Critical Illness Insurance
Financial stability for you and your family.
A critical illness can affect anyone. It can cause a tremendous emotional and financial strain on individuals and families. That’s why OMA offers Critical Illness coverage — it’s protection for you and your family when you need it most.
The benefits of OMA Critical Illness Insurance
Tax-free lump sum benefits
A tax-free lump sum payment of up to $250,000 will be paid out after 30 days of surviving a diagnosis of one of 25 covered illnesses.
Freedom and flexibility
Use funds as you see fit for out-of-country treatment, travel and expenses, experimental treatment, medical equipment and home modification, private nursing or personal support worker, spouse’s1 reduced or lost income, mortgage or other debts or any other purpose.
Eligible conditions
- Aortic surgery
- Aplastic anemia
- Bacterial meningitis
- Benign brain tumour
- Blindness
- Cancer
- Coma
- Coronary artery bypass surgery
- Deafness
- Dementia, including Alzheimer’s disease
- Heart attack
- Heart valve replacement or repair
- Kidney failure
- Loss of limbs
- Loss of independent existence
- Loss of speech
- Major organ failure on waiting list
- Major organ transplant
- Motor neuron disease
- Multiple sclerosis
- Occupational HIV infection
- Paralysis
- Parkinson’s disease and specified atypical Parkinsonian disorders
- Severe burns
- Stroke
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Special offer
Bundled solutions featuring Health Insurance, Critical Illness Insurance, Legal Expense Insurance and more — all in one highly affordable package.
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A bundled plan for Atlantic members that consists of Health and Group Critical Illness Insurance or Health Plus and Group Critical Illness Insurance.
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Life happens, and this is why OMA Insurance offers living benefits such as Disability and Critical Illness insurance: to help you plan for the unexpected.
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Coverage is easy to apply for and the premiums are competitive. Rates depend on a variety of factors such as gender, age and smoking status on the plan renewal date of Jan. 1. To learn more, including information on eligibility, renewability, limitations and exclusions, and to get a quote, simply contact us or call 1-888-596-8881, or use the rate calculator.
1 “Spouse” means a member’s spouse by marriage or under any other formal union recognized by law, who is publicly represented as the member’s spouse. Only one person at a time can be covered as the member’s spouse under this policy. Spouses are eligible to buy insurance without requiring member to be insured. If your spouse is also a physician, you may not apply for more than $250,000 as a physician or spouse on each other’s application.
2 Critical Illness insurance is only available to members under age 65. Critical Illness Insurance is available to members age 65 and over only when renewing coverage, which ends at age 70.
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