Insurance forms: attending physician statements and claim forms

Disability, critical illness, life, health benefit, travel and pension plan forms from Canadian insurers, including the disability statement most carriers now share.

Private insurers and pension plans ask the treating clinician to document disability, critical illness, death and health benefit claims. For disability, most carriers now use one form: the Initial Disability Insurance Medical Statement, the industry standard for short- and long-term disability that CLHIA announced on October 1, 2025. Sun Life, Manulife, Canada Life, Desjardins, Empire Life, Equitable Life, The Co-operators, Medavie and the Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba Blue Cross plans use it.

The statement runs 4 pages, the form says the patient pays any fee, and insurers may take up to a year to retire their own forms. Beyond disability, this list covers critical illness and death claim statements, health plan pre-approvals for CPAP or nursing care, drug prior authorization and trip cancellation forms, and pension plan disability reports from OTPP, OMERS, LAPP and others. Vero Documents fills PDF forms like these from the visit note and chart; you review, sign, and download, print or email the form with the patient's consent.

CLHIA (industry standard)

Déclaration médicale initiale pour l’assurance invalidité

Standard industry medical statement used to start a short- or long-term disability claim with any participating Canadian life and health insurer.

Completed by
Attending physician or other applicable medical provider (family physician, consulting specialist or other)
Issued by
CLHIA (harmonized industry form)
Format
Fillable PDF
Language
English and French

3sHealth

Initial medical statement for a Saskatchewan health-care employee's application to the 3sHealth Disability Income Plan (CUPE, General, SEIU-West and SUN plans).

Completed by
Licensed physician or nurse practitioner; a chiropractor or registered psychologist may complete it for up to eight weeks from the disability start date
Issued by
3sHealth (Disability Income Plan)
Format
Fillable PDF
Language
English

Alberta Blue Cross

Bank creditor insurance

Disability claim for CIBC creditor disability insurance; the clinician completes the embedded CLHIA Initial Disability Insurance Medical Statement.

Completed by
Family physician, consulting specialist or other applicable medical provider
Issued by
CIBC creditor insurance / Canada Life
Format
Fillable PDF
Language
English

Beneva

Beneva (formerly SSQ Insurance and La Capitale) group claim forms, including any attending physician statements, are listed only after entering a group or policy number.

Completed by
Attending physician (for the medical statements in the package)
Issued by
Beneva
Format
Sent for each case
Language
English and French

Search tool for Beneva group prior authorization (exception drug) forms by drug or medical condition.

Completed by
Prescribing physician (plan member completes their part)
Issued by
Beneva
Format
PDF
Language
English and French

Blue Cross Ontario and Québec

Critical illness claim package with claimant's statement, attending physician's statement and medical certificate.

Completed by
Attending physician
Issued by
Blue Cross Ontario & Québec (Canassurance)
Format
PDF
Language
English

BMO Insurance

BMO Insurance life and critical illness claims; BMO sends the claims package, including any physician statements, after the claim is started.

Completed by
Attending physician (for physician statements in the package)
Issued by
BMO Insurance
Format
Sent for each case
Language
English and French

Canada Life

Family of drug-specific prior authorization forms for Canada Life workplace drug plans.

Completed by
Prescribing physician (plan member completes their part)
Issued by
Canada Life
Format
Fillable PDF
Language
English

CanAssistance (travel claims)

ClaimSecure

Pre-approval assessment for a hospital bed purchase or rental.

Completed by
Physician (current medical information); supplier completes purchase/rental information
Issued by
ClaimSecure
Format
Fillable PDF
Language
English
2002000-028A-CL-64

Wheelchair Assessment Form

Pre-approval assessment for wheelchair purchase or rental.

Completed by
Physician (current medical information); supplier completes purchase/rental information
Issued by
ClaimSecure
Format
Fillable PDF
Language
English

Pre-approval questionnaire for a custom knee brace, completed before estimate approval.

Completed by
Physician (current medical information); supplier completes purchase information
Issued by
ClaimSecure
Format
Fillable PDF
Language
English

Desjardins Insurance

Family of drug-specific prior authorization forms for Desjardins group drug plans.

Completed by
Attending physician (plan member completes their part)
Issued by
Desjardins Insurance
Format
PDF
Language
English and French

Empire Life

Equitable Life

Express Scripts Canada

PBM form search for drug prior authorization forms for the plan sponsors and insurers that Express Scripts Canada manages.

Completed by
Prescribing physician (Part B); patient completes Part A
Issued by
Express Scripts Canada
Format
PDF
Language
English and French

Federal public service and Armed Forces plans

Attending clinician's medical statement supporting an initial long-term disability claim under the federal Public Service Disability Insurance (DI) Plan, policy 12500-G.

Completed by
Attending physician (or applicable treating medical provider)
Issued by
Sun Life (federal Public Service Disability Insurance Plan)
Format
PDF
Language
English

Foresters Financial

Healthcare Benefit Trust (BC)

Physician statement for an initial long-term disability claim by BC health-care, community social services and public-sector employees covered by HBT plans.

Completed by
Attending physician
Issued by
Healthcare Benefit Trust (claims adjudicated by Canada Life)
Format
PDF
Language
English

Humania

iA Financial Group

Invalidité – Demande de prolongation

Ongoing (supplementary) group disability update with attending physician's statements on current situation, treatment, follow-up, prognosis, limitations and restrictions.

Completed by
Attending physician
Issued by
iA Financial Group
Format
Fillable PDF
Language
English and French

Manitoba Blue Cross

Physician report supporting a Manitoba Blue Cross trip cancellation claim: diagnosis, first visit, hospital confinement, and whether the condition precluded travel.

Completed by
Attending physician
Issued by
Manitoba Blue Cross
Format
Fillable PDF
Language
English

Manulife

Medavie Blue Cross

Pacific Blue Cross

Public-sector pension plans

Medical report for medical pre-approval of, or application for, an OTPP full or partial disability pension; reviewed by OTPP's independent medical referee.

Completed by
Medical examiner (treating physician)
Issued by
Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan
Format
PDF
Language
English

RBC Insurance

Retraite Québec

Saskatchewan Blue Cross

Sun Life

Déclaration médicale initiale pour l’assurance invalidité

Sun Life's copy of the industry initial medical statement for new short-term disability, long-term disability and salary continuance claims, replacing Sun Life's Attending Physician's Statement for new claims.

Completed by
Attending physician or other medical provider
Issued by
Sun Life
Format
PDF
Language
English and French

The Co-operators

Functional abilities assessment supporting a disability claim and return-to-work planning.

Completed by
Treating physician or other health professional
Issued by
The Co-operators
Format
Fillable PDF
Language
English

Wawanesa Life

Individual life and critical illness claims use a claims package requested from Wawanesa Life's claims team.

Completed by
Attending physician (for physician statements in the package)
Issued by
Wawanesa Life
Format
Sent for each case
Language
English

More Canadian forms

How this list is checked

A form is listed only after its name and number were confirmed on the issuing agency’s or insurer’s own website, or in the form itself. Each entry links to that source. The list was last checked in October 2026. Forms change without notice, so download the current version from the official page before you fill it in.

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Frequently asked questions

Which insurers use the Initial Disability Insurance Medical Statement?

Sun Life, Manulife, Canada Life, Desjardins (individual disability), Empire Life, Equitable Life, The Co-operators, Medavie Blue Cross, and Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba Blue Cross publish their own copies, such as Manulife's GBF0002E, Sun Life's 5548-SL-IDIMS-E and Medavie's FORM-401E, or link to the CLHIA form. RBC directs physicians to it, and creditor disability claims on CIBC, RBC and TD loans embed it. The federal public service disability plans use it too. Some older insurer statements remain in use during the changeover.

Can I stop partway through the CLHIA disability medical statement?

Yes, in two cases. If the patient has returned to work, or the disability will last under 4 weeks, the clinician may stop after page 2 and sign. Otherwise complete Section 2, the Medical Statement, in full; the patient completes Section 1, Patient Information and Consent. The form is a 4-page fillable PDF that goes back to the patient to submit to their insurer, since CLHIA does not process claims.

Who pays for an attending physician statement?

Usually the patient. The CLHIA statement and most insurer copies print that the patient is responsible for any fees, and Desjardins, SISIP and the bank creditor claim forms say the same. There are exceptions: The Co-operators reimburses the member for its Functional Abilities form (GL2647) up to a limit stated on the form, and 3sHealth pays a standard fee for forms it requests once an LTD claim is approved.

Do pension plans have their own disability medical forms?

Yes. Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan uses a medical report for disability pensions (form 0202), OMERS uses form 147, Ontario Pension Board uses OPB 3003 for the Public Service Pension Plan, and Alberta's LAPP uses the Confidential Medical Statement (LA163). Vestcor has an attending physician's statement for New Brunswick teachers, and Retraite Québec's RSP-502 covers public-sector plans, separate from QPP disability. Most say the patient pays any fee.