Disability Insurance

Clinical Staff

The insurance provides for income replacement of $50,000 per annum, payable monthly, after 105 calendar days of illness or injury. The benefit payments are subject to approval by the insurance carrier after review of medical evidence and treatment plans for the illness or injury. Many members have additional disability insurance from the OMA or a practice plan. If a benefit is also payable under another plan, the benefit from the Western insurance plan will not be offset by the other group insurance payment or payments from Canada Pension Plan.

For the purposes of the above noted disability insurance it is deemed to be employer paid regardless if your department bills you the premium cost.

This disability insurance coverage will cease when a member retires, terminates or attains their Normal Retirement Date which is the July 1st following their 65th birthday.

How Much Disability Insurance Do You Need?

You need to consider what other sources of income your family has access to and also the level of expenditures for your family each month. Here is a Disability Insurance worksheet designed by the Life and Health Insurance Foundation for Education.

Disability insurance (from Western) provides taxable benefits for as long as your injury or illness keeps you from the workforce. You will likely need disability insurance from other providers in order to meaningfully replace a physician’s income during an illness or injury.

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