Kathryn Bennett is a Director, Tax and Estate Planning with RBC Insurance. Kit applies her expertise as a tax and estate planning lawyer, in collaboration with advisors, to craft sophisticated insurance solutions for high-net-worth individuals and business owners, focusing on wealth creation and preservation, business continuity and succession, and legacy planning. She has a particular interest in the strategic application of insurance products for charitable giving, farm estate planning, retirement strategies, and cross-border considerations.

An experienced presenter and author, Kit covers topics such as estate planning with life insurance, segregated funds, annuities, beneficiary designations, and the role of insurance in wills, trusts, and retirement planning.

Her professional memberships include the Law Society of Ontario, the Society of Trust and Estates Practitioners (STEP), Advocis, the Conference for Advanced Life Underwriting (CALU), the Canadian Bar Association, the Ontario Bar Association, and the Canadian Association of Gift Planners (CAGP).

Kit dislikes heights, lobster, waiting in lines, and any sentence that contains the word “impact” used as a verb.