Guaranteed Issue Life Insurance: BMO Insurance versus Manulife Financial

Two of the leading direct suppliers of guaranteed issue life insurance in Canada are BMO Insurance and Manulife Financial.

Both guaranteed issue plans are available via the suppliers’ respective websites and call centres, but they are not available via their independent broker networks.

Manulife Financial

Cover Me Guaranteed Issue Life Insurance

• No medical tests and no health questions
• Face amounts up to $25,000
• Premiums guaranteed never to increase
• The beneficiary receives five times the coverage if the insured dies by accident
• The death benefit is limited to a return-of-premium with no interest if the insured dies in the first two policy years
• The insured can pay by credit card

BMO Insurance

Guaranteed Life Plus

• No medical tests and no health questions
• Face amounts can be as high as $50,000
• Maximum face amounts are lower for older ages (for example, a 70-year-old, male non-smoker receives a maximum face amount of $11,550)
• The Five coverage levels are based on premium bands, $20, $30, $45, $60, $75, $90, $100 and $120 a month
• The beneficiary receives five times the coverage if the insured dies by accident.
• The death benefit is limited to a return-of-premium with no interest if the insured dies in the first two policy years
• The insured can pay by credit card

Hard-to-insure applicants should see if they qualify for a simplified issue life insurance policy. Simplified issue plans have no medical tests, but they include a short series of health questions. These plans often offer lower premiums, higher face amounts, and immediate coverage in many instances. Manulife and BMO both offer simplified Issue plans that are broker-based.

Broker-based policies are also available for guaranteed issue as well as simplified issue coverage. Guaranteed issue suppliers include The Edge and Bingham Group Services which has a unique Guaranteed Issue Mortgage Insurance plan underwritten by Foresters Life Insurance Company.

Simplified issue plans available from brokers include Canada Protection Plan (a plan also underwritten by Foresters), Assumption Life, Industrial Alliance, and Wawanessa Life. Many of these policies are available with an immediate-pay death benefit.

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