Banking Secrets Revealed, Why Pay More?

Banking Secrets Revealed, Why Pay More?

To those newbies who is buying their first home, please read the Banking secrets revealed, why pay more?

Buying your first ever house is a dream come true for those yuppies. But be aware what the banking secrets revealed, why do you have to pay more during the time when you are not in a fat city. Especially those newly wedded couples with a shoestring budget, coping with the wedding expenses and furnishing their sweet home.

After a numerous viewing.

From one house to another house, finally, you settled with the new a single semi- detached double. Price tagged RM700,000 in a suburban area.  It is 5 kilometers drive from to the town central, your office just a stone away from the MRT.

Armed.

Armed with all the necessary documents, both the couple goes to their favorite X bank for a 90% margin loan which is duly approval.

Mr. Y, the X bank manager give you the widest sincere smile, cordially invites the couple to his cozy private office.

“Mr. & Mrs.  So and so, it is the bank procedure requirement to buy a fire or house owner policy for your new house, since it is 90% margin loan over the purchase price of RM700,000, thus the sum insured will be RM630,000.00.  Please sign here on the dotted column.” the bank manager advised their client.

” Sure, no problem.” Mr. & Mrs.So politely pen on the dotted line.

” If you have any question about the fire insurance, please don’t hesitate to call me or my staff, I will be happy to serve you at all time” the bank manager affirmed the blissful couple who are on the way to Hawaii for their honeymoon.


Here are the questions for anyone to answer.

Banking Secrets Revealed, Why Pay More?

  1. Can the ground that erected your house can fire it down?
  2. Don’t be naive, who is the housing developer running on charity build the house without any profit?
  3. Do you move into to your new house as where the basis is?
  4. Not spending a fortune to have extensive renovation?

All the answers will unveil soon in my next post.

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Insurers Idnemnity New for Old Electrical Appliances?

Insurers Indemnity New for Old Electrical Appliances? Can you believe it? If insurers do pay your claim.The public would have two responses.” I….s that tr…….ue? Martin asked with his unbelievable eye.

” Yes, my Led Television which I brought in 2014, the recent lightning damaged it, the insurer paid me the 2017 current price” Mary proudly told Martin.

” No depreciation or wear and tear? Which insurance company would be so kind to pay you the new current price? Who is your insurance broker/agent, Can you introduce to me? Martin probe further with more questions.

Why Insurers Indemnity New for Old Electrical Appliances?

Many insured assume the householder policy making a claim, they would receive a new replacement cost for the replacing stolen, damaged or lost items.

While this certainly might be the case, but often it isn’t always. Many insureds are disappointed to find that the terms of their cover mean they only receive a claim settlement after the age of items and wear and tear have been taken into account.

What ‘new for old’ means

‘New for old’ ensures that when you’re claiming on an item (although not necessarily all items) you will be compensated sufficiently to exchange it for the exact same, new version; or, if that no longer available, the latest equivalent.

Criteria quality Insurers Indemnity New for Old Electrical ApAppliances?

The said claim items must be less than 5 years old.

It must be adequate sum insured on each renewal. 

Let us say you purchased an item cost RM10,000.00.  On each renewal, the sum insured must be also RM10,000.00 from 1st to the fifth year.

What new for old policies won’t cover

Easily ruined or lost like clothing, and bed linen only a few items new for old policies won’t include compensation for.

The trendy fashionable items like the customized handbag, shoe and handphone are in the excluding list. It is best to read the small print in the exclusion clause as policies vary between one insurance companies to another insurer.

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Impact Damage by Insured’s Own Vehicle

Impact Damage by Insured’s Own Vehicle. Is it payable? What shall we do? Claim own car insurance? No NCD on renewal? Repair own car and own house out of own pocket?

Impact Damage

Impact Damage due to Insured’s own Rail/Road Vehicles, Forklifts, Cranes, Stackers and the like and articles dropped therefrom. “In consideration of an additional premium of RM._____________, it is hereby agreed and declared that the policy is extended to cover loss and/or damage caused due to impact by direct contact to Insured’s property caused by Insured’s own Rail/Road Vehicles, Forklifts, cranes, stackers and the like and articles dropped therefrom.”

Wee hours of the morning

A loud “Bang Bang” disturbed the eerie silent moonshine night.An elder couple drove tiring over an hour drive after attending their relative’s wedding reception in a posh hotel. His forehead oozing out a lot of blood, his white shirt turned into blood red. His wife with her broken arm crying her daughter for help.

To his horror

After crawling out from the vehicle, the strong impact had demolished the front auto gate, his car rammed right to front broken brick wall. The main hall partially damaged, with broken glass scattered all over the main hall.

” Oh my God” Lina wake up!” the couple shaking their daughter vigorously, to no avail. Lina and her friend were lying motionless in a pool of fresh blood.

They hurriedly called the ambulance, it arrived 15 minutes later. The paramedic rushed four of them to the hospital. Fortunately, their younger son was in the back room, found sound and unhurt. He startled to see the messy hall. At sixes and seventh, wondering what the next course action to take. Such a freak accident does happen most public would panic.

Take pictures of the scene

Insured had to make a police report immediately. Try to mitigate the further loss by guarding the house content being robbed. Go through the fire or house owner or householder policy to see whether the policy has an additional peril for Impact dagame by insured’s own vehicle.

Adequately insured.

There is only a deductible of RM 400 for the impact damage by insured’s own vehicle. The auto gate and brick of the main hall and part of the damage wiring system, door and lock cost about RM50 000 less Rm 400 deductible thus the insured can claim up to RM49 600

The Elder couple and his daughter.

They can claim up to RM10 000 or 50% of the sum insured.  As for Lina’s friend, she can claim up to RM300 000 for her bodily injury under public liability in the fire or house owner policy.

House content like television, sofa set,  some decorative item like painting, flower vase or table and chair, it is payable under the householder policy provided that the elder couple also purchased such policy. Otherwise, they act as if their own insurer.

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Need an insurance agent in the digital world

In this internet digital world, whatever information on the insurance subject can be found on the internet by the click of your finger. Do you really need an insurance agent in the digital world?  Many may think otherwise. Too many negative pictures painted on those earlier day insurance agent.

I remember vividly a joke during my 1st years on marketing insurance training.

Our local head (OCPD) and his deputy are always around on duty during the office hour. They fear no one right from the mafia, head of the gangster, drug lord, and money launderer.

” Sir, there is someone by the name of Mr. Ricky would like to see shortly.  He is on the way up the building”

” Is he an insurance agent wearing a spectacle with a fashionable tie.” The OCPD asked.

“Yes, Sir”

” On My God, tell him I am not around,” hurried he left the office as if there is a tsunami is going to sweep away his office.

“Mr. Ricky, my boss has left the office, he would not be back until tomorrow. Do you want to leave a message?

” Good Morning, Mr. OCPD, do you like a coffee to have with me? Mr. Ricky cornered him at the side door exist.

What is the moral of this joke?

Agents only want my money

When we think about insurance agents we often think about those slimy snack oil salesman we see in old movies. The initial contact with insurance agents, they would sell as many policies as possible TO SUCK  YOUR MONEY. The will become an invisible agent until the renewal date the next year.

The is how insurance agents are portrayed by the public. The Money Face.  But the reality is that agent is here to help to sort the right policy for you.  We are not God to predict what will happen to us and our family. Like the case of 2004 tsunami, although we have the latest technology to monitor the daily volcano activities, yet the tragedy still occurs.

You may have experienced an agent who only wants your money.On behalf of our industry, I apologize for their ignorance and selfishness. Agents help you make the right decision on a service that you were already going to buy. Give agents a chance and interview another so that you get what’s best for yourself.

It’s cheaper to go online or buy direct

An agent’s commission does not affect an insurer’s quote. It will be the same whether you go through the agent or directly to the company. Buying from an insurance agents or brokers,  however, may allow you to receive huge discounts that others do not offer.

Call the agent to get a quotation for you.  It saves your time from calling various insurers. The only true way for you to know is to get a quote.

Buying direct will help me cut out the middle man saving me time.

No one likes to deal with a middle man anymore. Call an agent to quote is quite frustrating not knowing how long it would take.

Get an online quote getting a lot of inquiries during your office working hour.  It interrupts your workflows. Your immediate superior will give you an unpleasant look.  You still need an agent for 2 reasons:-

1.) The agent will call and sort the best quotation for you from various insurer saving of your time be calling so many insurers. You just need to have an appointment with the agent after work or at the comfort of your home.

2.) Issues arise or a claim occurs, the agent can take care for you. It saves your time sitting on hold for long periods of time and being shuffled around from person to person to get your questions answered.

I don’t need an agent’s opinion – I know what I’m doing.

An agent can provide you with more than just quotes. Even with all the research online,  it takes a personal look each individual’s situation to derive a final sensible decision. Having a similar home, family size, and vehicle as your neighbor but have completely different insurance needs. An agent will help you find the right plan for you and avoid policies you do not need (yes you can buy policies you don’t need).

Even I had worked for an insurer for 6 solid years, the insurance industry is keeping changes like new regulations and rules were added.  Therefore all agents must attend compulsory on a yearly training of 30 HOURS  to update latest new amendment act. Having an agent inside would bring benefit to the insured.

You can choose to go direct instead of going through an agent but if you have someone on your side who can help you make the best decisions, save you money, provide you with tools and is free why would you not go with them? THE CHOICE IS YOURS.

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Storm and Tempest Claim under Fire Insurance?

Storm and Tempest Claim under Fire Insurance?What a title? Weird or insanity? It is the misperception for most of the public at large. Some of the general insurance agents often mislead the insured.

” No such thing” ” Nonsense” I often hear this when I give training to those general insurance agents.

” Nonsense” I often hear this when I give training to those general insurance agents.

To matter the worst, one veteran agent said” It is an act of God, no claim” Oh…oh

I was at sixth and seven could not believe what I heard.

If the agents are not aware such clause, it will advise their insured wrongly.

What are Storm and Tempest?

 A storm is defined as a violent atmospheric disturbance that produces severe winds, accompanied by rain, snow or hail or by thunder and lightning.

A tempest is an exceptionally severe storm.

What does it cover?

The insured is allowed to claim for damages that occur as a result of a severe weather event. It may include damage to the building structure. Or items within the building damaged by the storm (for example office equipment damaged by rain water after the collapsed roofing.

The policy excludes damage caused by a fire because any fire that broke out as a direct result of a storm would be covered under a fire policy.

It does not cover the consequential losses incurred as a result of any interruption caused to your business unless you take up business interruption cover.

What having Storm and Tempest cover means to you?

Your property is protected against the potentially very costly repairs due to storm and tempest.

The Average Clause

It is a penalty to the insured.
Let say, you claim is amounting to RM10,00o.00 for the building.
Your sum insured was RM100,000.00.  1% of RM100,000.00 would be RM1,000.00
Thus your claim would be RM10,000-RM200 =  RM 9,800.00
But if the actual sum insured of a building was RM200,000.00. You insured for RM100,000.00 which was under the insurance of 50%. The average shall apply in this scenario.
Thus the claim would be RM10,000.00 x50% – RM200.00 = TM4,800.00. The difference of RM5,000.00 being you act an own insurer.

“Average ” is an insurance term for the penalty for under insurance.  Some clients want to save some premium. Insured advises the agent put insuring a lesser amount.

A fierce storm hit Kluang on  2 June 2015 at 6.30pm.

One of the low-cost house. the storm blew off the whole roofing and wiring system.  The water wet the whole wiring system. The insurer paid the RM3,000.00 for the root top and RM5,000.00 for the wet wiring system respectively.
Another double terrace house, the tempest ripped part of the hall roofing and damaged the amplifier system. The insured satisfied with the claim of RM3,000.00 for the roofing.  But No payment for the amplifier.  On checking the policy, the insured only inserted furniture and fitting, plant and machinery instead of electrical appliances.

It is always advisable to include the storm and tempest endorsement for both the fire policy on building another for the content.

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Enough Sleep to Avoid the Car Accident in Malaysia

Getting eight hours of sleep each night is a luxury for all of us. By having enough sleep to avoid the car accident in Malaysia

A total of 18 people died daily in road accidents nationwide 2015 in Malaysia. It is an alarm to note the  number of road accidents last year has also increased.

In 2014, there were 476,196 road accidents, while  in 2015,  489,606 accidents were reported – a spike by 2.74 per cent. The total number of accidents included 6,706 fatalities in 2015, as compared to 6,674 fatalities in 2014.

Malaysians are taking lightly the importance of sleep. Driving  from 2am to 4am, during that time, our body is preparing to sleep. Driving is going against it. The cognition and response are slower and wakefulness will not last as long as usual. Driving in the wee hours in the morning can lead to road accident especially the long distance express buses. Banned this practice.

30% of  the Malaysian bus drivers were found to have sleep disorders A test carried amongst 300 Malaysian bus drivers by the Road Safety Department and the Sleep Disorder Society Malaysia.

Tests have shown that people who sleep six hours instead of seven or eight  have poorer performance in mental alertness.

In view of the importance of sleep to health, the respective authorities should

–Ban wee-hour trips by express buses
— The Ministry of Health should have creates the campaign the awareness on sleep.

How much sleep is ‘enough’?

What are the effects of insufficient sleep? How are our bodies affected?

The following article sheds some light on the unpleasant, and sometimes dangerous, repercussions of not getting enough sleep each night.

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1. Sleepiness Causes Accidents

Sleep is a biological requirement that cannot be overcome with willpower, determination or training. A neuroscientist Prof Russell Foster, from the University of Oxford, said that a lack of sleep damages long-term health. It results in impaired brain skills similar to those observed under the influence of alcohol.

An adult with less five hours sleep has adverse effects. The effects are similar who drinks alcohol.  It includes general impairment of vision and coordination.

The distracted  driver on his morning commute, along with accidental microsleeps that entail dropping off when at the wheel. Besides,  causing road accidents, it may also damage the quality of crucial decisions made at work.

2. Sleep Loss Impairs Your Normal Thought Process

Sleep plays a critical role in the thinking and learning processes. Lack of sleep affects these cognitive abilities in several ways.

Firstly, it impairs attention, alertness, concentration, reasoning, and problem solving. This side effect reduced your learning and absorbing information efficiently.

Secondly, throughout the night, various sleep cycles play a key role in ‘consolidating’ memories. Insufficient sleep,  the information you have gathered throughout the day is not effectively stored in your short-term and long-term memory banks.  Resulting in memory gaps and a decline in cognitive ability and recollection.

3. Your Mood Could Swing All over the Place.

Besides,the impairing the ability to learn and process information.  The  decreased sleep also leads to “depression and anxiety in the long term,” advises Dianne Augelli, M.D., a sleep expert at New York Presbyterian Hospital and Weill Cornell Medicine in New York City.

The short-term effects of sleep deprivation, offer a false impression of an improvement in mood. Augelli counsels that the short-term elevation in mood “may be because certain neurotransmitters and hormones are released to keep you awake”.

She cautions that the borderline-euphoric feelings will not last and that they are to be regarded as early warning markers of damage caused by insufficient sleep.

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4. Your Blood Pressure Goes Up

In a landmark study of human sleep deprivation, University of Chicago researchers followed a group of student volunteers who slept only four hours nightly for six consecutive days.

The volunteers developed higher blood pressure and higher levels of cortisol, a stress hormone. To make the matter worst , volunteers also produced only half the usual number of antibodies to a flu vaccine. Some sleep-deprived students also showed signs of insulin resistance — a condition widely regarded as a precursor of type 2 diabetes and metabolic slowdown.

The changes were reversed when the student volunteers made up the hours of sleep they had lost. The Chicago study helps to explain why chronic sleep debt raises the risk of obesity, heart disease, stroke, and diabetes.

5. Your Skin Gets Stressed out, Too.

The aforementioned stress hormone, cortisol, is also responsible for moderating skin health and appearance.

Cortisol levels naturally decrease during sleep, says Joshua Zeichner, the director of  a cosmetic and clinical research in Dermatology at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City. Low levels of cortisol allow skin to regenerate and protect itself. Lack of sleep, the cortisol levels stay high and skin is not allowed to perform its natural reparative tasks.

Higher cortisol levels,  also, increases the skin’s oil production capabilities, leaving you with a greasy appearance. Your face prone to a pimple break-out.

The above 5 are the side-effects of not getting enough sleep each night. Now that you’re sufficiently motivated to get the amount of sleep your body requires, increase your ‘ROI’ by finding out which positions would work best for you!


Your Sleep Needs Change Over the Years

How much sleep you need to stay healthy, alert, and active? It depends on your age and varies from person to person. Most adults need at least seven or more hours of sleep each night.

The National Sleep Foundation and a panel of 18 experts combed through more than 300 studies to identify the ideal amount of time a person needs to sleep according to their age:

  • Newborns (0 to 3 months): 14 to 17 hours of sleep
  • Infants (4 to 11 months): 12 to 15 hours of sleep
  • Toddlers (1 to 2 years): 11 to 14 hours of sleep
  • Preschoolers (3 to 5 years): 10 to 13 hours of sleep
  • School-aged children (6 to 13 years): 9 to 11 hours of sleep
  • Teenagers (14 to 17 years): 8 to 10 hours of sleep
  • Young adults (18 to 25 years): 7 to 9 hours of sleep
  • Adults (26 to 64 years): 7 to 9 hours of sleep
  • Older adults (65 years or older): 7 to 8 hours of sleep

 

 

 

 

 

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Tips for Filing Fire Insurance Claims

Tips for Filing Fire Insurance Claims.

As fires become an increasingly prevalent threat, especially during the hot season.  The insurer tries to deny liability in any way to cut down their fire loss ratio in the underwriting portfolio.  Insured need to familiar on how to make a fire claim.  Losing your home and personal belongings to a fire is already a devastating experience. Nobody wants a hard time dealing with the insurer on the claim. Here are some tips to follow when dealing with fire insurer on you claims

1. Ask for an advance against your ultimate fire insurance claim If you were forced to evacuate due to the dangerous conditions. Just grabbed your important  documents and some clothing. Don’t panic. Call your insurer for some advanced of money. You can purchase the  necessities without having to wait for the final settlement. Take care of your needs, but be sure to not go overboard. Be practical with what you buy, because the insurer can refuse to reimburse you for frivolous things. For example, if you need a pair of slacks and a dress shirt to work. This advance will be deducted from the final settlement. Don’t worry, No Interest will be charged for this advanced.

2. Make a list of everything you’ve lost and do not throw anything away.  Do it immediately as it is still fresh in your memory. The fire adjuster needs to see the fire damaged article even though it burnt to ash.  It is a proof to claim from the insurer. You are denying your own right to claim by discard away the damaged item.

3. File your claim right away, it is the duty of the insured either by inform the agent or insurer. Call the insurer to send the adjuster ASAP to assess the loss. The insurer requires you to submit a “proof of loss claim”. This is the form includes all of the items you lost, including their value. Your prompt action is especially important if there were many other homeowners affected by the fire.

The following is a list of information to include in your claim.

1. Date of loss.

2. Type of loss or damage.

3. Location of damage.

4. Any related injuries.

5. Others involved.

6.The condition of the home.

7. Description of damaged contents.

8. Whether or not temporarily repairs are necessary.

9. An original police report.

Dealing with the claim is a very convoluted process involving countless calls, emails, letters, and documents. Be sure to keep track of all communication and keep a copy of all documents and post office receipts of mailing. It plays safe to ask the insurer give back the acknowledged back copy for all the documents tender to them. This is to avoid the future dispute of not receiving the required documents.

4. Secure your property to mitigate damage The insurer requires you to take reasonable care of your property. Therefore, be sure that you secure your property from further damage. It is unnecessary for a total loss. However, where only one section of your home is damaged, be sure to take proactive measures in preventing further damage. The mitigating loss means reducing the amount of damage. Ways to mitigate loss  include

• Covering holes in the walls and roof to protect from “full theft”

• Boarding up or building a fence to prevent looters •

• Smoldering all embers.

• Moving property that is at risk of further damage (for example, moving the unharmed television out from underneath the hole in the ceiling).

5. Keep track of your living expenses. Your fire policy includes a clause called “loss of use,”   It means that the insurer reimburses you for your living expenses while displaced from your damaged home. Note, however, that you are only entitled to the difference between what it costs you while displaced and what it was costing you in your home. For example, if your monthly living expenses are $4,000 per month, but now you are having to add hotel stays, restaurant meals, laundry expenses, and extra petrol for your car, totaling an additional $1,000, your insurer company will only reimburse you the extra $1,000 per month. If you to stay with family members or friends instead of at a hotel. Sometimes, the insurance company will reimburse your host for the additional costs of your stay. Ask your host to itemize the additional costs. Take extra care to be reasonable and not frivolous, and be patient with your insurer should they want to negotiate with you for this cost. Politely remind the company that you are saving them a great amount of money in hotel and restaurant expenses by staying with loved ones.

6. Get the right repair estimates and keep receipts and documentation to everything. Filing fire insurance claims enables you to repair or even rebuild your damaged home. The reinstatement cost is  “Actual cash value” policies entitled you to the amount it would take to return your home, including its contents, to its before fire fair market value. “Replacement” policies entitled you to the amount it would take to replace the home and its contents, regardless of the value of what you lost. “Replacement” coverage does not require you to actually rebuild your home on the exact same lot. You can choose where you want to rebuild. So, long as it is the same value as your old lot, your insurance covers it. Of course, if you move to where the house more expensive, you will end up paying the difference. If you decide not to rebuild, but to invest the money in something completely unrelated, like a business or college fund, the “replacement” policy will become an “actual cash value” policy, providing you with about 15% less. The insurer requires an estimate of the fair market value or cost of replacement of damaged property before the fire. The insurer has in-house adjuster works in favor of the insurer. It is best to engage a reputable independent adjuster to deal with your insurer to determine the final sum of the claim.

7. It is a great mistake not continue paying your premium even though you filed a fire claim. The house owners’ policy including liability protection for your home, including pets.  The Animal also suffering stress too. Your beloved might chew your expensive bed. You can claim for the damaged bed too.If you stop paying the premium, sorry to say, there will be no claim for you.   Please bear mind to inform your new address to your insurer or agent.  Request to reduce the premium for vacant risk. Adjust this after your new home is built.

8. You might overlook in the initial claim. You can resubmit those omitted items to the insurer.  It is a common occurrence when there a mass destruction. In such a stressful and confusing time, it is likely that you may forget to list an item of value in your initial insurance claim. Give yourself some time. Protect yourself by waiting a few months before consenting to close your claim. It is your right not to close the claim so soon by sending them a letter thanking them for the payment, but asserting that you do not consider the claim closed.

9. If you are unable to reach an acceptable settlement after engaged your own independent estimator or contractor, consider hiring a public adjuster. Their role is to negotiate with the insurer on your behalf. The cost is worth it when hiring the public adjuster to help you to get a better compensation.

10. Don’t worry about losing your insurance coverage.  You would not be blacklisted,  unlike the car “habitual claimant” This is not the case. As long as you file your genuine claim with no element of fraud, the insurer will not penalize letting you in renewing your policy with them.  For more information, the following websites are extremely helpful to victims who need immediate help and answers

http://www.insuranceinfo.com.my/choose_your_cover/protect_your_possessions/home_insurance.php?intPrefLangID=1

 

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Will Travel Insurance Cover Earthquakes?

With the rising travel awareness, people fly more frequent than in the past. Will Travel Insurance Cover Earthquakes? The insured often asked the agent.  How to claim ?

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>The insured should understand the coverage and benefits of their policy before buying an earthquake travel insurance. Besides, emergency medical and medical evacuation benefits, a lot of policies also have 24-hour emergency assistance.

Will Travel Insurance Cover Earthquakes?

If there are travel warnings and yet the insured ignore it and go ahead for the travel plan as scheduled.  The insurer can deny the liability.

 Is It Safe To Travel To Destinations Where Earthquakes Occur?

Major earthquakes occur only a few times a year. It is unlikely to occur during your short day visit. Additionally, it is easier to predict when and where an earthquake is likely to occur with the modern sophisticated technology.

 When You’re Not Covered

  • Travel against warnings: If you intentionally put yourself in danger and travel to a country or region against governmental travel advice. You act as an own insurer. No cover for you for anything that related to travel warning.  For instance, if you traveled to Turkey which is against terrorism warnings.  There is no cover for you.
  • Known events: Once an event is broadcast in the mass media (i.e. big tremors have begun, a snow storm is forecasted or a volcano has erupted).  You wouldn’t be eligible to buy a cover. Insurers will set cut-off dates, for instances, travelers affected by the Nepal earthquake who had purchased cover prior to April 25, 2015,  were eligible to claim. After the 25th, you could not get any cover for the Nepal earthquake event.
  • Insufficient cover: Remember that Basic (or medical only) policies would cover for any medical claims in regards to earthquakes, but would not cover travel delays, lost luggage or trip cancellation as a result of an earthquake.
  • Claim for any reason: There would be no cover if your existing travel plans were not directly affected by the earthquake or if you just had a change about your trip.
  • Accommodation cover: Hotel becomes uninhabitable due to earthquake damage, you can make a claim. You can not make a claim for any hotel, not meeting your expectations. for e.g instead of 5 stars hotel, you are given a 4 stars hotel.

When You Are Covered

When you bought your policy, the earthquake is not a known event, you can claim for

  • Cancellation (before you’ve left): Before departure,  You can claim the benefits when you are forced to cancel the trip.l Also, the full refund of premium if the policy was purchased prior to the cancellation).

Cancellation (when already abroad): Within the earthquake zone you can claim for the transportation cost from an uninhabitable hotel to a new hotel.Flight cancellation, you can claim for any additional flight costs.

Medical costs: The insurer pays for your injury medical expenses.  Earthquake is the directly caused.

Emergency medical evacuation and repatriation: When there is no local treatment available and you need to evacuate to the nearest medical hospital, the insurer pays all the costs including repatriation in the event of your death.

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Natural Disasters Claim Tips:

Natural Disasters Claim Tips:

  • Get it down on paper: Flight cancellation or delayed , you need a written from your airline.
  • Contact your insurer: Check with your insurer for any additional cost for n flight and accommodations.

Keep receipts: You need to keep your original receipts , boarding passes, and credit card statements to claim from your insurer.

  • What Should I Do In An Earthquake?

    The devastating earthquake in Nepal killed and displaced thousands of people. Whilst a huge tremor this size is said to occur only once every hundred years. The catastrophic consequence was due to Nepal’s poorly built infrastructure. Prevention is better than cure, it is unlikely to get caught in an earthquake on holidays. With popular tourist destinations such as Japan, Nepal, and Indonesia all bearing the brunt of sizable earthquakes, it’s important to have the facts and understand all the necessary safety procedures.

Firstly, if you’re travelling to an earthquake-prone region you should buy travel insurance . You need to understand the fine print .  Knowing the emergency phone numbers procedures for the region and keep your passport and photo ID secured with you at all times. It is wise to have a backup plan while living oversea in an earthquake zone area.

Earthquake survival tips:  It is worth to understanding the local safety codes. For instance, with modern infrastructure countries , such as Japan, the best place to hide is under a table in the middle of a room.  On the other hand, in countries like Nepal with structurally unsound buildings, the rule of thumb is to evacuate immediately. Brushing up on the area’s safety procedures can make all the difference when it comes to your security.

Depending on the state of the  disaster area ,it is best to return  home immediately. Safe but stranded due to  cancelled flights and damaged infrastructure, you may incur significant accommodation and travel costs. The insurer will reimburse you  by travel insurance,It ’s advisable to keep any additional expenses to a reasonable minimum and retain your original receipts.

Even if you are a seasoned a traveller, an unpredictable event such as an earthquake can turn your holiday into a nightmare. Don’t forget to purchase a travel insurance and understanding any significant exclusions.  It is the first step in managing a natural disaster.

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Personal Accident Insurance Self-employed

Personal Accident Insurance Self-employed

 

Is it an essential to have personal accident insurance for self-employed.? It is Absolute Yes.

Own Boss

If you are self-employed or running your own business you will be only too aware No work No income. A significant impact to yourself and yours loved in the family while you have prolonged injuries. You are left high and dry without any sources of income to feed you and family members.  Isn’t it a tragedy?

Personal Accident Policy

The personal accident policy gives you a regular income should your absence from work due to an accident. AXA policy has a range of attractive benefits. It operatives 24 hours a day covering accidents that happen at home and at work. The policy pays for up to 104 weeks for the weekly benefit. It covers up to 75% weekly gross income.

 It is good to be you own boss by having a personal accident policy. It is an income replacement should an accident occur. The policy covers 24 hours a day at work and at home, activities like hobbies or sports. Covers all classes of occupations except hazardous.  It is a  worldwide cover including terrorism. The policies can vary considerably, and with restrictions sometimes apply.  Get an independent expert advice.

Accidental Death

If the insured die instantly in an accident, the next of kin of the insured shall receive the full sum insured. However, full payment will pay out if the insured die within 15 days after the accident, There is No payment if death occurs after 15 days of the accident,   Illness or sickness may be the main cause,  not the accident.

Disability

The insured may not able to perform the normal duty, either partially or wholly. Again, the claim is paid to insured who cannot work more than 6 months. If the policyholder is physically disabled, either partially or wholly, no claim is payable if the insured is able to work.

Dismemberment

The policyholder loses both upper or lower limbs or eyes. He or she is entitled to claim under Accidental Dismemberment. There are certain norms for the payment of the sum insured. For example, if insured loses one hand or one leg, he or she would receive 50% of the sum insured. However, if both hands or one leg are severed, it is a full payment.

Hospitalization Expenses 

The insurer pays all hospitalization expenses due to an accident. Also, there is a daily cash allowance for the duration of hospitalization.

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