The Canadian Life and Health Insurance Association (CLHIA) is a voluntary association whose member insurers account for 99 per cent of Canada's life and health insurance business. These insurers provide a wide range of financial security products including life insurance, annuities (including RRSPs, RRIFs and pensions) and supplementary health insurance to nearly 30 million Canadians. They hold over $1 trillion in assets in Canada and employ more than 180,000 Canadians.



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Oct 11, 2024, 07:00 ET Statement: Canadians' health benefits at risk as Bill C-64 receives Royal Assent

TORONTO, Oct. 11, 2024 /CNW/ - The Canadian Life and Health Insurance Association (CLHIA) has issued the following statement by Stephen Frank, President and CEO in response to the Senate of Canada...

Oct 01, 2024, 14:35 ET Statement: Canada's life and health insurers concerned and confused by Minister's comments on the Pharmacare plan

TORONTO, Oct. 1, 2024 /CNW/ - The Canadian Life and Health Insurance Association (CLHIA) has issued the following statement by Stephen Frank, President and CEO in response to comments issued by...

Sep 24, 2024, 09:55 ET Life and health insurers paid a record $128 billion in benefits in 2023, helping Canadians live healthier, more affordable lives

TORONTO, Sept. 24, 2024 /CNW/ - Canada's life and health insurers paid-out a record $128 billion in benefit claims last year, money that helped keep Canadian families healthy and make their lives...

Jun 04, 2024, 11:34 ET Statement: CLHIA disappointed by the House of Commons' missed opportunity to clarify Pharmacare Act

TORONTO, June 4, 2024 /CNW/ - Responding to the passage of Bill C-64, the Pharmacare Act by the House of Commons, Stephen Frank, President and CEO of the Canadian Life and Health Insurance...

Apr 25, 2024, 15:12 ET Health insurers are doing our part to reduce the admin burden on family doctors

TORONTO, April 25, 2024 /CNW/ - The Canadian Life and Health Insurance Association (CLHIA) supports the steps announced by the Ontario government yesterday to help family doctors and other primary...

Feb 29, 2024, 13:24 ET CLHIA expresses serious concerns with federal pharmacare plan

TORONTO, Feb. 29, 2024 /CNW/ - The Canadian Life and Health Insurance Association (CLHIA), whose members provide drug and supplementary health benefits to over 27 million people, wants Canadians to...

Feb 22, 2024, 10:00 ET Got questions about critical illness insurance? CLHIA's latest consumer guide has answers to help you

TORONTO, Feb. 22, 2024 /CNW/ - A brand new guide from the Canadian Life and Health Insurance Association (CLHIA) is helping Canadian consumers better understand the benefits of critical illness...

Oct 12, 2023, 13:55 ET CLHIA responds to Parliamentary Budget Office's cost estimate of a single-payer universal drug plan

TORONTO, Oct. 12, 2023 /CNW/ - Today the Parliamentary Budget Office (PBO) confirmed the insurance industry's projection that a single-payer model of national pharmacare program will cost $40 billion ...

Sep 26, 2023, 10:00 ET Life and health insurers paid out a record $114 billion, helping make life more affordable in 2022

TORONTO, Sept. 26, 2023 /CNW/ - Canada's life and health insurers paid out more than $312 million a day in benefits last year to help make life more affordable for Canadian families. Canadians...

May 12, 2023, 13:03 ET Health insurers take measures to continue coverage for those displaced by Alberta wildfires

TORONTO, May 12, 2023 /CNW/ - Many Alberta residents have been displaced from their homes due to the extraordinary wildfires in the province. As a result, some may have lost or left behind their...

Apr 20, 2023, 17:46 ET CLHIA welcomes announcement of cost reporting disclosure changes for investment funds and segregated funds

TORONTO, April 20, 2023 /CNW/ - The Canadian Life and Health Insurance Association (CLHIA) welcomes the changes announced today affecting total cost reporting (TCR) disclosure for both investment...

Mar 01, 2023, 09:30 ET Life and health insurers to tackle benefits fraud through joint investigations

TORONTO, March 1, 2023 /CNW/ - Canada's life and health insurers are now working together to conduct joint investigations into health service providers that are suspected of fraudulent activities....

Sep 15, 2022, 10:00 ET Canadians received a record $113 billion in life and health insurance benefits, 2021 data shows

TORONTO, Sept. 15, 2022 /CNW/ - Canada's life and health insurers paid out more benefits to more people than ever before in 2021. Canadians were paid over $113 billion in benefits from life and...

Feb 14, 2022, 09:45 ET Life and health insurers to use advanced artificial intelligence to reduce benefits fraud

TORONTO, Feb. 14, 2022 /CNW/ - The Canadian Life and Health Insurance Association (CLHIA) is pleased to announce the launch of an industry initiative to pool claims data and use advanced artificial...

Nov 04, 2021, 14:43 ET CLHIA welcomes Supreme Court decision on Saskatchewan Court of Appeal ruling on life insurers

TORONTO, Nov. 4, 2021 /CNW/ - The Canadian Life and Health Insurance Association (CLHIA) is pleased with the Supreme Court of Canada's decision to deny leave to appeal with respect to the litigation...

Sep 14, 2021, 10:00 ET Life and health insurers paid $100 billion to support Canadians through the pandemic, 2020 data shows

TORONTO, Sept. 14, 2021 /CNW/ - Canadians received over $97 billion in benefits from life and health insurance products in 2020, a period that included the first nine months of the COVID-19 pandemic...

Mar 10, 2021, 15:47 ET CLHIA welcomes favourable ruling from Saskatchewan Court of Appeal for life insurers

TORONTO, March 10, 2021 /CNW/ - The Canadian Life and Health Insurance Association (CLHIA) is pleased with the outcome of the Saskatchewan Court of Appeal with respect to the litigation initiated by...

Feb 23, 2021, 11:30 ET CLHIA opens Western Canada government affairs office

TORONTO, Feb. 23, 2021 /CNW/ - The Canadian Life and Health Insurance Association is proud to announce the opening of its government affairs office serving Western Canada. The new office based in...

Oct 23, 2020, 15:34 ET CLHIA welcomes final guidelines to keep prescription medications affordable

TORONTO, Oct. 23, 2020 /CNW/ - CLHIA is pleased to review the Patented Medicines Prices Review Board's final guidelines issued today that will operationalize the amended Patented Medicines...

Sep 15, 2020, 09:30 ET Life and health insurers made a record $103 billion in benefits payments in 2019

TORONTO, Sept. 15, 2020 /CNW/ - Canadians received a record $103 billion in benefits from life and health insurers last year, up 60 per cent from a decade earlier. These benefits include $53.3...

Oct 31, 2019, 12:30 ET Canadians falsifying information when rushing to use up health benefits before year-end could face serious consequences if caught

Benefits fraud is a crime TORONTO, Oct. 31, 2019 /CNW/ - 2019 saw headline news related to workplace benefits fraud. As year-end nears working Canadians may rush to use-up benefits, and some may...

May 31, 2019, 14:00 ET CLHIA announces withdrawal of Guideline G19

TORONTO, May 31, 2019 /CNW/ - The Canadian Life and Health Insurance Association (CLHIA) is announcing the withdrawal of Guideline G19 on advisor compensation for group benefits and group retirement...

May 03, 2019, 09:30 ET CLHIA marks its 125th year of promoting the financial security of Canadians

TORONTO, May 3, 2019 /CNW/ - The Canadian Life and Health Insurance Association is proud to mark our 125th anniversary representing the diverse and innovative companies that provide life insurance,...

Mar 20, 2019, 12:12 ET CLHIA supports budget proposal to improve retirement options for Canadians

TORONTO, March 20, 2019 /CNW/ - On behalf of its member companies, the Canadian Life and Health Insurance Association (CLHIA) congratulates the federal government for taking two significant steps to...

Mar 19, 2019, 18:34 ET Budget measures offer sensible steps to achieve pharmacare for all who need it

TORONTO, March 19, 2019 /CNW/ - The Canadian Life and Health Insurance Association applauds the federal government's plan to put in place measures to make prescription medication more affordable and...

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