Questions for Application
1.Who can
purchase insurance for minors? Why the death benefit is limited for minors?
China's "Insurance Law" stipulates that ¡°No insurance applicant shall
take out any personal insurance in which insurance money shall be paid
conditioned upon the death of the insurant for a person without the civil
conduct capacity, and no insurer shall underwrite such insurance. Parents who
take out personal insurance for their underage children shall not be subject to
the preceding paragraph. However, the total insurance money paid for the death
of the insurant shall not exceed the limit as prescribed by the insurance
regulatory body under the State Council.¡± To limit the amount of death
benefit insurance is mainly to protect the rights and interests of minors and
prevent moral hazard; the same time, from the whole family point of view,
parents are the main financial source and pillar of the family, parents as the
insured person to purchase insurance, can provide the whole family a more
comprehensive insurance cover. 2.The things
you need to pay attention to when purchasing of participating insurance
products If an insurance applicant choose to purchase participating
insurance products, insurance, insurance applicant should be aware of dividends
available for distribution to policyholders is uncertain, there is no fixed
percentage. Dividends level depends primarily on the level of actual operating
results of insurance companies. If the actual operating results better than
expected, the insurance company will allocated part of the surplus to
policyholders. If the actual operating results worse than expected, the
insurance company may not have a surplus distribution. Do not unilaterally
compare the participating insurance products with other financial products (such
as bonds, bank deposits, etc.). 3. The
things you need to pay attention to when purchasing of universal life insurance
products. If an insurance applicant choose to purchase universal life
insurance products, the insurance applicant should learn more about the cost
deductions of universal life insurance, including the initial costs, the
premiums of death risk, policy management fees, administrations, surrender
charges, etc., the return on investment of universal insurance products is
uncertainty, the policyholder has to bear part of the investment risk; the
future earnings estimates in product introduction or insurance benefits estimate
book is purely descriptive, the return on investment above the minimum
guaranteed interest rate is uncertain. 4.What is an application form? Insurance
application form is a written offer from insurance applicant to an insurance
company for entering into an insurance contract. 5.What is the insurance policy? The
insurance policy is issued by an insurance company after underwriting which
record the amount of insurance, the amount of premium etc. specific information.
6.What is the insurance terms and
conditions? The insurance terms and conditions is the detailed
records of the rights and obligations of the parties in the insurance contract,
specifically including insurance liability, liability exception, premium, apply
for insurance benefit, cancel of contract, handle of dispute and so on.
7.What is an endorsement (or annotation)?
Endorsement (or annotation) is the supplemental agreement when
contracting parties change the contents the contract, normally attached to the
original contract. 8.What is the cooling off
period? How to calculate surrender cost in cooling off period? Under
normal circumstances, long-term personal insurance products do not have cooling
off period. Cooling off period is the period of 10 days from received the
policy and signed for. During this time, policyholder can carefully consider
the suitability of the products purchased. If the products do not match the
demand for insurance, policyholder can cancel the contract, the insurance
company will deduct no more than 10 yuan nominal fee and refund the premium
paid. Policyholder cancel the contract during the cooling off period, in
accordance with the contract, the insurance company will not bear the liability
for the incidents occurred during the cooling off period. 9.After the cooling off period, can policyholder
surrender half-way? After the cooling off period, within the validity
period of the insurance contract, policyholder may cancel the insurance contract
(that is, "Surrender"). After canceled the insurance contracts, insurance
company will pay the surrender payments to the policyholder in accordance with
the contract. 10.How surrender effect
policyholders? First, surrender makes consumers lose their existing
insurance coverage. Second, with the insured grew older, consumers who will
re-purchase the similar insurance coverage, in general, the rates and
underwriting requirements will increase. Third, after cooling off period,
the insurance company will charge surrender fees according to the contract,
consumers will have a loss. 11. Why the
insurance applicant and insured are required to sign on the insurance
contract£¿ Require by the ¡°Insurance Law¡±£º If the insurant agrees that
the insurance applicant enters into an insurance contract for the insurant, the
insurant applicant shall be deemed to have an insurable interest in the
insurant. When entering into an insurance contract, the insurance applicant and
insured shall tell the truth. Where an insurance contract takes death as the
condition for payment of insurance money, and the insurant has not consented
thereto and recognized the insured amount, the contract shall be null and void.
All above have been seen in the insurance contract through the insurance
applicant and insured¡¯s signature. 12. Which
kind of bank account could be used when insure£¿ The bank account use
for payment and refund can only be hold by insurance applicant
him/herself. 13. Can insured be changed?
Why? In the individual life insurance business, the insured can not
change, because each one of the insured person is a separate, unique subject
matter of insurance. The company insurance according to the insured¡¯s particular
age, sex, physical condition, etc., so the subject of life insurance contracts
can not be changed.
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