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A critical illness can strike anyone at any time, and the odds of surviving are better than ever with today's medical breakthroughs. Worrying about being a financial burden on their family or business is the last thing your clients want, should the unexpected happen.

To meet different insurance needs, Empire Life offers two critical illness insurance solutions:

  • Empire Life CI Protect – a simple, affordable solution for critical illness protection
  • Empire Life CI Protect Plus – a comprehensive critical illness insurance solution that covers 25 critical illnesses

Empire Life CI Protect Plan Highlights

  • Covers the 4 conditions that account for 82%1 of Empire Life paid individual CI insurance claims: cancer, heart attack, stroke and coronary artery bypass2
  • Application process uses life insurance underwriting with no additional health insurance requirements
  • 10-year or 20-year renewable term plans with guaranteed initial & renewable premiums that increase every 10 or 20 years to age 75
  • Available for individual coverage and as a rider3 for Solution Series or EstateMaxTM policies
  • Built-in $1,000 death benefit if insured dies from any cause before becoming eligible for the CI Protect critical illness benefit

 Empire Life CI Protect Plus Highlights

  • Covers 25 critical illnesses for comprehensive coverage
  • Three plans with different guaranteed payment schedules to meet your insurance needs and budget
  • Three built-in benefits to add extra protection with no extra premiums
  • Two return of premium options that can provide paid eligible premiums back on surrender or maturity, or on death
  • Other riders and benefits can be added to create a customized solution

CI Protect

CI Protect Plus

CI Bundle 

Sample contracts


Based on claims processed in 2018 & 2019 for all Empire Life individual critical illness insurance products.
Please refer to the policy contract for specific definitions of each condition
Subject to business rules