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Protecting your life
and health insurance

Assuris is the not for profit organization that
protects Canadian policyholders if their life and
health insurance company fails.

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Protection
Calculator

Find out how you are protected by Assuris
in just a few clicks with our protection calculator.
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Financial Advisor
Toolkit

Everything you need to talk to your clients about
Assuris’ policyholder protection: our CE course,
brochure, one-pagers, and videos.
Learn More

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Slide
Protecting your life and health insurance

Assuris is the not for profit organization that protects Canadian policyholders if their life and health insurance company fails.

Slide
Protection Calculator

Find out how you are protected by Assuris in just a few clicks with our protection calculator. Get started

Slide
Financial Advisor Toolkit

Everything you need to talk to your clients about Assuris’ policyholder protection: our CE course, brochure, one-pagers, and videos. Learn More

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Find out how you are protected by Assuris in the unlikely event your member life and health insurance company fails.

Learn more about how Assuris protects your clients’ life and health insurance benefits.

Who is
Assuris?

Assuris is an independent, not for profit, industry-funded compensation organization founded in 1990. Our mission is to protect Canadian policyholders if their life and health insurance company fails.

Every life and health insurance company authorized to sell insurance in Canada is required, by the federal, provincial, and territorial regulators, to become a member of Assuris under the Insurance Companies Act of Canada. Fraternal benefit societies and prepaid medical services companies can opt to become a member of Assuris. Member companies cannot terminate their membership as long as they have active business in Canada. Click here for a complete list of member companies.

Protection
At a Glance

Assuris’ protection applies to all individual and group products issued by our member companies. The guaranteed levels of protection by product benefit are as follows:

Benefit

Death Benefit

Health Expense

Monthly Income

Investments / Savings:

Assuris Protection

$1,000,000

$250,000

$5,000/month

$100,000

or

90%,

whichever is higher

Benefit

Assuris Protection

Death Benefit

$1,000,000

Health Expense

$250,000

Monthly Income

$5,000/month

Investments / Savings:

$100,000

or

90%,

whichever is higher

The video below provides an overview of:

Protecting your life and health insurance — Assuris has your back

Member of the Canadian
Financial Services Consumer Protection

Canadian financial services consumers can feel secure in knowing that Canada has a strong well-regulated financial services sector, and that in the unlikely event that a Canadian financial institution fails, consumers are protected by a variety of compensation plans. The collective strength of the protections offered to Canadian financial services consumers provides all Canadians with added confidence and peace of mind when planning a future for themselves and their loved ones.