Every two years my bankruptcy firm, Hoyes, Michalos & Associates, analyzes all of the debtors we have helped in order to put a face on the average person who files bankruptcy or a consumer proposal. In what we call our Joe Debtor study we identified five dreams destroyed by debt.

Small and medium-sized business owners are risk takers and dreamers. But most small and medium sized business owners are either unfamiliar with, or put off the purchase of Legal Expense Insurance. Though the benefits could mean the difference between success and bankruptcy, few are aware of the many compelling reasons for such a policy. Here are the top five reasons to look into legal expense coverage.

The U.S. is going through a historic debt crisis, but Canada's economy also faces an uncertain future. While the American government raised the debt c...