Critical Illness Insurance

Help protect yourself against the costs of a critical illness

Engineers Canada-sponsored Critical Illness Insurance provides a lump-sum benefit amount — paid directly to you, to spend however you wish, if you have been diagnosed with a covered life-threatening condition.

  • Two types of coverage, Essential or Enhanced, cover 6 or 18 conditions, respectively
  • Premiums returned if you die without making any claims under this Plan
  • 10% savings for coverage amounts of $125,000 or more
  • Premiums waived if you become totally disabled for 3 continuous months before age 65

To help meet the costs associated with surviving a serious illness, you and your spouse may apply for benefit amounts between $25,000 and $1 million for either of two coverage types:

Conditions covered under Essential and Enhanced coverage.
Covered conditions: Essential (6 conditions) Enhanced (18 conditions)
Life-threatening cancer covered covered
Heart attack (myocardial infarction) covered covered
Stroke covered covered
Coronary artery bypass surgery covered covered
Kidney failure covered covered
Major organ transplant covered covered
Blindness Not covered covered
Deafness Not covered covered
Multiple sclerosis Not covered covered
Paralysis Not covered covered
Coma Not covered covered
Burns Not covered covered
Loss of speech Not covered covered
Loss of limbs Not covered covered
Motor neuron disease Not covered covered
Aortic surgery Not covered covered
Alzheimer’s disease Not covered covered
Parkinson’s disease Not covered covered

Click here for the complete definitions of the covered conditions

Return of premiums – If you die of any cause while your coverage is in force, and have not received (or were not eligible for) payment of the Critical Illness benefit under this Plan, your beneficiary or estate will receive a death benefit equal to 100% of the premiums you paid for this coverage.

Waiver of premiums – Your coverage continues at no charge to you if you remain totally disabled for 3 continuous months before age 65.

 

Medical Second Opinion

You and your eligible family members have access to an expert Medical Second Opinion through WorldCare2.

If you are diagnosed with a serious illness, a medical second opinion can help you understand your unique medical situation, support you in navigating the journey, and provide you and your physician(s) with the latest medical insights from specialists at top ranked hospitals and institutions.

The goal is to get you the best advice possible so you can make optimal decisions about your immediate and ongoing treatment. It will answer many questions, such as:

  • Is my diagnosis correct?
  • Is this the best treatment plan?
  • Are there other treatment options?
  • How can I stay healthy after treatment?

One in four WorldCare Medical Second Opinions result in a change of diagnosis and three in four WorldCare Medical Second Opinions result in changes to the original treatment plan.

For more information, visit manulife.ca/mso or call 1-800-875-1264 Monday to Friday 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. ET.

Coverage is NOT available to any applicant who has had any of the following pre-existing conditions or procedures:

  • Active hepatitis
  • AIDS or AIDS-related disease
  • Alcohol abuse in the past five years
  • Alzheimer's disease
  • Any heart condition or heart trouble (excluding controlled hypertension)
  • Cancer – all cancer except basal cell skin cancer
  • Coronary artery bypass surgery
  • Diabetes
  • Heart attack
  • Huntington's chorea
  • Kidney disease – other than kidney stones or a history of kidney infection
  • Lou Gehrig's disease – amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)
  • Major organ transplant recipient
  • Multiple sclerosis
  • Permanent paralysis (paraplegia, quadriplegia) – other than Bell's Palsy
  • Pulmonary fibrosis
  • Stroke – cerebrovascular accident
  • Transient Ischemic Attack

Life-threatening cancer exclusions
The following cancers are excluded from Critical Illness coverage:

  • Cancer in situ;
  • T1A and T1B prostate cancer;
  • Any skin cancer, other than invasive malignant melanoma to a Breslow depth greater than 0.75mm;
  • Pre-malignant lesions, benign tumours or polyps;
  • Any tumour in the presence of any human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).

Subject to the above definition, no Critical Illness benefit for cancer will be payable if a diagnosis of any type of cancer is made within ninety (90) days of the date of approval of coverage or of a reinstatement, or if such diagnosis is made as the result of symptoms present within that period.

Furthermore, no benefits will be payable for a subsequent diagnosis of any cancer or other Covered Conditions directly resulting from any cancer or its treatment. Any diagnosis of any type of cancer or symptoms leading to such diagnosis occurring within this period must be reported to the Company in writing within six (6) months of diagnosis. If you fail to disclose this information, we have the right to deny any claim under this coverage.

Heart attack (myocardial infarction) exclusions
Excludes minor heart attacks that do not meet all of the following criteria at the same time:

  • New episode of typical chest pain or equivalent symptoms; and
  • Resulting from the blockage of one or more coronary arteries; and
  • New electrocardiographic changes indicative of myocardial infarction; and
  • Biochemical evidence of myocardial necrosis including elevated cardiac enzymes and/or troponin.

Stroke exclusions
Transient Ischemic Attacks (TIA) and neurological deficits caused by external trauma are specifically excluded.

Coronary artery bypass surgery exclusions
This excludes non-surgical techniques such as balloon angioplasty or laser relief of an obstruction.

Paralysis exclusions
All psychiatric-related causes are specifically excluded.

Loss of speech exclusions
All cases associated with psychiatric disorders are specifically excluded.

Aortic surgery exclusions
Surgery for diseases of the branches of the thoracic or abdominal aorta, and aortic valve surgery are specifically excluded.

Alzheimer’s disease exclusions
Subject to the definition, all other dementing organic brain disorders and psychiatric illnesses are specifically excluded.

Parkinson’s disease exclusions
Subject to the definition, all other types of Parkinsonism are specifically excluded.

General exclusions
No benefit will be paid if the Insured person, suffers a Covered Condition as a result of intentional self-inflicted injuries, the abuse of alcohol or drugs, committing or attempting to commit a criminal offence, or operating a motor vehicle while the concentration of alcohol in 100 milliliters of blood exceeds 80 milligrams. No benefit will be paid unless the Insured person survives thirty (30) days following the first diagnosis of a covered condition.

You are eligible to apply if you have not had any of the conditions or procedures specified in the “What’s Excluded” section above and are a Canadian resident under 66 years of age (or under age 75 if already insured under this plan). You must also fall under one of the following:

  1. Members of the provincial and territorial engineering licensing associations (including members in training). Also, student engineers who are members of a student section (in those associations where a student section exists) and who are within 24 months of expected graduation from a program accredited by the Canadian Engineering Accreditation Board.
  2. Members of the provincial associations of technicians and technologists.
  3. Members of Geoscientists Nova Scotia.
  4. Members of the Association of Professional Geoscientists of Ontario.
  5. Members of the Ontario Society of Professional Engineers.
  6. Members of l’Ordre des architectes du Québec, the Manitoba Association of Architects, the Newfoundland and Labrador Association of Architects, the Architects’ Association of New Brunswick and the Nova Scotia Association of Architects.
  7. Permanent full-time employees of the eligible associations, as defined above, or of Engineers Canada.
  8. Limited licensees and retirees.

You may apply for Critical Illness Insurance for your spouse if you are also applying for it or are already insured under this plan.

Critical Illness Insurance Rates

You and your spouse can apply for coverage amounts starting from $25,000 (1 unit) to $1 million (40 units) per person for either Essential or Enhanced coverage.

Save 10% on coverage of $125,000 or more per person.

Find your rate using the chart below determine your cost. 

Age¹ Male Female
18 to 25 $4.84 $4.23
26 $5.01 $4.40
27 $5.18 $4.58
28 $5.36 $4.76
29 $5.54 $4.96
30 $5.73 $5.15
31 $5.97 $5.40
32 $6.21 $5.66
33 $6.45 $5.93
34 $6.71 $6.22
35 $6.98 $6.51
36 $7.21 $6.83
37 $7.44 $7.16
38 $7.68 $7.51
39 $7.93 $7.87
40 $8.19 $8.25
41 $8.88 $8.87
42 $9.63 $9.54
43 $10.45 $10.25
44 $11.34 $11.03
45 $12.30 $11.86
46 $13.38 $12.54
47 $14.56 $13.26
48 $15.84 $14.01
49 $17.24 $14.82
50 $18.76 $15.67
51 $20.67 $16.63
52 $22.77 $17.66
53 $25.09 $18.74
54 $27.65 $19.90
55 $30.46 $21.12
56 $33.11 $22.41
57 $36.00 $23.78
58 $39.13 $25.24
59 $42.53 $26.78
60 $46.23 $28.42
61 $48.34 $30.31
62 $50.54 $32.32
63 $52.84 $34.47
64 $55.25 $36.76
65 $57.76 $39.20
663 $62.50 $41.50
673 $67.63 $43.93
683 $73.17 $46.50
693 $79.17 $49.21
703 $85.67 $52.09
713 $90.42 $55.56
72 to 743 $95.44 $59.25

* Note that premiums are subject to change without notice.
1 "Age" means attained age at the policy anniversary date. The policy anniversary date is the first of the month following the date your application is received. This rate is guaranteed for 5 years. After 5 years, your rate will increase to reflect the rate at your age at that time. The new rate will then be guaranteed for another 5 years.
2 “Non-Smoker” premiums apply to Members and Spouses who have not smoked cigarettes in the last 12 months. Once insured, you must notify Manulife of any change in your smoking status.
3 Premiums for renewals only. Coverage ends at age 75.

Age¹ Male Female
18 to 25 $5.55 $5.02
26 $5.81 $5.28
27 $6.09 $5.55
28 $6.38 $5.84
29 $6.69 $6.15
30 $7.01 $6.47
31 $7.47 $6.81
32 $7.95 $7.17
33 $8.47 $7.54
34 $9.03 $7.93
35 $9.61 $8.35
36 $10.11 $8.92
37 $10.63 $9.53
38 $11.18 $10.18
39 $11.76 $10.88
40 $12.37 $11.62
41 $13.89 $12.92
42 $15.61 $14.37
43 $17.53 $15.98
44 $19.69 $17.78
45 $22.11 $19.77
46 $24.68 $21.39
47 $27.53 $23.14
48 $30.72 $25.04
49 $34.28 $27.09
50 $38.26 $29.31
51 $42.94 $31.85
52 $48.19 $34.61
53 $54.09 $37.60
54 $60.71 $40.86
55 $68.14 $44.40
56 $73.89 $47.32
57 $80.13 $50.43
58 $86.89 $53.75
59 $94.22 $57.29
60 $102.18 $61.06
61 $110.11 $63.84
62 $118.66 $66.75
63 $127.87 $69.80
64 $137.80 $72.98
65 $148.50 $76.31
663 $158.62 $80.78
673 $169.41 $85.53
683 $180.95 $90.54
693 $193.27 $95.86
703 $206.43 $101.48
713 $215.85 $107.60
72 to 743 $225.70 $114.09

* Note that premiums are subject to change without notice.
1 "Age" means attained age at the policy anniversary date. The policy anniversary date is the first of the month following the date your application is received. This rate is guaranteed for 5 years. After 5 years, your rate will increase to reflect the rate at your age at that time. The new rate will then be guaranteed for another 5 years.
2 “Non-Smoker” premiums apply to Members and Spouses who have not smoked cigarettes in the last 12 months. Once insured, you must notify Manulife of any change in your smoking status.
3 Premiums for renewals only. Coverage ends at age 75.

 
Age¹ Male Female
18 to 25 $5.73 $5.16
26 $5.93 $5.37
27 $6.14 $5.59
28 $6.29 $5.82
29 $6.52 $6.05
30 $6.74 $6.29
31 $7.01 $6.58
32 $7.23 $6.89
33 $7.51 $7.20
34 $7.76 $7.54
35 $8.07 $7.88
36 $8.33 $8.28
37 $8.60 $8.69
38 $8.87 $9.12
39 $9.16 $9.58
40 $9.45 $10.05
41 $10.26 $10.86
42 $11.12 $11.74
43 $12.06 $12.69
44 $13.09 $13.71
45 $14.20 $14.81
46 $15.45 $15.69
47 $16.81 $16.62
48 $18.29 $17.61
49 $19.74 $18.65
50 $21.48 $19.75
51 $23.67 $21.00
52 $26.07 $22.33
53 $28.73 $23.74
54 $31.65 $25.24
55 $34.88 $26.83
56 $37.91 $28.52
57 $41.56 $30.31
58 $45.18 $32.21
59 $49.52 $34.23
60 $53.83 $36.38
61 $56.28 $38.86
62 $58.85 $41.50
63 $62.04 $44.33
64 $64.86 $47.34
65 $67.81 $50.57
663 $73.38 $53.61
673 $79.40 $56.83
683 $85.91 $60.25
693 $92.95 $63.87
703 $100.58 $67.71
713 $106.15 $72.44
72 to 743 $112.04 $77.17

* Note that premiums are subject to change without notice.
1 "Age" means attained age at the policy anniversary date. The policy anniversary date is the first of the month following the date your application is received. This rate is guaranteed for 5 years. After 5 years, your rate will increase to reflect the rate at your age at that time. The new rate will then be guaranteed for another 5 years.
2 “Non-Smoker” premiums apply to Members and Spouses who have not smoked cigarettes in the last 12 months. Once insured, you must notify Manulife of any change in your smoking status.
3 Premiums for renewals only. Coverage ends at age 75.

Age¹ Male Female
18 to 25 $6.59 $6.10
26 $6.89 $6.40
27 $7.21 $6.70
28 $7.54 $7.02
29 $7.89 $7.35
30 $8.25 $7.70
31 $8.77 $8.09
32 $9.33 $8.50
33 $9.92 $8.93
34 $10.55 $9.38
35 $11.22 $9.85
36 $11.80 $10.51
37 $12.41 $11.21
38 $13.05 $11.96
39 $13.72 $12.76
40 $14.43 $13.60
41 $16.21 $15.12
42 $18.20 $16.80
43 $20.43 $18.66
44 $22.95 $20.74
45 $25.77 $23.04
46 $28.67 $24.78
47 $31.91 $26.65
48 $35.50 $28.66
49 $39.50 $30.81
50 $43.96 $33.13
51 $49.08 $36.00
52 $54.81 $39.11
53 $61.20 $42.49
54 $68.33 $46.16
55 $76.30 $50.15
56 $82.53 $53.59
57 $89.27 $57.25
58 $96.57 $61.17
59 $104.46 $65.35
60 $112.99 $69.82
61 $121.92 $73.47
62 $131.56 $77.30
63 $141.96 $81.34
64 $153.18 $85.58
65 $165.29 $90.04
663 $176.49 $95.28
673 $188.45 $100.82
683 $201.23 $106.69
693 $214.86 $112.89
703 $229.42 $119.45
713 $239.86 $126.59
72 to 743 $250.76 $134.17

* Note that premiums are subject to change without notice.
1 "Age" means attained age at the policy anniversary date. The policy anniversary date is the first of the month following the date your application is received. This rate is guaranteed for 5 years. After 5 years, your rate will increase to reflect the rate at your age at that time. The new rate will then be guaranteed for another 5 years.
2 “Non-Smoker” premiums apply to Members and Spouses who have not smoked cigarettes in the last 12 months. Once insured, you must notify Manulife of any change in your smoking status.
3 Premiums for renewals only. Coverage ends at age 75.

Critical Illness Insurance FAQ

Life-threatening cancer: A tumour characterized by the uncontrolled growth and spread of malignant cells and the invasion of tissue as confirmed by histological examination of tissue samples.

Heart attack (myocardial infarction): The death of a portion of the heart muscle due to atherosclerotic heart disease. The diagnosis must be based on all of the following criteria occurring at the same time:

  • New episode of typical chest pain or equivalent symptoms; and
  • Resulting from the blockage of one or more coronary arteries; and
  • New electrocardiographic changes indicative of myocardial infarction; and
  • Biochemical evidence of myocardial necrosis including elevated cardiac enzymes and/or troponin.

Stroke: A cerebrovascular incident causing infarction of your brain tissue, due to intracranial hemorrhage, thrombosis or embolism, producing a new measurable permanent clinical neurological deficit persisting for at least thirty (30) days following the occurrence of the stroke.

Coronary artery bypass surgery: You have undergone heart surgery to correct narrowing or blockage of one or more coronary arteries with bypass grafts.

Kidney failure: End stage renal disease, due to whatever cause or causes, as a result of which you are undergoing peritoneal dialysis or haemodialysis on a regular basis or have received a transplanted human kidney.

Major organ transplant: You have undergone transplantation of a human heart, liver, lung or kidney due to irreversible failure of such organ, or you have received transplanted human bone marrow.

Blindness: Total and permanent loss of sight in both eyes, as confirmed by a doctor who is a certified ophthalmologist. The corrected visual acuity must be worse than 20/200 in both eyes, or the field of vision must be less than 20 degrees in both eyes.

Deafness: Total, permanent and profound loss of hearing in both ears, with an auditory threshold of 90 decibels or greater within the speech threshold of 500 to 3,000 cycles per second, as confirmed by a doctor who is a certified otolaryngologist, and such loss of hearing cannot be corrected by any hearing aid, implant or device.

Multiple sclerosis: The unequivocal diagnosis of definite multiple sclerosis by a doctor who is a certified neurologist. The diagnosis must be based on well-defined neurological abnormalities on physical examination persisting for a continuous period of at least one hundred and eighty (180) days and confirmed by imaging techniques.

Paralysis: Complete and permanent loss of use of two or more limbs for a continuous period of ninety days following the precipitating event, during which time there has been no sign of improvement.

Coma: A state of unconsciousness, with no reaction to external stimuli or response to internal needs, continuing for at least four (4) days.

Burns: Third degree burns covering at least 20% of the surface area of the body. The diagnosis must be confirmed by a certified plastic surgeon.

Loss of speech: Total and irreversible loss of the ability to speak as the result of physical injury or disease which loss continues for a continuous period of at least one hundred and eighty (180) days.

Loss of limbs: The irreversible severance of two or more limbs at or above a point that is proximal to the wrist or ankle joint as the result of an accident or medically required amputation.

Motor neuron disease: You receive an unequivocal diagnosis, by a doctor who is a certified neurologist, that you have one of the following: amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (A.L.S. or Lou Gehrig’s disease), primary lateral sclerosis, progressive spinal muscular atrophy, progressive bulbar palsy, or pseudo bulbar palsy, and limited to these entities. The diagnosis must be accompanied by typical progressive neurological findings on physical examination for at least one hundred and eighty (180) days.

Aortic surgery: The undergoing of surgery for disease of the thoracic or abdominal aorta, requiring excision of the diseased segment of the aorta and replacement of it with a graft.

Alzheimer’s disease: The definite diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease, by a doctor who is a certified neurologist, with progressive degeneration of the brain, memory and the ability to reason and perceive. You must exhibit the loss of intellectual capacity involving impairment of memory and judgment, which results in such a significant reduction of mental and social functioning as to require continuous daily supervision.

Parkinson’s disease: The diagnosis, by a doctor who is a certified neurologist, of primary idiopathic Parkinson’s disease, characterized by two or more of the following clinical manifestations:

  • Muscle rigidity
  • Tremor
  • Bradykinesis (abnormal slowness of movement, sluggishness of physical and mental responses)
  • Active hepatitis
  • AIDS or AIDS-related disease
  • Alcohol abuse in the past five years
  • Alzheimer's disease
  • Any heart condition or heart trouble (excluding controlled hypertension)
  • Cancer – all cancer except basal cell skin cancer
  • Coronary artery bypass surgery
  • Diabetes
  • Heart attack
  • Huntington's chorea
  • Kidney disease – other than kidney stones or a history of kidney infection
  • Lou Gehrig's disease – amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)
  • Major organ transplant recipient
  • Multiple sclerosis
  • Permanent paralysis (paraplegia, quadriplegia) – other than Bell's Palsy
  • Pulmonary fibrosis
  • Stroke – cerebrovascular accident
  • Transient Ischemic Attack
  • Cancer in situ;
  • T1A and T1B prostate cancer;
  • Any skin cancer, other than invasive malignant melanoma to a Breslow depth greater than 0.75mm;
  • Pre-malignant lesions, benign tumours or polyps;
  • Any tumour in the presence of any human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).

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