Sun Life Go Term Life Insurance

Getting life insurance can help you ensure your loved ones’ financial security.

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What is Sun Life Go Term Life Insurance?

You can protect your family’s future with insurance Canadians have trusted for 160 years. Get up to $ 2 million of term life insurance online for a 10, 15, 20, 25, or 30-year term.

Sun Life Go is a safe option for buying affordable life insurance online. We’ll just need to ask a few questions about your health. You’ll even get on-the-spot coverage while you wait for approval.

Why get Sun Life Go Term Life Insurance?

Key features of Sun Life Go Term Life Insurance

  • Choose life insurance coverage from $100,000 to $2 million.
  • Answer some health questions when you apply.
  • Pay the same cost for the entire term length. 10, 15, 20, 25 and 30-year terms available.
  • Renew your policy without answering any health questions.
  • Cancel anytime. If you cancel within the first 10 days, you’ll receive a full refund.

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Get up to $2 million of term life insurance coverage by answering just a few health questions.

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What are the eligibility criteria for Term life insurance?

Canadian residents between the ages of 18 and 65 can apply for Sun Life Go Term Life Insurance. If you don’t provide accurate information when you apply, Sun Life could cancel your insurance or deny your claim.

How much coverage can I get?

You can apply for life insurance coverage from $100,000 to $2 million.

10, 15, 20, 25, and 30-year terms are available.

What is not covered under Sun Life Go Term life insurance?

We won’t pay benefits:

  • If you take your own life within two years of the date your policy takes effect, we won’t pay the claim. But we will refund all monthly payments paid up to then, minus any administration fees.
  • Within the first 90 days of the policy, if:
    • You take your own life. This is regardless of whether you have a mental illness or understand or intend the consequences of your action(s).
    • On the date you signed the application for insurance, you:
      • could not perform your usual activities or occupation because of illness or injury, for more than two weeks,
      • have or had any signs or symptoms associated with cancer within the last 12 months,
      • had suffered a stroke or a heart attack within the last 12 months, or
      • in the last 45 days, you had to stay in a hospital, nursing home, sanitarium, psychiatric facility or any other health-related facility.

If you apply for Sun Life Go Term Life insurance more than once, we’ll cover you for up to only $2 million in total.

Find more exclusions and limitations in the Sun Life Go Term Life Insurance sample policy.

Frequently Asked Questions

  • Payments always stay the same for the length of the term.
  • When your policy automatically renews, your monthly payments will increase. This is because you’ll be 10, 15, 20, 25, or 30 years older when your policy renews.
  • Automatic renewals are for the same term length.
  • You don’t have to answer any health questions.
  • We’ll notify you of the renewal at least 30 days in advance.

  • If you’re healthy and age 40 or under, you can skip medical exams.
  • If you're healthy and between the age of 41-50, you can skip medical exams if you're applying for coverage up to $500,000.

There are some exceptions to the above. A medical exam is required if:

  • You answer “yes” to any of the health questions, or
  • Specific information is found in your Medical Information Bureau record.

This benefit is offered on Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada life insurance products and is a non-contractual arrangement that we may approve at our discretion on a case-by-case basis. If an insured person is diagnosed with a terminal illness, an application can be made by the policy owner for a lump sum advance of 50% of the insurance amount, to a maximum of $100,000. The lump sum, plus interest, is deducted from the death benefit when paid. This benefit follows the rules of the living benefit program in effect when the policy owner applies to receive the benefit.

The person making the claim must do so as soon as reasonably possible after the person covered by the policy passes away. To make a claim:

  1. Call us at 1-800-669-7921 as soon as reasonably possible. This number is also listed at the beginning of the insured person’s policy. We’ll send you a form to complete.
  2. Fill out the form and mail it to us at the address listed on the form. Be sure to include any information we ask for to assess the claim. This will include proof that the insured person passed away while the policy was in effect.

Some things to keep in mind

  • Doctors may charge a fee to fill out certain forms. The person making the claim is responsible for covering any fees.
  • After receiving proof required, within 30 business days we'll assess the claim and if approved, we'll pay the claim.

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Give us a call

Speak to an advisor to get advice about your insurance needs. They can go over your life insurance options and answer your questions.

Call: 1-844-528-0583

Mon to Fri: 8 a.m. – 8 p.m. ET

Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada is the insurer, and is a member of the Sun Life group of companies. Sun Life Financial Distributors (Canada) Inc. is licensed to offer life and health insurance in all jurisdictions in Canada.