The Standard Life Assurance Company is adding several new coverage options to its “Protecta” critical illness insurance. Adults can now select from plans providing coverage for four, 18 or 22 critical illnesses. And, plans covering 13 critical illnesses are now available for children under 18 years of age.

“For many people, critical illness insurance can provide peace of mind,” says Alain Brunet, Senior Vice-President Marketing, Standard Life. “We are pleased that we can offer varying degrees of coverage to suit varying individual and family needs.”

Included in all Protecta critical illness Insurance options is access to Best Doctors(R), a service that guides the insured through the crucial process of finding and accessing the best and most up-to-date medical care possible – whether in Canada, in the United States or overseas.

Protecta critical illness insurance is available with sums insured from $25,000 to $2,000,000 for adults and features Standard Life’s exclusive six-month total customer satisfaction guarantee. It can be purchased as a policy in itself or as a rider attached to another Protecta policy or Standard Life’s Perspecta Universal Life or “Preferred Term 10/20” products.