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Part 3. Chapter 7: Employee Benefits, Pensions, Annuities Chapter 8: Micro-insurance Chapter 9: Health Insurance. Chapter 7. Employee Benefits, Pensions and Annuities. Life insurance plans for employees. Statutory. Voluntary. EDLI. Group Term. Group Insurance Savings Scheme.
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Part 3 • Chapter 7: Employee Benefits, Pensions, Annuities • Chapter 8: Micro-insurance • Chapter 9: Health Insurance
Chapter 7 Employee Benefits, Pensions and Annuities
Life insurance plans for employees Statutory Voluntary EDLI Group Term Group Insurance Savings Scheme Employer employee Payroll deduction
Retirement Plans for employees Statutory Voluntary EPF Group Term Group Term Superannuation Gratuity
Voluntary Individual Pension Plans • Guaranteed return Pension Plans from life insurance companies • Unit Linked Pension Plans from life insurance companies
Annuity Options in Pension Plans 1. Lifetime annuity without return of purchase price 2. Annuity for life with a return of the purchase price 3. Lifetime annuity guaranteed for a certain number of years 4. Joint life/ Last survivor annuity
Chapter 8 Micro-insurance
Features of Micro-insurance • low cost transactions on a voluntary basis for individuals of a group • low-net-worth clients • operating through networks of self help community organizations (or directly driven by government or corporate)
Regulations • IRDA issued the Obligations of Insurers to Rural or Social Sectors Regulations in the year 2000. • These regulations specify that a portion of the entire new business of a life insurance company has to belong to the rural and social sector.
Rural and Social Sector • The regulations define the rural sector as a place that as per the latest census has a population of not more than five thousand, a density of population of not more than four hundred per square kilometer; and at least seventy five per cent of the male working population is engaged in agriculture. • The social sector is defined as an unorganized sector, informal sector, economically vulnerable or backward classes and other categories of persons, both in rural and urban areas.
Marketing to Rural market • Build trust and acceptance • Simple products • Simple claims process • Local language and cultural sensitivity in marketing activities • Use of street theatre and posters
Chapter 9 Health Insurance
Private Health Insurance Penetration Data from Bearing Point, Inc. for USAID, 2008
Types of Health Insurance • Mediclaim type • Hospitalization Cash • Critical Illness • Specific Conditions cover • Health fund & hospitalization cover
Role of Third Party Administrators (TPA) • Performs tasks related to administration of claims, managing hospital networks and maintaining records • Manage the claims process. Collect all bills, reimburse and send documents for the consideration of claims to the insurer.
Benefits of TPA • A one-stop solution to the policyholder for all requests and service • Cash-less hospitalization through membership cards issued by the TPAs