Group Term Life
What is Group Term Insurance ?
A type of insurance coverage offered to a group of people. This coverage will provide a monetary benefit to the beneficiaries if the covered individual dies during the defined covered period.
As with other types of group benefits, group term life insurance is generally cheaper than individual policy coverage. For this reason, the group term life insurance is often a key component in employee benefit packages.
The premiums are based on the company’s deaths experience, proposed sum assured, range of employees’ ages and the occupation of the employees.
Why is Group Term Life Insurance Important ?
Most of us do not use insurance as a risk management tool. Insurance is still used to save taxes or make savings. Therefore, most of us buy investment-based plans, which have a meagre sum assured. In case of untimely death of a person these policies are unable to provide enough corpus, which can replace the income of the person.
A Group Term Life cover supplements the sum assured taken by an employee and provides financial relief to the family in case of the employee’s untimely death.
Salient Features of the Policy
While Fire Insurance also covers damage to assets from explosions, damage to boiler or pressure plant itself is not covered in the Fire policy. Damage to boiler and pressure plant due to an explosion can only be covered through this policy. The policy provides coverage for all types of boilers and other pressure plants.
Can the member carry the policy on leaving the group ?
No, all benefits under the plan are terminated when a member leaves the group.Can the Sum Assured be changed midterm ?
No, sum assured cannot be changed midterm unless the sum assured for the whole group or the hierarchy is being revised. Sum assured can also be changed if any person has been promoted during the policy duration and the new designation enjoys a higher sum assured.
Information Required by Insurers to Quote
Insurers require the following information for each member of the group:
• Date of birth
• Date of Joining
• Designation
• Proposed Sum Assured
• Declaration of any deaths in the three previous years
Open Enrollment period
This is typically when the new policy is taken or when the renewal is done. This has a cycle of one year. All the employees have the option of enrolling into the policy by adding or deleting, making changes in the dependents list, opting in or opting out of optional covers. Once the submission is done, the coverage freezes for one year and no mid-term changes are allowed.
Qualifying Event enrollment period
This is when a new employee is joins or when an existing employee want to add his newly wed spouse or new born baby. Employee cannot make any changes in the existing dependents list.Advance premium deposit with insurer
As per section 64Vb clause by regulator, the insurer can provide the risk coverage only when he has received the premium. To meet this clause, the insurer maintains an advance premium deposit for group policies. If the advance premium is adequately maintained, the employee will be given coverage from day 1 of joining. If the premium is not adequate, the coverage will start from the date of receipt of premium at the insurers end. Hence, it is advisable to maintain sufficient advance premium deposit balance with the insurer. The enrolment tool should be capable of showing you the advance premium balance available at any point of time.
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