Credit Protection for Credit Cards

Right for you if you:

  • want Credit Protection on your Scotiabank credit card balance

  • are a current Scotiabank credit card customer

  • are less than 70 years old on the date you enrol for Credit Life Protection

  • are less than 60 years old on the date you enrol for Critical Illness Protection

Your Scotiabank credit card can give you convenient access to credit for your everyday purchases and expenses. However, in the event of your death, or the diagnosis of a covered critical illness, this convenience could become your family's financial obligation. Credit Protection can prevent this from happening.

Credit Life Protection

Credit Life Protection can pay off the outstanding balance on your credit card account in the event of your death, removing these worries from your loved ones.

Critical Illness Protection

Critical Illness Protection is a living benefit, which means that the outstanding balance on your credit card account can be paid in the event you are diagnosed with a covered critical illness (specifically heart attack, cancer, or stroke).

 Add Critical Illness 

coverage to your Life Protection, or consider joint coverage if you have a secondary cardholder on your account.

You're already approved 

if you are less than 70 years old on the date you enrol for Life Protection, or less than 60 years old if you decide to enrol for both Life and Critical Illness Protection.

No health questions 

are asked

At a Glance

29¢ for every $100 of your outstanding account balance if you enrol in single Life coverage
52¢ for every $100 of your outstanding account balance if you enrol in joint Life coverage
Coverage up to $85,000

Features

Affordable monthly premiums for Credit Protection are based on your outstanding account balance and your coverage choices.

Your monthly credit insurance premium amount is added to your Scotiabank credit card account automatically and is reported on your statement.

No premium will be charged if your previous month's statement balance was zero.

Single Life coverage costs just 29 cents for every $100 of your outstanding account balance on the previous month's Scotiabank MasterCard statement. Joint Life coverage (two people) on the same Scotiabank MasterCard account costs 52 cents for every $100 of your outstanding account balance on the previous month's Scotiabank MasterCard statement.

Single Life and Critical Illness coverage costs just 53 cents for every $100 of your outstanding account balance on the previous month's Scotiabank MasterCard statement. Joint Life and Critical Illness coverage (two people) on the same Scotiabank MasterCard account costs 95 cents for every $100 of your outstanding account balance on the previous month's Scotiabank MasterCard statement.

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