The Canadian Life and Health Insurance Association, which represents 99 per cent of Canadian life and health insurance business, says the claims are “incorrect and have no basis in fact whatsoever.”
“Getting the vaccine will not affect any insurance coverage,” the CLHIA said. “No one should be afraid and choose to not protect themselves from COVID-19 because they are worried about it affecting their benefits.”
Several of Canada’s largest insurers confirmed with The Globe and Mail that all government-approved vaccinations – which include Oxford-AstraZeneca, Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna and Johnson & Johnson – will not have an impact on insurance policies.
Norm Leblond, Sun Life Financial Inc.’s chief underwriter and claims risk officer, said it is important for Canadians to know there have been no changes to the company’s policies owing to COVID-19 or the vaccine.
“COVID-19 – or any viral infection and its related vaccine, for that – would not impact the payment of a claim under the terms of a clients contract,” Mr. Leblond said.
Canada Life also took steps to reassure clients in a memo stating “when a COVID-19 vaccine has been given by an authorized health professional, side-effects or complications from the vaccine would not limit someone’s eligibility for life, health or disability benefits.”
Manulife is taking it one step further. The insurer is rewarding its group benefit and individual insurance customers for receiving the COVID-19 vaccination.
“As a life insurance company we are trying to keep Canadians healthy, so there is very little question that the number one thing all of us can do to protect our own health, and also the health of all those around us, would be to get vaccinated,” said Mike Doughty, president and chief executive officer of Manulife Canada.
The reason vaccine manufacturers are shielded from liability is because that's the condition they asked for in return for rushing a vaccine to market without proper testing. From the manufacturer's point of view, it only makes sense to demand that protection. Governments are demanding they pump out a half-assed, inadequately tested vaccine ASAP with complete abandon for safety concerns? Ok, well no pharmaceutical company is going to agree to this without legal protection from the consequences.
And you can put that on the governments who demanded it. Sure the pharmaceutical companies manufactured the shoddy vaccines, but our governments manufactured the "crisis" that created the demand for those vaccines, and then ordered the pham companies to create and distribute those vaccines hastily.
Just say she died of covid. Problem solved. The I'm stupid varient
Nah they will, that was some bullshit people were spreading. https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/article-life-insurers-hit-out-at-online-misinformation-about-covid-19-vaccine/
The Canadian Life and Health Insurance Association, which represents 99 per cent of Canadian life and health insurance business, says the claims are “incorrect and have no basis in fact whatsoever.”
“Getting the vaccine will not affect any insurance coverage,” the CLHIA said. “No one should be afraid and choose to not protect themselves from COVID-19 because they are worried about it affecting their benefits.”
Several of Canada’s largest insurers confirmed with The Globe and Mail that all government-approved vaccinations – which include Oxford-AstraZeneca, Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna and Johnson & Johnson – will not have an impact on insurance policies.
Norm Leblond, Sun Life Financial Inc.’s chief underwriter and claims risk officer, said it is important for Canadians to know there have been no changes to the company’s policies owing to COVID-19 or the vaccine.
“COVID-19 – or any viral infection and its related vaccine, for that – would not impact the payment of a claim under the terms of a clients contract,” Mr. Leblond said.
Canada Life also took steps to reassure clients in a memo stating “when a COVID-19 vaccine has been given by an authorized health professional, side-effects or complications from the vaccine would not limit someone’s eligibility for life, health or disability benefits.”
Manulife is taking it one step further. The insurer is rewarding its group benefit and individual insurance customers for receiving the COVID-19 vaccination.
“As a life insurance company we are trying to keep Canadians healthy, so there is very little question that the number one thing all of us can do to protect our own health, and also the health of all those around us, would be to get vaccinated,” said Mike Doughty, president and chief executive officer of Manulife Canada.
That's incorrect. You can't sue the manufacturer for deaths caused by the vaccine. That's got nothing to do with your life insurance paying out or not.
The reason vaccine manufacturers are shielded from liability is because that's the condition they asked for in return for rushing a vaccine to market without proper testing. From the manufacturer's point of view, it only makes sense to demand that protection. Governments are demanding they pump out a half-assed, inadequately tested vaccine ASAP with complete abandon for safety concerns? Ok, well no pharmaceutical company is going to agree to this without legal protection from the consequences.
And you can put that on the governments who demanded it. Sure the pharmaceutical companies manufactured the shoddy vaccines, but our governments manufactured the "crisis" that created the demand for those vaccines, and then ordered the pham companies to create and distribute those vaccines hastily.
I dunno, Rhino? Liberterans? One of those other silly fringe parties that no serious person would unironically cheerlead for?