys with Canadian flag face paint") There is no better depiction of living your dreams than what will be taking place this week.   [Read More](https://blog.empirelife.ca/old/living-your-dreams) Topics: [Helpful Tips](https://blog.empirelife.ca/old/topic/helpful-tips) ## [How much life insurance do I need?](https://blog.empirelife.ca/old/how-much-life-insurance-do-i-need) Posted by [Allison Barton](https://blog.empirelife.ca/old/author/allison-barton) Jan 31, 2014 2:09:27 PM ![Family Tobaggoning](https://blog.empirelife.ca/hs-fs/file-494520888-jpg/Blog_images/Week2-Day2.jpg?width=700&name=Week2-Day2.jpg "Family Tobaggoning") The question is not really how much life insurance you need, it is how much money your family will need after you are gone.  [Read More](https://blog.empirelife.ca/old/how-much-life-insurance-do-i-need) Topics: [Helpful Tips](https://blog.empirelife.ca/old/topic/helpful-tips) ## [Leaving a legacy by brewing at home](https://blog.empirelife.ca/old/leaving-a-legacy-by-brewing-at-home) Posted by [Allison Barton](https://blog.empirelife.ca/old/author/allison-barton) Jan 29, 2014 9:37:00 AM ![For the cost of a daily cup of coffee, a 40 year old female could have life insurance to cover a typical mortgage.](https://blog.empirelife.ca/hs-fs/hubfs/Blog_Revisions/SixthSet_CoffeeBlog-2015-04-EN.png?width=700&name=SixthSet_CoffeeBlog-2015-04-EN.png "For the cost of a daily cup of coffee, a 40 year old female could have life insurance to cover a typical mortgage.") Life insurance is one of those things—you don’t want to learn how important it is once it’s too late. But that doesn’t mean we know all the right things to do when it comes to getting a life insurance policy.   [Read More](https://blog.empirelife.ca/old/leaving-a-legacy-by-brewing-at-home) Topics: [Helpful Tips](https://blog.empirelife.ca/old/topic/helpful-tips) ## [Meet Jordan](https://blog.empirelife.ca/old/meet-jordan) Posted by [Allison Barton](https://blog.empirelife.ca/old/author/allison-barton) Jan 23, 2014 2:51:00 PM ![Jordan sitting](https://blog.empirelife.ca/hs-fs/file-474242907-png/Blog_images/day4-en-v2.png?width=750&name=day4-en-v2.png "Jordan sitting") We love receiving customer feedback and hearing about how we helped you. [Read More](https://blog.empirelife.ca/old/meet-jordan) Topics: [Customer Service](https://blog.empirelife.ca/old/topic/customer-service) ## [Why should I get life insurance?](https://blog.empirelife.ca/old/why-should-i-get-life-insurance) Posted by [Allison Barton](https://blog.empirelife.ca/old/author/allison-barton) Jan 21, 2014 4:43:00 PM [![](https://blog.empirelife.ca/hs-fs/file-467541603-jpg/Blog_images/day3-en.jpg)](https://blog.empirelife.ca/old/why-should-i-get-life-insurance)  ![Young woman looking at sky](https://blog.empirelife.ca/hs-fs/file-467541603-jpg/Blog_images/day3-en.jpg "Young woman looking at sky") For many of us, life insurance never crosses our mind until we go through some kind of life-changing event. [Read More](https://blog.empirelife.ca/old/why-should-i-get-life-insurance) Topics: [Helpful Tips](https://blog.empirelife.ca/old/topic/helpful-tips) ## [Reuniting a customer with forgotten funds](https://blog.empirelife.ca/old/reuniting-a-customer-with-forgotten-funds) Posted by [Allison Barton](https://blog.empirelife.ca/old/author/allison-barton) Jan 16, 2014 1:47:00 PM ![Woman Smiling](https://blog.empirelife.ca/hs-fs/file-437289204-jpg/Blog_images/day2-en.jpg "Woman Smiling") What do you get when you cross a maturing policy, the power of social media and a customer service team focused on the best interests of our customers? A surprised and happy retiree and employees proud to say, “We care.”  [Read More](https://blog.empirelife.ca/old/reuniting-a-customer-with-forgotten-funds) Topics: [Customer Service](https://blog.empirelife.ca/old/topic/customer-service) ## [Insuring with Care](https://blog.empirelife.ca/old/insuring-with-care) Posted by [Allison Barton](https://blog.empirelife.ca/old/author/allison-barton) Jan 13, 2014 11:27:00 AM ![Insuring with care image](https://blog.empirelife.ca/hs-fs/file-437605507-jpg/Blog_images/day1-en.jpg "Insuring with care image") Welcome to "**Insuring with Care**", the Empire Life Insurance Blog – connecting with Canadians!  [Read More](https://blog.empirelife.ca/old/insuring-with-care) [Previous](https://blog.empirelife.ca/old/author/allison-barton/page/4) [All posts](https://blog.empirelife.ca/old/all) [![Share on Facebook](https://static.hubspot.com/final/img/common/icons/social/facebook-24x24.png)](http://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fblog.empirelife.ca%2Fold%2Fauthor%2Fallison-barton%3Futm_medium%3Dsocial%26utm_source%3Dfacebook) [![Share on LinkedIn](https://static.hubspot.com/final/img/common/icons/social/linkedin-24x24.png)](http://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?mini=true&url=https%3A%2F%2Fblog.empirelife.ca%2Fold%2Fauthor%2Fallison-barton%3Futm_medium%3Dsocial%26utm_source%3Dlinkedin) [![Share on Twitter](https://static.hubspot.com/final/img/common/icons/social/twitter-24x24.png)](https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?original_referer=https%3A%2F%2Fblog.empirelife.ca%2Fold%2Fauthor%2Fallison-barton%3Futm_medium%3Dsocial%26utm_source%3Dtwitter&url=https%3A%2F%2Fblog.empirelife.ca%2Fold%2Fauthor%2Fallison-barton%3Futm_medium%3Dsocial%26utm_source%3Dtwitter&source=tweetbutton&text=Empire%20Life%20Insurance%20Blog%20-%20Insuring%20With%20Care%20%7C%20Allison%20Barton%20%285%29) [![Share on Email](https://static.hubspot.com/final/img/common/icons/social/email-24x24.png)](mailto:?subject=Check%20out%20https%3A%2F%2Fblog.empirelife.ca%2Fold%2Fauthor%2Fallison-barton%3Futm_medium%3Dsocial%26utm_source%3Demail%20&body=Check%20out%20https%3A%2F%2Fblog.empirelife.ca%2Fold%2Fauthor%2Fallison-barton%3Futm_medium%3Dsocial%26utm_source%3Demail) - 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