Manulife Visitors Insurance 

Manulife is Canada's largest insurance company, offering life, extended health, accident and sickness, travel insurance policies, and a wide array of insurance investment products to individuals and groups. Manulife also operates worldwide and is a well-known brand in the financial services industry. They are Canada's largest travel insurance provider, having surpassed RBC's travel insurance division in 2012.

Manulife Standout Features

Manulife Advantages & Disadvantages

   Advantages

• Two plans are available: one that does not include coverage for stable pre-existing medical coverage and one that does. This helps lower the cost of the no-pre-ex plan.
• Manulife's Plan B policy covers stable (180 days prior to effective date) pre-existing medical conditions up to age 85 - longer than any other provider.
• Low administrative fees. They do not charge cancellation fees, or fees for 'change of mind' cancellations mid-way through visa applications.
• Hospital Benefits include up to a semi-private room rate.
• Their plan will permit trip breaks - if a traveller must return home and then back to Canada quickly, with permission, the policy will not automatically end.
• A wide variety of deductibles are available that help to reduce upfront costs.
• Language is friendly for Coumadin (Warfarin) and insulin.
• Manulife's International Student Plan contains a high-quality list of secondary benefits like: 
  • Tuition Reimbursement 
  • Transportation of a Relative or Friend 
  • Mental Health Practitioner 
  • Paramedical Services

   Disadvantages

• Some secondary benefits are not as high as other plans such as:
  • Dental benefits 
  • Cremation/burial benefits
• Higher cost compared to other visitor to Canada policies.

Frequently Asked Questions

Show  Age Availability

Q: What are Manulife's visitor policy age limits?

A: 

International Student Plan	Up to 45 years old
Visitor to Canada Plans	Up to 85 years old

Show Stable Pre-existing Medical Conditions

Q: Does Manulife have plans that cover stable pre-existing medical conditions?

A: Yes! The Manulife Visitor to Canada Plan B and the Manulife International Student Plan cover stable pre-existing medical conditions. Each policy has a different stability requirement. Generate a quote on the left side of this page to check stability requirements.

Show Cost

Q: How do Manulife's Visitor to Canada Plan A and Plan B costs compare to other BestQuote visitor policies?  

A: We created a bar chart to show you how Manulife's Visitor to Canada Plans compare to other BestQuote visitor to Canada policies in 4 age categories: 25, 40, 55, and 75.

We compared each policy on December 06, 2023, with the following fixed criteria:

• Visitors to Canada category
• $100,000 coverage
• $0 deductible
• 1-year policy

The bar chart below compares Manulife's Visitor to Canada policies against the average cost of all policies available to visitors to Canada in 4 age categories. Each visitor to Canada policy has a rank assigned based on cost. The lowest cost policy is 1, and 25 is the highest.