Canadian Life and Health Insurance Association
Consumer Guides
Do you have questions about life and health insurance? CLHIA's consumer guides provide free, impartial information to help you choose the right insurance products for you and your family.
Canadian Life and Health Insurance Association
Consumer Guides
Do you have questions about life and health insurance? CLHIA's consumer guides provide free, impartial information to help you choose the right insurance products for you and your family.
Consumer Information
Do you have questions about life and health insurance? CLHIA's consumer guides provide free, impartial information to help you choose the right insurance products for you and your family.
We also have resources if you are thinking of purchasing segregated funds and life annuities.
You don’t need to be intimidated by insurance terms either. Our online glossary provides plain language explanations of terms you might encounter when looking into insurance products.
Our resources don’t recommend any particular insurer or product. Once you are ready to purchase a product you can contact your insurer or agent with the information you learned from the guides and resources here.
A Guide to Critical Illness Insurance
A Guide to Life Insurance
A Guide to Long-term Care Insurance
A Guide to Supplementary Health Insurance
A Guide to the Coordination of Benefits
A Guide to Disability Insurance
A Guide to Travel Health Insurance
Questions about Life Annuities
Key Facts About Segregated Fund Contracts
Additional Resources
Policyholder Protection
Assuris protects Canadian policyholders in the event that their life insurance company should fail. It is an independent, not-for-profit organization established and funded by the industry.