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  • Education first — nothing is recommended before it is explained
  • You deal with Malay directly — never a call centre
  • Ontario-based, by phone, video or in person
  • Complimentary review with no obligation

Who we work with

The advice changes completely depending on which of these you are.

Which is exactly why nobody here recommends anything before asking. Pick the one that sounds most like your year.

  • A mortgage, small children, and one or two incomes holding all of it up. You want to know the plan survives you.

    What we look at first

    Whether your income is covered for the years your children are still dependent — and what the mortgage insurance the bank added at closing would actually pay, and to whom.

    Where that usually starts

None of these quite fit? Describe your own situation — that is the more useful conversation anyway.

What we cover

Everything we can help you with.

Nine services, grouped by where they sit in your plan. Each page explains how it works, the choices in front of you, and where it is not the right answer.

How we work

Educate first. Recommend second.

Most people are sold a product before anyone understands their situation. We do it the other way around.

A policy you do not understand is not protection — it is a bill you hope covers something. So before a single recommendation, we go through your income, your dependants, your debts and whatever coverage you already hold. Only then do we talk about options, and only ones that answer something we found.

We look at what is already there

Group benefits, an old policy, a mortgage insurance add-on. Most people are already paying for more than they realise — and it rarely lines up.

We explain the trade-offs, not just the upside

What it costs, what it excludes, and what would have to happen for it to pay out. In plain language, out loud, before you sign anything.

You decide, and we revisit it

You move ahead with what genuinely fits. Then we review it when the mortgage changes, a child arrives, or income shifts.

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Malay Pathak

Founder · Valentra Wealth

Who you will be working with

Financial guidance is personal. You should know exactly who you are dealing with.

I started Valentra Wealth because of how often I met people who were paying for protection they could not explain. They had a policy from a bank, a benefit through work, something a relative recommended years ago — and no idea what any of it would actually do on the day it mattered.

More about the practice →

Questions

The things people ask before they call.

If yours is not here, it is a good opening line for the first conversation. No question is too basic — most of them are the right ones.

Fifteen minutes with Malay, by phone or video. You tell him what prompted you to look, he asks about your household, your income and any coverage you already hold, and he explains how the relevant options work. Nothing is recommended and nothing is decided on that call.

Free protection review

Start with a conversation, not a quote.

Fifteen minutes with Malay on your goals, your household and the coverage you already hold. By phone, video or in person — no cost, no obligation.

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