Guidelines on Standard Personal Accident Insurance Product

jl\ m«ftc:r .fn:t I fclf.tl.l 11-1cfi dtd~cnTTnrrf~ £! INSURANCE REGULATORY AND lr.tal DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY OF INDIA Ref: IRDA/HLT/GDL/MISC/036/02/2021 25th February,2021 Guidelines on Standard Personal Accident Insurance Product INDEX Sl.No Item Page No. 1. Guidelines on Standard Personal Accident Insurance Product 2-9 2. Annexure-1: Policy Terms and Conditions of the Product 10-35 3. Annexure-2: Format for Customer Information Sheet 36-37 4. Annexure-3: Form for filing the Standard Personal Accident Insurance 38-47 Product Survey No. 115/1, Financial District, Nanakramguda, Hyderabad 500 032 Phone: 040-20204000; www.irda.gov.in 1To All General and Health Insurers, Re: Guidelines on Standard Personal Accident Insurance Product A. Preamble: 1. The insurance market is having a wide variety of personal accident insurance products. Each product has unique features and the insuring public may find it a challenge to choose an appropriate product. Therefore, with the objective of having a standard product with common coverage and policy wordings across the industry, the Authority has decided to mandate all general and health insurers to offer the standard personal accident insurance product. 2. Towards this, the following Guidelines on Standard Personal Accident Insurance Product are issued under the provisions of Section 34 (1) (a) of Insurance Act, 1938. 3. The standard product shall have the basic mandatory covers as specified in these Guidelines which shall be uniform across the market. 4. The optional covers as specified shall only be offered along with the standard product. 5. The insurer may determine the price keeping in view the covers proposed to be offered subject to complying with the norms specified in the IRDAI (Health Insurance) Regulations, 2016 (HIR, 2016) and Guidelines notified there under. 6. The policy tenure of the standard product shall be for a period of one year. 7. The standard Product shall comply with all the provisions of IRDAI (Health Insurance) Regulations, 2016, all other applicable Regulations, Consolidated Guidelines on Product filing in Health Insurance Business (Ref: IRDAI/HLT/REG/CIR/194/07/2020 dated 22nd July, 2020), Master Circular on Standardization of Health Insurance Products (Ref: IRDAI/HLT/REG/CIR/193/07/2020 dated 22nd July, 2020) and other applicable Guidelines as amended from time to time. 28. Every General and Standalone Health Insurer, who has been issued a Certificate of Registration to transact General and/or Health Insurance Business, shall mandatorily offer standard Individual Personal Accident product. 9. This product is allowed to be offered as a group product also. B. Construct of Standard Personal Accident (PA) Product: The Standard Personal Accident Product shall offer the following covers. 10. Base Covers: a) Death: Benefit equal to 100% of Sum Insured shall be payable on death of the insured person, due to an Injury sustained in an Accident during the Policy Period, provided that the Insured Person’s death occurs within 12 months from the date of the Accident. b) Permanent Total Disablement: Benefit equal to 100% of Sum Insured shall be payable if an insured Person suffers Permanent Total Disablement of the nature specified below, solely and directly due to an Accident during the Policy Period, provided that the Permanent Total Disablement occurs within 12 months from the date of the Accident: a) Total and irrecoverable loss of sight of both eyes or b) Physical separation or loss of use of both hands or feet or c) Physical separation or loss of use of one hand and one foot or d) loss of sight of one eye and Physical separation or loss of use of hand or foot e) If such Injury shall as a direct consequence thereof, permanently, and totally, disables the Insured Person from engaging in any employment or occupation of any description whatsoever. c) Permanent Partial Disablement: Sum Insured specified below shall be payable if the Insured Person suffers Permanent Partial Disablement of the nature specified below solely and directly due to an Accident during the Policy Period provided that the Permanent Partial Disablement shall occur within 12 months of the date of the Accident. S. No. Loss Covered Percentage of Sum Insured 1. 1. Loss of Use/ Physical Separation: One entire hand 50% One entire foot 50% Loss of Sight of one eye 50% Loss of toes – all 20% Great both phalanges 5% Great – one phalanx 2% Other than great if more than one toe lost 1% 2. 2. Loss of Use of both ears 50% 3.3. 3. Loss of Use of one ear 20% 4 4. Loss of four fingers and thumb of one hand 40% 35.5. 5. Loss of four fingers 35% 6.6. 6. Loss of thumb - both phalanges 25% - one phalanx 10% 7. 7. Loss of Index finger - three phalanges 10% two phalanges 8% one phalanx 4% 8. 8. Loss of middle finger – three phalanges 6% two phalanges 4% one phalanx 2% 9. 9. Loss of ring finger - three phalanges 5% two phalanges 4% one phalanx 2% 10. 10. Loss of little finger – three phalanges 4% two phalanges 3% one phalanx 2% 11. 11. Loss of metacarpus - first or second (additional) 3% third, fourth or fifth (additional) 2% 1 Percentage as 12. Any other permanent partial disablement assessed by the independent Medical Practitioner Maximum amount payable in respect of multiple nature of disablements shall be restricted to sum insured chosen by the policyholder. Note: a) The base sum insured chosen and cumulative bonus, if any is applicable cumulatively for all the three covers specified under 10(a),10(b) and 10(c) above i.e, there is a single sum insured for all the three covers namely, Accidental death, Permanent total disability and Permanent Partial Disability. b) If the accident occurs during the policy period, benefits covered under 10(a),10(b) and 10(c) above are payable, even if death or Permanent Total Disablement or Permanent Partial Disablement or any combination thereof occurs after the completion of policy period, but within 12 months from the date of accident. 11. Optional Covers: a) Temporary Total Disablement: If the Insured Person sustains an Injury in an Accident during the Policy Period and which completely incapacitates the Insured Person from engaging in any employment or occupation of any description whatsoever which the Insured Person was capable 4of performing at the time of the Accident (Temporary Total Disablement), compensation shall be payable, at the rate of 0.2% of the base sum insured per week, till the time the insured person is able to return to work, provided that: (i) Such period of temporary total disablement exceeds 4 weeks, however, benefit shall be payable for the entire duration of disablement. (ii) The compensation payable under this benefit mentioned under Section 11(a), shall not be payable for more than 100 weeks in respect of any one Injury calculated from the date of commencement of disablement and in no case shall exceed the Sum Insured. (iii) The Temporary Total Disablement is certified in writing by the treating Medical Practitioner to have commenced within 30 days from the date of the Accident. (iv) The compensation payable, shall be paid by the insurer at quarterly intervals, after ascertaining the amount payable. If the period of temporary total disablement is for less than a quarter or three months, the compensation may be paid at the end of the disablement period. (v) During the course of payment under this benefit, the insurance company shall have right to call for a certification from an independent medical practitioner with regard to the continuity of temporary total disability specified under this section. b) Hospitalisation Expenses due to Accident: Hospitalisation expenses arising due to accident shall be indemnified up to the limit of 10% of base sum insured. The hospitalisation expenses shall cover the following: i. Room, Boarding, Nursing Expenses as provided by the Hospital / Nursing Home. ii. Surgeon, Anaesthetist, Medical Practitioner, Consultants, Specialist Fees whether paid directly to the treating doctor / surgeon or to the hospital. iii. Anaesthesia, blood, oxygen, operation theatre charges, surgical appliances, medicines and drugs, costs towards diagnostics, diagnostic imaging modalities, and such other similar expenses. (Expenses on Hospitalisation for a minimum period of 24 hours are admissible. However, this time limit of 24 hours shall not apply when the treatment does not require hospitalisation as specified in the terms and conditions of policy contract, where the treatment is taken in the Hospital and the Insured is discharged on the same day.) iv. Intensive Care Unit (ICU) / Intensive Cardiac Care Unit (ICCU) expenses v. The Cost of prosthetic and other devices or equipment if implanted internally during a Surgical Procedure carried out to treat the accidental injury covered under the policy vi. Expenses incurred on hospitalization due to accident, under AYUSH (as defined in IRDAI (Health Insurance) Regulations, 2016) systems of medicine shall be covered without any sub-limits. 5The following expenses necessitated due to injury shall also be covered under the optional cover specified under Section 11(b): i. Dental treatment. ii. Plastic surgery. iii. All the day care treatments. iv. Expenses incurred on road Ambulance subject to a maximum of Rs.2000/- per hospitalization. c) Education Grant: Following an admissible claim of the insured person under the policy towards Death or Permanent Total Disability of the insured person, a one-time Educational Grant of 10% of the Base Sum insured, per child, shall be payable, to all dependent children of the Insured provided that: a. Such Dependent Child/ Children(s) is/are pursuing an educational course as a full time student in an educational institution. b) Age of the child or children as the case shall not be more than 25 completed years. Note: i. The benefits payable under each of the covers 11(a),11(b) and 11(c) are independent and over and above the base sum insured. ii. Claim admissibility under the optional covers “Temporary total disablement” and “hospitalization due to accident” is independent of claim admissibility under the base covers. 12. Cumulative Bonus (CB): Sum insured (excluding CB) shall be increased by 5% in respect of each claim free policy year, provided the policy is renewed without a break subject to maximum of 50% of the sum insured. If a claim is made in any particular year, the cumulative bonus accrued may be reduced at the same rate at which it has accrued. The cumulative bonus is applicable only in respect of base covers referred at Section 10. 13. No deductibles are permitted in this product. C. Other Norms applicable for Standard Personal Accident (PA) Product: Sl.No Particulars Norms Applicable 1. Plan Variants No plan variants are allowed. Standard PA product may be distributed across all distribution Distributions channels including Point of sale persons and Common Public 2. Channels Service Centres, but must necessarily be offered through online channel by all insurers. 6Distribution of standard PA product shall be governed by the regulations of concerned distribution channels. Standard PA product shall be offered on Individual basis. When Individual offered as a family cover, the chosen sum insured shall apply 3. Basis to each family member separately. Family consists of the proposer and any one or more of the family members as mentioned below: (i) legally wedded spouse. (ii) Parents and Parents-in-law. 4. Definition of family (iii) dependent Children (i.e. natural or legally adopted) between the age 3 months to 25 years. If the child above 18 years of age is financially independent, he or she shall be ineligible for coverage in the subsequent renewals. The base covers of Standard PA product and the optional covers “temporary total disablement benefit” and “Education Category of 5. grant” shall be offered on benefit basis. Cover The optional cover “Hospitalisation Expenses due to Accident” shall be offered on indemnity basis. Standard product shall comply with Regulation 2(i)(e) of HIR Grace Period 2016 at the time of renewal of the policy. 6. for premium payment For Yearly payment of mode, a fixed period of 30 days is to be allowed as Grace Period and for all other modes of payment a fixed period of 15 days be allowed as grace period. Minimum sum insured shall be Rs.2.5 lakhs and maximum sum insured shall be Rs.1 Crore. Sum insured offered shall be in Minimum and multiples of Rs 50,000/-. 7. Maximum Sum Insured Beyond the range specified above, insurers can offer on their own and can use the same name for the product if all terms and conditions remain the same. The individual standard PA product shall be offered with the 8. Policy tenure policy tenure of one year. Modes of 9. premium All the modes (Yly, Hly, Qly, Mly) shall be allowed for the payment standard PA product. 7ECS (Auto Debit facility) is also allowed in respect of the above mentioned modes. Minimum entry age shall be 18 years and maximum age at entry shall be at least 70 for the insured members including principal insured. Insurers are permitted to fix the maximum age at entry beyond 70 years, subject to underwriting policy. 10. Entry age Dependent Child / children shall be covered from the age of 3 months to 25 years subject to the definition of ‘Family’ and underwriting policy. The benefit pay out should be explicitly disclosed in the format Benefit 11. of application (Form – IRDAI-UNF-PASP) along with other Structure relevant documents. Underwriting of the proposals received under this product shall 12. Underwriting be based on the board approved underwriting policy. Insurer shall disclose applicable premium rates in the 13. Pricing prospectus and other relevant documents. The prices may be displayed on the websites of the insurers. D: Construct of Terms and Conditions for Standard Product: 14. The Policy Terms and Conditions of the Standard Product shall be in the format specified in Annexure – 1. Insurer may suitably modify the definitions and other clauses of the policy contract prospectively based on the Regulations or Guidelines that may be issued by the Authority time to time. 15. Insurers are allowed to use the name of standard product for the group policy by adding the word “group”. However, the benefit structure of the standard policy remains the same except premium rate and specification of terms and conditions suitable to group policy. E: Other Norms: 16. The nomenclature of the product shall be Saral Suraksha Bima, succeeded by name of insurance company (Saral Suraksha Bima, <name of insurer>). No other name is allowed in any of the documents. 17. The Proposal Form used for the product shall be subject to the norms specified under the Consolidated Guidelines on Product Filing in Health Insurance. 18. Insurers shall mandatorily issue Customer Information Sheet as per the format specified in Annexure-2. 819. The Standard product shall be launched without prior approval of the Authority subject to complying with the following conditions. a. The product shall be approved by the Product Management Committee. b. Insurers shall obtain UIN for the standard product by filing the relevant particulars in Form – IRDAI-UNF-PASP (as specified in Annexure – 3 of these Guidelines) along with a certificate from Chief Compliance Officer that the product filed is in compliance with the norms specified under these guidelines. c. On review of the application, the Authority may call for such further information as may be required and may issue suitable directions which shall be retrospectively effected in respect of all contracts issued under this product. 20. General and Health Insurers shall offer this product from 01st April, 2021 onwards. 21. This has the approval of the competent authority. Sd/- General Manager (Health) 9Annexure-1 Saral Suraksha Bima, [Company Name] 1. PREAMBLE This Policy is a contract of insurance issued by [name of the Company] (hereinafter called the ‘Company’) to the proposer mentioned in the schedule (hereinafter called the ‘Insured’) to cover the person(s) named in the schedule (hereinafter called the ‘Insured Persons’). The policy is based on the statements and declaration provided in the proposal Form by the proposer and is subject to receipt of the requisite premium. 2. OPERATIVE CLAUSE Any amount payable under the policy shall be subject to the terms of coverage, exclusions, conditions and definitions contained herein. Maximum liability of the Company under all such Claims during each Policy Year shall be the Sum Insured and Cumulative Bonus (if any) specified in the Schedule. 3. DEFINITIONS The terms defined below and at other junctures in the Policy have the meanings ascribed to them wherever they appear in this Policy and, where, the context so requires, references to the singular include references to the plural; references to the male includes the female and third gender and references to any statutory enactment includes subsequent changes to the same. 3.1. Accident means a sudden, unforeseen and involuntary event caused by external, visible and violent means. 3.2. Age means age of the Insured person on last birthday as on date of commencement of the Policy 3.3. Cashless Facility means a facility extended by the insurer to the insured where the payments, of the costs of treatment undergone by the insured person in accordance with the Policy terms and conditions, are directly made to the network provider by the insurer to the extent pre-authorization is approved. 3.4. Condition Precedent means a Policy term or condition upon which the Company’s liability under the Policy is conditional upon. 3.5. Cumulative Bonus means any increase or addition in the Sum Insured granted by the insurer without an associated increase in premium. 103.6. Day Care Treatment: Day care treatment means medical treatment, and/or surgical procedure which is: i. undertaken under General or Local Anesthesia in a hospital/day care centre in less than 24 hrs because of technological advancement, and ii. which would have otherwise required hospitalization of more than 24 hours. Treatment normally taken on an out-patient basis is not included in the scope of this definition. 3.7. Disclosure to information norm: The policy shall be void and all premium paid thereon shall be forfeited to the Company in the event of misrepresentation, mis-description or non-disclosure of any material fact. 3.8. Emergency Care: Emergency care means management for an injury which results in symptoms which occur suddenly and unexpectedly, and requires immediate care by a medical practitioner to prevent death or serious long term impairment of the insured person’s health. 3.9. Family: Family consists of the proposer and any one or more of the family members as mentioned below: (iv) legally wedded spouse. (v) Parents and Parents-in-law. (vi) dependent Children (i.e. natural or legally adopted) between the age 3 months to 25 years. If the child above 18 years of age is financially independent, he or she shall be ineligible for coverage in the subsequent renewals. 3.10. Hospital means any institution established for in-patient care and day care treatment of disease/ injuries and which has been registered as a hospital with the local authorities under the Clinical Establishments (Registration and Regulation) Act, 2010 or under the enactments specified under Schedule of Section 56(1) of the said Act, OR complies with all minimum criteria as under: i. has qualified nursing staff under its employment round the clock; ii. has at least ten inpatient beds, in those towns having a population of less than ten lakhs and fifteen inpatient beds in all other places; iii. has qualified medical practitioner (s) in charge round the clock; iv. has a fully equipped operation theatre of its own where surgical procedures are carried out v. maintains daily records of patients and shall make these accessible to the Company’s authorized personnel. 113.11. Hospitalisation means admission in a hospital for a minimum period of twenty-four (24) consecutive ‘In-patient care’ hours except for specified procedures/ treatments, where such admission could be for a period of less than twenty-four (24) consecutive hours. 3.12. Injury means accidental physical bodily harm excluding illness or disease solely and directly caused by external, violent and visible and evident means which is verified and certified by a medical practitioner. 3.13. In-Patient Care means treatment for which the insured person has to stay in a hospital for more than 24 hours for a covered event. 3.14. Insured Person means person(s) named in the schedule of the Policy. 3.15. Intensive Care Unit means an identified section, ward or wing of a hospital which is under the constant supervision of a dedicated medical practitioner(s), and which is specially equipped for the continuous monitoring and treatment of patients who are in a critical condition, or require life support facilities and where the level of care and supervision is considerably more sophisticated and intensive than in the ordinary and other wards. 3.16. ICU (Intensive Care Unit) Charges means the amount charged by a Hospital towards ICU expenses on a per day basis which shall include the expenses for ICU bed, general medical support services provided to any ICU patient including monitoring devices, critical care nursing and intensivist charges. 3.17. Medical Advice means any consultation or advice from a Medical Practitioner including the issue of any prescription or follow up prescription. 3.18. Medical Expenses means those expenses that an insured person has necessarily and actually incurred for medical treatment on account of accident on the advice of a medical practitioner, as long as these are no more than would have been payable if the insured person had not been insured and no more than other hospitals or doctors in the same locality would have charged for the same medical treatment. 3.19. Medical Practitioner means a person who holds a valid registration from the Medical Council of any state or Medical Council of India or Council for Indian Medicine or for Homeopathy set up by the Government of India or a State Government and is thereby entitled to practice medicine within its jurisdiction; and is acting within the scope and jurisdiction of the licence. 3.20. Medically Necessary Treatment means any treatment, tests, medication, or stay in hospital or part of a stay in hospital which i. is required for the medical management of injury suffered by the insured; ii. must not exceed the level of care necessary to provide safe, adequate and appropriate medical care in scope, duration, or intensity; 12iii. must have been prescribed by a medical practitioner; iv. must conform to the professional standards widely accepted in international medical practice or by the medical community in India. 3.21. Network Provider means hospitals enlisted by insurer, TPA or jointly by an insurer and TPA to provide medical services to an insured by a cashless facility. 3.22. Non- Network Provider means any hospital that is not part of the network. 3.23. Notification of Claim means the process of intimating a claim to the Insurer or TPA through any of the recognized modes of communication. 3.24. Policy means these Policy wordings, the Policy Schedule and any applicable endorsements or extensions attaching to or forming part thereof. The Policy contains details of the extent of cover available to the Insured person, what is excluded from the cover and the terms & conditions on which the Policy is issued to the Insured person. 3.25. Policy period means period of one policy year for which the Policy is issued. 3.26. Policy Schedule means the Policy Schedule attached to and forming part of Policy 3.27. Renewal: Renewal means the terms on which the contract of insurance can be renewed on mutual consent with a provision of grace period for treating the renewal continuous for the purpose of gaining credit for pre-existing diseases, time-bound exclusions and for all waiting periods. 3.28. Room Rent means the amount charged by a hospital towards Room and Boarding expenses and shall include the associated medical expenses. 3.29. Sum Insured means the pre-defined limit specified in the Policy Schedule. Sum Insured and Cumulative Bonus represents the maximum, total and cumulative liability for any and all claims made under the Policy, in respect of that Insured Person. 3.30. Surgery or Surgical Procedure means manual and / or operative procedure (s) required for treatment of an injury, correction of deformities and defects, diagnosis and cure of diseases, relief of suffering and prolongation of life, performed in a hospital or day care centre by a medical practitioner. 3.31. Third Party Administrator (TPA) means a Company registered with the Authority, and engaged by an insurer, for a fee or by whatever name called and as may be mentioned in the health services agreement, for providing health services. 134. COVERAGE: 4.1 Base Covers: The covers listed below are in-built Policy benefits and shall be available to all Insured Persons in accordance with the procedures set out in this Policy. a) Death: The company shall pay the benefit equal to 100% of Sum Insured, specified in the policy schedule, on death of the insured person, due to an Injury sustained in an Accident during the Policy Period, provided that the Insured Person’s death occurs within 12 months from the date of the Accident. Where claim payment has been made owing to disappearance of insured person following an accident, if after the payment of accidental death claim, it is found that the insured person has survived the accident, then the policyholder has to refund the payment back to the company in consideration of the obligatory guarantee as provided during the claim. b) Permanent Total Disablement: The company shall pay the benefit equal to 100% of Sum Insured, specified in the policy schedule, if an insured Person suffers Permanent Total Disablement of the nature specified below, solely and directly due to an Accident during the Policy Period, provided that the Permanent Total Disablement occurs within 12 months from the date of the Accident: a) Total and irrecoverable loss of sight of both eyes or b) Physical separation or loss of use of both hands or feet or c) Physical separation or loss of use of one hand and one foot or d) loss of sight of one eye and Physical separation or loss of use of hand or foot e) If such Injury shall as a direct consequence thereof, permanently, and totally, disables the Insured Person from engaging in any employment or occupation of any description whatsoever. c) Permanent Partial Disablement: The company shall pay the following percentage of Sum Insured, specified in the policy schedule, if the Insured Person suffers Permanent Partial Disablement of the nature specified below solely and directly due to an Accident during the Policy Period provided that the Permanent Partial Disablement shall occur within 12 months of the date of the Accident. S. No. Loss Covered Percentage of Sum Insured 1. 1. Loss of Use/ Physical Separation: One entire hand 50% One entire foot 50% Loss of Sight of one eye 50% Loss of toes – all 20% 5% Great both phalanges 2% Great – one phalanx 1% Other than great if more than one toe lost 2. 2. Loss of Use of both ears 50% 3.3. 3. Loss of Use of one ear 20% 144 4. Loss of four fingers and thumb of one hand 40% 5.5. 5. Loss of four fingers 35% 6.6. 6. Loss of thumb - both phalanges 25% - one phalanx 10% 7. 7. Loss of Index finger - three phalanges 10% two phalanges 8% one phalanx 4% 8. 8. Loss of middle finger – three phalanges 6% two phalanges 4% one phalanx 2% 9. 9. Loss of ring finger - three phalanges 5% two phalanges 4% one phalanx 2% 10. 10. Loss of little finger – three phalanges 4% two phalanges 3% one phalanx 2% 11. 11. Loss of metacarpus - first or second (additional) 3% third, fourth or fifth (additional) 2% 1 Percentage as assessed by 12. Any other permanent partial disablement the independent Medical Practitioner Maximum amount payable in respect of multiple nature of disablements shall be restricted to sum insured chosen by the policyholder. Note: a) The base sum insured chosen and cumulative bonus, if any, is applicable cumulatively for all the three covers specified under 4.1(a),4.1(b) and 4.1(c) above i.e, there is a single sum insured for all the three covers namely, Accidental death, Permanent total disability and Permanent Partial Disability. b) If the accident occurs during the policy period, benefits covered under 4.1(a),4.1(b) and 4.1(c) above are payable, even if death or Permanent Total Disablement or Permanent Partial Disablement or any combination thereof occurs after the completion of policy period, but within 12 months from the date of accident. 4.2.Optional Covers: The covers listed below are optional benefits and shall be available to Insured Persons in accordance with the terms set out in the Policy, if the listed cover is opted. 15a) Temporary Total Disablement: If the Insured Person sustains an Injury in an Accident during the Policy Period and which completely incapacitates the Insured Person from engaging in any employment or occupation of any description whatsoever which the Insured Person was capable of performing at the time of the Accident (Temporary Total Disablement), the company shall pay the benefit as specified in the policy schedule, till the time the insured person is able to return to work, provided that: (i) The period of temporary total disablement shall exceed four consecutive weeks from the date of accident, however, the benefit shall be reckoned from the date of accident and shall be payable for the entire duration of disablement. (ii) the compensation payable under this benefit mentioned under Section 4.2(a) shall not be payable for more than 100 weeks in respect of any one Injury calculated from the date of commencement of disablement and in no case shall exceed the Sum Insured. (iii) The Temporary Total Disablement is certified in writing by the treating Medical Practitioner to have commenced within 30 days from the date of the Accident. (iv) The compensation shall be paid by the company at quarterly intervals, after ascertaining the amount payable. If the period of temporary total disablement is for less than a quarter or three months, the compensation may be paid at the end of the disablement period (v) During the course of payment under this benefit, the company shall have right to call for a certification from an independent medical practitioner with regard to the continuity of temporary total disability specified under this section. (vi) The insured shall notify the company immediately on resuming to his occupation/employment. Where it is found that the insured resumed to his occupation/employment without notifying to the company and received the compensation under this cover, the company shall have right to claim the recovery of such benefit paid. Note: For the purpose of this benefit, “week” is a period of seven consecutive calendar days. b) Hospitalisation Expenses due to Accident: The Company shall indemnify medical expenses incurred for hospitalisation arising due to accident during the policy period, up to the limit of 10% of the base sum insured, specified in the policy schedule. The hospitalisation expenses shall cover the following: i. Room, Boarding, Nursing Expenses as provided by the Hospital / Nursing Home, ii. Surgeon, Anaesthetist, Medical Practitioner, Consultants, Specialist Fees whether paid directly to the treating doctor / surgeon or to the hospital. 16iii. Anaesthesia, blood, oxygen, operation theatre charges, surgical appliances, medicines and drugs, costs towards diagnostics, diagnostic imaging modalities, and such other similar expenses. (Expenses on Hospitalisation for a minimum period of 24 hours are admissible. However, this time limit of 24 hours shall not apply when the treatment does not require hospitalisation as specified in the terms and conditions of policy contract, where the treatment is taken in the Hospital and the Insured is discharged on the same day.) iv. Intensive Care Unit (ICU) / Intensive Cardiac Care Unit (ICCU) expenses v. The Cost of prosthetic and other devices or equipment if implanted internally during a Surgical Procedure carried out to treat the accidental injury covered under the policy vi. Expenses incurred on hospitalization due to accident, under AYUSH (as defined in IRDAI (Health Insurance) Regulations, 2016) systems of medicine shall be covered without any sub-limits. The following other expenses necessitated due to injury shall also be covered under the optional cover specified under Section 4.2(b): i. Dental treatment. ii. Plastic surgery. iii. All the day care treatments. iv. Expenses incurred on road Ambulance subject to a maximum of Rs.2000/- per hospitalization. Note: The expenses that are not covered under the section 4.2(b) are placed under List-I of Annexure-B. The list of expenses that are to be subsumed into room charges, or procedure charges or costs of treatment are placed under List-II, List-III and List-IV of Annexure-B respectively. c) Education Grant: Following an admissible claim of the insured person under the policy towards Death or Permanent Total Disability of the insured person, the company shall pay a one-time educational grant of 10% of the Base Sum insured (specified in the policy schedule), per child to all dependent children of the Insured provided that: a. Such Dependent Child/ Children(s) is/are pursuing an educational course as a full time student in an educational institution. c) Age of the child or children as the case shall not be more than 25 completed years. -N-o-te-: i. The benefits payable under each of the optional covers 4.2(a), 4.2(b) and 4.2(c) are independent and over and above the base sum insured. ii. Claim admissibility under the optional covers “Temporary total disablement” and “hospitalization due to accident” is independent of claim admissibility under the base covers. 175. Cumulative bonus: Sum insured (excluding cumulative bonus) shall be increased by 5% in respect of each claim free policy year, provided the policy is renewed without a break subject to maximum of 50% of the sum insured. If a claim is made in any particular year, the cumulative bonus accrued may be reduced at the same rate at which it has accrued. Notes: i. The cumulative bonus is applicable only in respect of base covers referred at Section 4.1(a),4.1(b) and 4.1(c). Addition or reduction of cumulative bonus will be done only if claim made under base covers ii. The CB shall be added and available individually to the insured persons under the policy, if no claim has been reported. CB shall reduce only in case of claim from the same Insured Person. iii. CB shall be available only if the Policy is renewed/ premium paid within the Grace Period. iv. If a claim is made in the expiring Policy Year, and is notified to Us after the acceptance of Renewal premium any awarded CB shall be withdrawn 6. EXCLUSIONS (applicable to all sections of the policy) The Company shall not be liable to make any payments under this policy in respect of: (i) Any claim for death or disablement (whether of a permanent nature or of a temporary nature), hospitalisation of the insured person, directly or indirectly due to War (whether declared or not) and war like occurrence or invasion, acts of foreign enemies, hostilities, civil war, rebellion, revolutions, insurrections, mutiny, military or usurped power, seizure, capture, arrest, restraints and detainment of all kinds. (ii) Any claim for death, disablement (whether of a permanent nature or of a temporary nature), hospitalization of Insured Person a. from intentional self-injury unless in self-defense or to save life, suicide or attempted suicide; b. whilst under the influence of intoxicating liquor or drugs or other intoxicants except where the insured is not directly responsible for the injury / accident though under influence of intoxication. c. whilst engaging in aviation or ballooning, or whilst mounting into, or dismounting from or travelling in any balloon or aircraft other than as a passenger (fare-paying or otherwise) in any Scheduled Airlines in the world. [Standard type of aircraft means any aircraft duly licensed to carry passengers (for hire or otherwise) by appropriate authority irrespective of whether such an aircraft is privately owned or chartered or operated by a regular airline or whether such an aircraft has a single engine or multiengine;] d. arising or resulting from the Insured Person committing any breach of law with criminal intent. 18(iii)Any claim for death, disablement (whether of a permanent nature or of a temporary nature), hospitalization of Insured Person due to participation as a professional in hazardous or adventure sports, including but not limited to, para-jumping, rock climbing, mountaineering, rafting, motor racing, horse racing or scuba diving, hand gliding, sky diving, deep-sea diving. (iv) Any claim resulting or arising from or any consequential loss directly or indirectly caused by or contributed to or arising from: A. Ionizing radiation or contamination by radioactivity from any nuclear fuel or from any nuclear waste from the combustion of nuclear fuel or from any nuclear waste from combustion (including any self-sustaining process of nuclear fission) of nuclear fuel. B. Nuclear weapons material C. The radioactive, toxic, explosive or other hazardous properties of any explosive nuclear assembly or nuclear component thereof. D. Nuclear, chemical and biological terrorism (v) Any loss arising out of the Insured Person's actual or attempted commission of or willful participation in an illegal act or any violation or attempted violation of the law. 6.1 Exclusions specific to section 4.2(b) “Hospitalisation Expenses due to Accident” The Company shall not be liable to make any payments under this policy in respect of any expenses incurred by the insured person in connection with or in respect of: i. Investigation & Evaluation (Code- Excl04) a) Expenses related to any admission primarily for diagnostics and evaluation purposes. b) Any diagnostic expenses which are not related or not incidental to the current diagnosis and treatment. ii. Dietary supplements and substances that can be purchased without prescription, including but not limited to Vitamins, minerals and organic substances unless prescribed by a medical practitioner as part of hospitalization claim or day care procedure (Code- Excl14) iii. Expenses incurred for treatment of accidental injuries which does not warrant hospitalization. iv. Any expenses incurred on Domiciliary Hospitalization and OPD treatment. v. Treatment taken outside the geographical limits of India. vi. All expenses listed in Annexure-B (List I) of the Policy. 7. CLAIM PROCEDURE 7.1.Notification of claim: i. Intimation about an event or occurrence that may give rise to a claim under this policy must be given within 30 days of its happening. 19ii. Claims for insurance benefits must be submitted to the Company not later than one (1) month after the completion of the treatment or after transportation of the mortal remains/ burial in the event of Death. iii. If any treatment for which a claim may be made is to be taken and that treatment requires Hospitalisation in an Emergency, the company shall be informed within 24 hours of the admission of the insured person in Hospital. Note: The Company will examine and relax the time limit mentioned herein above depending upon the merits of the case. 7.2.Documents to be submitted: 7.2.1 Basic documents required for All claims i. Duly completed claim form ii. Photo Identity Proof of the insured person iii. Copy of FIR/ Panchnama /Police Inquest Report (wherever these reports are required as per the circumstance of the Accident) duly attested by the concerned Police Station iv. Copy of Medico Legal Certificate (wherever it is required as per the circumstance of the Accident) duly attested by the concerned Hospital v. Any other relevant document required by the Company for assessment of the claim 7.2.2 Documents required in case of Death covered under Section 4.1(a) i. Death certificate; ii. Post Mortem Report (if conducted); iii. Identity proof of Nominee or Original Succession Certificate/Original Legal Heir Certificate or any other proof to the satisfaction of the Company for the purpose of a valid discharge in case nomination is not filed by deceased. 7.2.3 Documents required in case of Permanent Total Disablement (PTD) / Permanent Partial Disablement (PPD), covered under Sections 4.1(b) and 4.1(c) i. Original treating Medical Practitioner’s certificate describing the disablement ii. Original Discharge summary from the Hospital iii. Disability certificate issued by treating Medical Practitioner iv. Any other medical, investigation reports, inpatient or consultation treatment papers, as applicable. 7.2.4 Documents required in case of Temporary Total Disablement (TTD), covered under Section 4.2(a) i. Original treating Medical Practitioner’s certificate confirming the disability ii. Original Discharge summary from the Hospital iii. Any other medical, investigation reports, inpatient or consultation treatment papers, as applicable 20iv. Leave/Absence Certificate from Employer (If Employed) v. Medical Practitioner’s certificate confirming the Injury and advising rest/ unfit to work for specified number of days vi. Fitness Certificate issued by the treating doctor. 7.2.5 Documents required for coverage under Section 4.2(b)- Hospitalisation Expenses due to Accident: i. Discharge Summary from The Hospital ii. Medical & Investigation reports iii. Prescriptions, and consultation papers of the treatment iv. Any other medical, investigation reports, as applicable 7.2.6 Documents required for coverage under Section 4.2(b)- Education Grant: i. Proof to establish relationship – Passport/Education certificate establishing proof of relationship of child with parents/Birth Certificate. ii. Photo Identity Proof of Child iii. Age proof of Child iv. Bonafide Certificate issued by the educational institution confirming that he/she is a full time student of the institution [Note: Insurer may specify the documents required in original and waive off any of above required as per their claim procedure] 7.3. Claim Settlement i. The Company shall settle or reject a claim, as the case may be, within 30 days from the date of receipt of last necessary document. ii. In case of delay in the payment of a claim, the Company shall be liable to pay interest to the policyholder from the date of receipt of last necessary document to the date of payment of claim at a rate 2% above the bank rate. iii. However, where the circumstances of a claim warrant an investigation in the opinion of the Company, it shall initiate and complete such investigation at the earliest, in any case not later than 30 days from the date of receipt of last necessary document. In such cases, the Company shall settle or reject the claim within 45 days from the date of receipt of last necessary document. iv. In case of delay beyond stipulated 45 days, the Company shall be liable to pay interest to the policyholder at a rate 2% above the bank rate from the date of receipt of last necessary document to the date of payment of claim. (Explanation: “Bank rate” shall mean the rate fixed by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) at the beginning of the Financial Year in which claim has fallen due) 7.4. Services Offered by TPA(To be stated where TPA is involved) Servicing of claims, i.e., claim admissions and assessments, under this Policy by way of pre- authorization of cashless treatment or processing of claims other than cashless claims or both, as per the underlying terms and conditions of the policy. The services offered by a TPA shall not include 21i. Claim settlement and claim rejection; ii. Any services directly to any insured person or to any other person unless such service is in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Agreement entered into with the Company. 7.5.Payment of Claim All claims under the policy shall be payable in Indian currency only 8. General Terms and Conditions 8.1. Disclosure of Information The policy shall be void and all premium paid thereon shall be forfeited to the Company in the event of misrepresentation, mis-description or non-disclosure of any material fact by the policyholder. (Explanation: “Material facts” for the purpose of this policy shall mean all relevant information sought by the company in the proposal form and other connected documents to enable it to take informed decision in the context of underwriting the risk) 8.2. Condition Precedent to Admission of Liability The terms and conditions of the policy must be fulfilled by the insured person for the Company to make any payment for claim(s) arising under the policy. 8.3. Material Change The Insured Person shall immediately notify the Company in writing of any change in his business or occupation or physical defect or infirmity with which he has become affected since the payment of last preceding premium. 8.4. Automatic Termination of Insurance This policy shall automatically terminate upon the Insured Person's death or payment of 100% Sum Insured. However, the cover shall continue for the remaining Insured Persons till the end of Policy Period. The other insured persons may also apply to renew the policy. In case, the other insured person is minor, the policy shall be renewed only through any one of his/her natural guardian or guardian appointed by court. All relevant particulars in respect of such person (including his/her relationship with the insured person) must be submitted to the company along with the application. 8.5. Complete Discharge Any payment to the policyholder, insured person or his/ her nominees or his/ her legal representative or assignee or to the Hospital, as the case may be, for any benefit under the policy shall be a valid discharge towards payment of claim by the Company to the extent of that amount for the particular claim. 228.6. Notice & Communication i. Any notice, direction, instruction or any other communication related to the Policy should be made in writing. ii. Such communication shall be sent to the address of the Company or through any other electronic modes specified in the Policy Schedule. iii. The Company shall communicate to the Insured at the address or through any other electronic mode mentioned in the schedule. 8.7. Territorial Limit The coverage is worldwide except for the optional cover “Hospitalization expenses due to accident”. The coverage of optional cover “Hospitalization expenses due to accident”, is limited to medical treatment taken in India only. 8.8. Multiple policies (Applicable to covers which offer fixed benefits) In case of multiple policies which provide fixed benefits, on the occurrence of the Insured event in accordance with the terms and conditions of the policies, the insurer shall make the claim payments independent of payments received under other similar policies. 8.9. Multiple policies (Applicable for Section 4.2(b)- Hospitalisation Expenses due to Accident) i. In case of multiple policies taken by an insured person during a period from one or more insurers to indemnify treatment costs, the insured person shall have the right to require a settlement of his/her claim in terms of any of his/her policies. In all such cases the insurer chosen by the insured person shall be obliged to settle the claim as long as the claim is within the limits of and according to the terms of the chosen policy. ii. Insured person having multiple policies shall also have the right to prefer claims under this policy for the amounts disallowed under any other policy/policies even if the sum insured is not exhausted. Then the insurer shall independently settle the claim subject to the terms and conditions of this policy. iii. If the amount to be claimed exceeds the sum insured under a single policy, the insured person shall have the right to choose insurer from whom he/she wants to claim the balance amount. iv. Where an insured person has policies from more than one insurer to cover the same risk on indemnity basis, the insured person shall only have indemnified the treatment costs in accordance with the terms and conditions of the chosen policy. 8.10. Fraud If any claim made by the insured person, is in any respect fraudulent, or if any false statement, or declaration is made or used in support thereof, or if any fraudulent means or devices are used by the insured person or anyone acting on his/her behalf to obtain any benefit under this policy, all benefits under this policy shall be forfeited. 23Any amount already paid against claims which are found fraudulent later under this policy shall be repaid by all person(s) named in the policy schedule, who shall be jointly and severally liable for such repayment. For the purpose of this clause, the expression "fraud" means any of the following acts committed by the Insured Person or by his agent, with intent to deceive the insurer or to induce the insurer to issue a insurance Policy: — (a) the suggestion, as a fact of that which is not true and which the Insured Person does not believe to be true; (b) the active concealment of a fact by the Insured Person having knowledge or belief of the fact; (c) any other act fitted to deceive; and (d) any such act or omission as the law specially declares to be fraudulent The company shall not repudiate the policy on the ground of fraud, if the insured person / beneficiary can prove that the misstatement was true to the best of his knowledge and there was no deliberate intention to suppress the fact or that such mis-statement of or suppression of material fact are within the knowledge of the insurer. Onus of disproving is upon the policyholder, if alive, or beneficiaries. 8.11. Cancellation i. The Insured may cancel this Policy by giving 15days’ written notice, and in such an event, the Company shall refund premium on short term rates for the unexpired Policy Period as per the rates detailed below. (Note to Insurers: Insurers to specify the percentage of refund subject to pricing design) Notwithstanding anything contained herein or otherwise, no refunds of premium shall be made in respect of Cancellation where, any claim has been admitted or has been lodged or any benefit has been availed by the Insured person under the Policy. ii. The Company may cancel the Policy at any time on grounds of misrepresentation, non- disclosure of material facts, fraud by the Insured Person, by giving 15 days’ written notice. There would be no refund of premium on cancellation on grounds of misrepresentation, non-disclosure of material facts or fraud. 8.12. Nomination: The insured person is required at the inception of the policy, to make a nomination for the purpose of payment of claims under the policy in the event of death of the policyholder. Any change of nomination shall be communicated to the company in writing and such change shall be effective only when an endorsement on the policy is made. In the event of death of the policyholder, the Company will pay the nominee (as named in the Policy Schedule/Policy Certificate/Endorsement (if any)) and in case there is no subsisting nominee, to the legal heirs or legal representatives of the policyholder whose discharge shall be treated as full and final discharge of its liability under the policy. 248.13. Renewal of the Policy: The policy shall ordinarily be renewable except on grounds of fraud, misrepresentation by the insured person. i. The Company shall endeavour to give notice for renewal. However, the Company is not under obligation to give any notice for renewal. ii. Request for renewal along with requisite premium shall be received by the Company before the end of the policy period. iii. At the end of the policy period, the policy shall terminate and can be renewed within the Grace period of 30 days to maintain continuity of benefits without break in policy. Coverage is not available during the grace period. iv. No loading shall apply on renewals based on individual claims experience. v. The cover for the Insured shall terminate immediately in the event of admissible claim and settlement of 100% Sum Insured under Coverage Death or Permanent Total Disability and no Renewal of contract will be permissible. vi. The insured may also avail an optional cover or opt out of the optional cover at the time of renewal. 8.14. Possibility of revision of the premium rates: The company, with prior approval of IRDAI, may revise or modify the premium rates. 8.15. Policy Disputes: Any dispute concerning the interpretation of the terms, conditions, limitations and/or exclusions contained herein is understood and agreed to by both the Insured and the Company to be subject to Indian Law. 8.16. Arbitration: i. If any dispute or difference shall arise as to the quantum to be paid by the Policy, (liability being otherwise admitted) such difference shall independently of all other questions, be referred to the decision of a sole arbitrator to be appointed in writing by the parties here to or if they cannot agree upon a single arbitrator within thirty days of any party invoking arbitration, the same shall be referred to a panel of three arbitrators, comprising two arbitrators, one to be appointed by each of the parties to the dispute/difference and the third arbitrator to be appointed by such two arbitrators and arbitration shall be conducted under and in accordance with the provisions of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act 1996, as amended by Arbitration and Conciliation (Amendment) Act, 2015 (No. 3 of 2016). ii. It is clearly agreed and understood that no difference or dispute shall be preferable to arbitration as herein before provided, if the Company has disputed or not accepted liability under or in respect of the policy. iii. It is hereby expressly stipulated and declared that it shall be a condition precedent to any right of action or suit upon the policy that award by such arbitrator/arbitrators of the amount of expenses shall be first obtained. 258.17. Premium Payment in Instalments If the insured person has opted for Payment of Premium on an instalment basis i.e. Half Yearly, Quarterly or Monthly, as mentioned in the policy Schedule, the following Conditions shall apply (notwithstanding any terms contrary elsewhere in the policy) i. Grace Period of 15 days would be given to pay the instalment premium due for the policy. ii. During such grace period, coverage will not be available from the due date of instalment premium till the date of receipt of premium by Company. iv. No interest will be charged If the instalment premium is not paid on due date. v. In case of instalment premium due not received within the grace period, the policy will get cancelled. vi. In the event of a claim, all subsequent premium instalments shall immediately become due and payable. vii. The company has the right to recover and deduct all the pending installments from the claim amount due under the policy. 9. Claim Related Information For any claim related query, intimation of claim and submission of claim related documents, insured person may contact the company through: i. Website : ii. Toll Free : iii. E-mail: iv. Fax : v. Courier : 10. Grievances In case of any grievance the insured person may contact the company through i. Website: ii. Toll free: iii. E-mail: iv. Fax : v. Courier: 26Insured person may also approach the grievance cell at any of the company’s branches with the details of grievance If Insured person is not satisfied with the redressal of grievance through one of the above methods, insured person may contact the grievance officer at …………. For updated details of grievance officer, kindly refer the link………. (Note to insurers: Address of the Grievance Officer and link having updated details of grievance officer on website to be specified by the insurer. Insurer to also specify separate contact details for senior citizens) Grievance may also be lodged at IRDAI Integrated Grievance Management System - https://igms.irda.gov.in/. Insurance Ombudsman –The insured person may also approach the office of Insurance Ombudsman of the respective area/region for redressal of grievance. The contact details of the Insurance Ombudsman offices have been provided as Annexure-A. [Insurers are advised to note the revised details of insurance ombudsman as and when amended as available in the website http://ecoi.co.in/ombudsman.html and ensure that updated details are prospectively incorporated in the policy documents for the information of the policyholders]. 11. TABLE OF BENEFITS Name Standard Personal Accident Insurance policy,[Company Name] Product Type Individual All the covers are benefit based except the optional cover “Hospitalisation Category of Expenses due to Accident” which is indemnity based. Cover Sum insured On Individual basis – SI shall apply to each individual family member Policy Period 1 year i. Death Base covers ii. Permanent total disablement iii. Permanent partial disablement i. Temporary total disablement Optional covers ii. Hospitalisation Expenses due to Accident iii. Education grant Sum insured (excluding CB) shall be increased by 5% in respect of each claim Cumulative free policy year, provided the policy is renewed without a break subject to bonus maximum of 50% of the sum insured. 27Annexure-A. The contact details of the Insurance Ombudsman offices are as below- Areas of Jurisdiction Office of the Insurance Ombudsman Office of the Insurance Ombudsman, Gujarat , UT of Dadra and Nagar JeevanPrakash Building, 6th floor, Haveli, Daman and Diu TilakMarg, Relief Road, Ahmedabad – 380 001. Tel.: 079 - 25501201/02/05/06 Email: bimalokpal.ahmedabad@ecoi.co.in Office of the Insurance Ombudsman, Karnataka JeevanSoudhaBuilding,PID No. 57-27-N-19, Ground Floor, 19/19, 24th Main Road,JP Nagar, Ist Phase, Bengaluru – 560 078. Tel.: 080 - 26652048 / 26652049 Email: bimalokpal.bengaluru@ecoi.co.in Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh Office of the Insurance Ombudsman, JanakVihar Complex, 2nd Floor, 6, Malviya Nagar, Opp. Airtel Office, Near New Market, Bhopal – 462 003. Tel.: 0755 - 2769201 / 2769202 Fax: 0755 - 2769203 Email: bimalokpal.bhopal@ecoi.co.in Odisha Office of the Insurance Ombudsman, 62, Forest park, Bhubneshwar – 751 009. Tel.: 0674 - 2596461 /2596455 Fax: 0674 - 2596429 Email: bimalokpal.bhubaneswar@ecoi.co.in Punjab , Haryana, Himachal Office of the Insurance Ombudsman, Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, UT S.C.O. No. 101, 102 & 103, 2nd Floor, of Chandigarh Batra Building, Sector 17 – D, Chandigarh – 160 017. Tel.: 0172 - 2706196 / 2706468 Fax: 0172 - 2708274 Email: bimalokpal.chandigarh@ecoi.co.in Tamil Nadu, UT–Pondicherry Office of the Insurance Ombudsman, Town and Karaikal (which are part Fatima Akhtar Court, 4th Floor, 453, of UT of Pondicherry) Anna Salai, Teynampet, CHENNAI – 600 018. Tel.: 044 - 24333668 / 24335284 Fax: 044 - 24333664 Email: bimalokpal.chennai@ecoi.co.in Delhi Office of the Insurance Ombudsman, 2/2 A, Universal Insurance Building, Asaf Ali Road, New Delhi – 110 002. Tel.: 011 - 23232481/23213504 Email: bimalokpal.delhi@ecoi.co.in 28Assam , Meghalaya, Manipur, Office of the Insurance Ombudsman, Mizoram, Arunachal Pradesh, JeevanNivesh, 5th Floor, Nagaland and Tripura Nr. Panbazar over bridge, S.S. Road, Guwahati – 781001(ASSAM). Tel.: 0361 - 2632204 / 2602205 Email: bimalokpal.guwahati@ecoi.co.in Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and UT Office of the Insurance Ombudsman, of Yanam – a part of the UT of 6-2-46, 1st floor, "Moin Court", Pondicherry Lane Opp. Saleem Function Palace, A. C. Guards, Lakdi-Ka-Pool, Hyderabad - 500 004. Tel.: 040 - 67504123 / 23312122 Fax: 040 - 23376599 Email: bimalokpal.hyderabad@ecoi.co.in Rajasthan Office of the Insurance Ombudsman, JeevanNidhi – II Bldg., Gr. Floor, Bhawani Singh Marg, Jaipur - 302 005. Tel.: 0141 - 2740363 Email: Bimalokpal.jaipur@ecoi.co.in Kerala , UT of (a) Lakshadweep, (b) Office of the Insurance Ombudsman, Mahe – a part of UT of Pondicherry 2nd Floor, Pulinat Bldg., Opp. Cochin Shipyard, M. G. Road, Ernakulam-682015. Tel.: 0484 - 2358759/2359338 Fax: 0484-2359336 Email: bimalokpal.ernakulam@ecoi.co.in West Bengal, UT of Andaman and Office of the Insurance Ombudsman, Nicobar Islands, Sikkim Hindustan Bldg. Annexe, 4th Floor, 4, C.R. Avenue, KOLKATA - 700 072. Tel.: 033 - 22124339 / 22124340 Fax : 033 - 22124341 Email: bimalokpal.kolkata@ecoi.co.in Districts of Uttar Pradesh : Office of the Insurance Ombudsman, Laitpur, Jhansi, Mahoba, Hamirpur, 6th Floor, JeevanBhawan, Phase-II, Banda, Chitrakoot, Allahabad, Nawal Kishore Road, Hazratganj, Mirzapur, Sonbhabdra, Fatehpur, Lucknow - 226 001. Pratapgarh, Jaunpur,Varanasi, Tel.: 0522 - 2231330 / 2231331 Gazipur, Jalaun, Kanpur, Lucknow, Fax: 0522 - 2231310 Unnao, Sitapur, Lakhimpur, Email: bimalokpal.lucknow@ecoi.co.in Bahraich, Barabanki, Raebareli, Sravasti, Gonda, Faizabad, Amethi, Kaushambi, Balrampur, Basti, Ambedkarnagar, Sultanpur, Maharajgang, Santkabirnagar, Azamgarh, Kushinagar, Gorkhpur, Deoria, Mau, Ghazipur, Chandauli, Ballia, Sidharathnagar. 29Goa, Office of the Insurance Ombudsman, Mumbai Metropolitan Region 3rd Floor, JeevanSevaAnnexe, excluding Navi Mumbai & Thane S. V. Road, Santacruz (W), Mumbai - 400 054. Tel.: 022 - 26106552 / 26106960 Fax: 022 - 26106052 Email: bimalokpal.mumbai@ecoi.co.in State of Uttaranchal and the Office of the Insurance Ombudsman, following Districts of Uttar Pradesh: BhagwanSahai Palace Agra, Aligarh, Bagpat, Bareilly, 4th Floor, Main Road, Bijnor, Budaun, Bulandshehar, Naya Bans, Sector 15, Etah, Kanooj, Mainpuri, Mathura, Distt: GautamBuddh Nagar, Meerut, Moradabad, U.P-201301. Muzaffarnagar, Oraiyya, Pilibhit, Tel.: 0120-2514250 / 2514252 / 2514253 Etawah, Farrukhabad, Firozbad, Email: bimalokpal.noida@ecoi.co.in Gautambodhanagar, Ghaziabad, Hardoi, Shahjahanpur, Hapur, Shamli, Rampur, Kashganj, Sambhal, Amroha, Hathras, Kanshiramnagar, Saharanpur. Bihar, Office of the Insurance Ombudsman, Jharkhand. 1st Floor,Kalpana Arcade Building,, Bazar Samiti Road, Bahadurpur, Patna 800 006. Tel.: 0612-2680952 Email: bimalokpal.patna@ecoi.co.in Maharashtra, Office of the Insurance Ombudsman, Area of Navi Mumbai and Thane JeevanDarshan Bldg., 3rd Floor, excluding Mumbai Metropolitan C.T.S. No.s. 195 to 198, Region N.C. Kelkar Road, Narayan Peth, Pune – 411 030. Tel.: 020-41312555 Email: bimalokpal.pune@ecoi.co.in [Note to Insurers: Insurers are advised to mention the correct address, e mail Id, phone number etc. of insurance ombudsmen while issuing policy contracts] 30Annexure-B List I - Items for which coverage is not available in the policy Sl Item No 1 BABY FOOD 2 BABY UTILITIES CHARGES 3 BEAUTY SERVICES 4 BELTS/ BRACES 5 BUDS 6 COLD PACK/HOT PACK 7 CARRY BAGS 8 EMAIL / INTERNET CHARGES 9 FOOD CHARGES (OTHER THAN PATIENT's DIET PROVIDED BY HOSPITAL) 10 LEGGINGS 11 LAUNDRY CHARGES 12 MINERAL WATER 13 SANITARY PAD 14 TELEPHONE CHARGES 15 GUEST SERVICES 16 CREPE BANDAGE 17 DIAPER OF ANY TYPE 18 EYELET COLLAR 19 SLINGS 20 BLOOD GROUPING AND CROSS MATCHING OF DONORS SAMPLES 21 SERVICE CHARGES WHERE NURSING CHARGE ALSO CHARGED 22 Television Charges 23 SURCHARGES 24 ATTENDANT CHARGES 25 EXTRA DIET OF PATIENT (OTHER THAN THAT WHICH FORMS PART OF BED CHARGE) 26 BIRTH CERTIFICATE 27 CERTIFICATE CHARGES 28 COURIER CHARGES 29 CONVEYANCE CHARGES 30 MEDICAL CERTIFICATE 31 MEDICAL RECORDS 32 PHOTOCOPIES CHARGES 33 MORTUARY CHARGES 34 WALKING AIDS CHARGES 35 OXYGEN CYLINDER (FOR USAGE OUTSIDE THE HOSPITAL) 36 SPACER 37 SPIROMETRE 38 NEBULIZER KIT 39 STEAM INHALER 40 ARMSLING 41 THERMOMETER 42 CERVICAL COLLAR 43 SPLINT 44 DIABETIC FOOT WEAR 45 KNEE BRACES (LONG/ SHORT/ HINGED) 3146 KNEE IMMOBILIZER/SHOULDER IMMOBILIZER 47 LUMBO SACRAL BELT 48 NIMBUS BED OR WATER OR AIR BED CHARGES 49 AMBULANCE COLLAR 50 AMBULANCE EQUIPMENT 51 ABDOMINAL BINDER 52 PRIVATE NURSES CHARGES- SPECIAL NURSING CHARGES 53 SUGAR FREE Tablets 54 CREAMS POWDERS LOTIONS (Toiletries are not payable, only prescribed medical pharmaceuticals payable) 55 ECG ELECTRODES 56 GLOVES 57 NEBULISATION KIT 58 ANY KIT WITH NO DETAILS MENTIONED [DELIVERY KIT, ORTHOKIT, RECOVERY KIT, ETC] 59 KIDNEY TRAY 60 MASK 61 OUNCE GLASS 62 OXYGEN MASK 63 PELVIC TRACTION BELT 64 PAN CAN 65 TROLLY COVER 66 UROMETER, URINE JUG 67 VASOFIX SAFETY List II – Items that are to be subsumed into Room Charges Sr Item No 1 Baby Charges (Unless Specified/Indicated) 2 Hand Wash 3 Shoe Cover 4 Caps 5 Cradle Charges 6 Comb 7 Eau-De-Cologne / Room Freshners 8 Foot Cover 9 Gown 10 Slippers 3211 Tissue Paper 12 Tooth Paste 13 Tooth Brush 14 Bed Pan 15 Face Mask 16 Flexi Mask 17 Hand Holder 18 Sputum Cup 19 Disinfectant Lotions 20 Luxury Tax 21 Hvac 22 House Keeping Charges 23 Air Conditioner Charges 24 Im Iv Injection Charges 25 Clean Sheet 26 Blanket/Warmer Blanket 27 Admission Kit 28 Diabetic Chart Charges 29 Documentation Charges / Administrative Expenses 30 Discharge Procedure Charges 31 Daily Chart Charges 32 Entrance Pass / Visitors Pass Charges 33 Expenses Related To Prescription On Discharge 34 File Opening Charges 35 Incidental Expenses / Misc. Charges (Not Explained) 36 Patient Identification Band / Name Tag 3337 Pulseoxymeter Charges List III – Items that are to be subsumed into Procedure Charges Sr Item No. 1 Hair Removal Cream 2 Disposables Razors Charges (For Site Preparations) 3 Eye Pad 4 Eye Sheild 5 Camera Cover 6 Dvd, Cd Charges 7 Gause Soft 8 Gauze 9 Ward And Theatre Booking Charges 10 Arthroscopy And Endoscopy Instruments 11 Microscope Cover 12 Surgical Blades, Harmonicscalpel,Shaver 13 Surgical Drill 14 Eye Kit 15 Eye Drape 16 X-Ray Film 17 Boyles Apparatus Charges 18 Cotton 19 Cotton Bandage 20 Surgical Tape 21 Apron 3422 Torniquet 23 Orthobundle, Gynaec Bundle I I List IV – Items that are to be subsumed into costs of treatment Sr Item No. 1 Admission/Registration Charges 2 Hospitalisation For Evaluation/ Diagnostic Purpose 3 Urine Container 4 Blood Reservation Charges And Ante Natal Booking Charges 5 Bipap Machine 6 Cpap/ Capd Equipments 7 Infusion Pump– Cost 8 Hydrogen Peroxide\Spirit\ Disinfectants Etc 9 Nutrition Planning Charges - Dietician Charges- Diet Charges 10 Hiv Kit 11 Antiseptic Mouthwash 12 Lozenges 13 Mouth Paint 14 Vaccination Charges 15 Alcohol Swabes 16 Scrub Solution/ Sterillium 17 Glucometer& Strips 18 Urine Bag 35Annexure-2 Customer Information Sheet (Description is illustrative and not exhaustive) Refer to Sl policy No TITLE DESCRIPTION clause . number 1. Produc Saral Suraksha Bima , [Company Name] t Name 2. What 1.Base Covers: am I a) Accidental Death 4.1(a) covere b) Permanent total Disablement due to accident 4.1(b) d for c) Permanent Partial Disablement due to accident 4.1(c) 2.Optional Covers: a) Temporary Total Disablement 4.2(a) b) Hospitalisation Expenses due to Accident 4.2(b) c) Education Grant 4.2(c) 3. What Following is a partial list of the policy exclusions. Please refer to the are the policy document for the complete list of exclusions: Major exclusi Any claim for death or disablement (whether of a permanent nature or ons in of a temporary nature), hospitalization of the insured person the policy e. directly or indirectly due to War (whether declared or not) and war like occurrence or invasion, acts of foreign enemies, hostilities, civil war, rebellion, revolutions, insurrections, mutiny, military or usurped power, seizure, capture, arrest, restraints and detainment of all kinds. 6(i) f. from intentional self-injury unless in self-defense or to save life, suicide or attempted suicide. 6(ii) g. Arising from Ionizing radiation or contamination by radioactivity from any nuclear fuel or from any nuclear waste from the combustion of nuclear fuel or from any nuclear waste from combustion (including any self-sustaining process of nuclear fission) of nuclear fuel. 6(iv) h. arising out of the Insured Person's actual or attempted commission of or willful participation in an illegal act or any violation or attempted violation of the law. 6(v) 4. Waiting Not applicable period 5. Payme a) The payment of claims under all the base covers of Standard PA nt product and the optional covers “temporary total disablement benefit” basis and “Education grant” is on benefit basis. b) The payment of claims under the optional cover “Hospitalisation Expenses due to Accident” is on indemnity basis (Cashless/Reimbursement). 366. Loss Not applicable sharing 7. Renew a) The policy shall ordinarily be renewable except on grounds of fraud, 8.14 al misrepresentation by the insured person. Conditi ons b) This policy shall automatically terminate upon the Insured Person's 8.4 death or payment of 100% Sum Insured. However, the cover shall continue for the remaining Insured Persons till the end of Policy Period. The other insured persons may also apply to renew the policy. Automatic Termination of Insurance. 8. Cancell i. The Insured may cancel this Policy by giving 15days’ written notice, and 8.11 (i) ation in such an event, the Company shall refund premium on short term rates for the unexpired Policy Period. ii. The Company may cancel the Policy at any time on grounds of 8.11 (ii) misrepresentation, non-disclosure of material facts, fraud by the Insured Person, by giving 15 days’ written notice. There would be no refund of premium on cancellation on grounds of misrepresentation, non- disclosure of material facts or fraud. 9. Claims Notification: Intimation about an event or occurrence that may give rise to 7.1 a claim under this policy must be given within 30 days of its happening. The Company shall settle or reject a claim, as the case may be, within 30 7.3 days from the date of receipt of last necessary document. 10. Policy Insurer to provide the details of company officials. Servici ng Grieva a. Details of Grievance redressal officer (Insurer to provide the link) nces/C b. IRDAI Integrated Grievance Management System - omplai https://igms.irda.gov.in/ nts c. Insurance Ombudsman – The contact details of the Insurance Ombudsman offices have been provided as Annexure-A of Policy document. 11. Insured Insurer to specify the norms on settlement of claims. ’s TAT for Pre-Auth(applicable for the section “Hospitalisation expenses Rights due to accident) shall also be specified. 12. Insured The policy shall be void and all premium paid thereon shall be forfeited to 8.1 ’s the Company in the event of misrepresentation, mis-description or non- Obligat disclosure of any material fact by the policyholder. ions Legal Disclaimer Note: The information must be read in conjunction with the product brochure and policy document. In case of any conflict between the CIS and the policy document, the terms and conditions mentioned in the policy document shall prevail. 37Annexure-3 Form IRDAI-UNF-PASP [All the items should be filled in properly and carefully. No item must be left blank.] S No Item Particulars (to be filled in by insurer) Section I: General Information 1.1 Name of Health / General Insurer 1.2 Registration No.alloted by IRDAI 1.3 Name of Appointed Actuary [Please note that his/her appointment should be in force as on the date of this application] 1.4 Brand Name [Give the name of Saral Suraksha Bima, <Name of the insurer> the product which will be printed in Sales Literature and known in the market. This name should not be altered/modified in any form after launching in the market. This name shall appear in all returns etc. which would be submitted to IRDAI 1.5 Date of approval by PMC Section II: Underwriting 2. Underwriting –Selection of Risks [This section should discuss how the different segments of the population will be dealt with for the purpose of underwriting (to the extent they are relevant and a brief detail of procedure adopted for assessment of various risk classes may be given.) 2.1 Specify Non-medical Limit [Where no pre-medical examination is asked for] 2.2 Specify when and what classes of lives would be subject to medical examination 2.3 Whether any loading based Yes / No on the health status are applicable 2.4 Whether any loading based Yes / No on the occupation are applicable 2.5 Specify, any other underwriting criteria 2.6 Whether Underwriting of the Yes / No product aligned to the Board 38Approved Underwriting policy of the Company 2.7 Whether full costs of pre policy Yes / No medical check up are borne by the Insurer 2.8 If no, specify the percentage proposed to be borne by the Insurer. Section III - Distribution Channels 3 Distribution channels: 3.1 Specify the various distribution channels to be used for distributing the product- [reply shall be specific and can not refer to the replies like “as approved by IRDAI] 3.1 Commission scales to distribution channels— specify the rates which are to be paid-[reply shall be specific] 3.2 Expected proportions of Distribution Year Year Year Year Year 5 business to be procured by 1 2 3 4 Channel each channel shall be indicated for the next 5 years. 1.Individual Agents 2. Corporate Agents 3. Insurance Brokers 4.Web Aggregators 5.Micro Insurance Agents 6.CSC 7.PoS 8.Direct – Only Online 9.Direct Marketing - Others (Incorporate separate line for each distribution channel) 3910. Others- specify 11. Total Section IV - Reinsurance arrangements 4.1 Retention limit 4.2 Name of the reinsurer (s) 4.3 Terms of reinsurance(type of reinsurance, commissions, etc.). 4.4 Any recapture provisions shall be described. 4.5 Reinsurance rates provided 4.6 Whether a copy of the reinsurance program and a copy Yes/No of the Treaty is submitted to the Authority. 4.6.1 Whether reinsurance Yes/No program and a copy of the treaty enclosed (required only if these are not filed with the Authority previously) 4.6.2 Whether the reisurance Yes / No proposed for the product is in line with the Board approved reinsurance program filed with the Authority 4.6.3 If no, furnish the particulars Section V: Pricing 5 Premium Loadings & Discounts (Please provide objective and transparent criteria to offer discounts/rebate/Loadings And complete financial justifications by AA to every item referred hereunder. In case of General and Health Insurers to be also furnished separately in the Technical Note) 5.1 Sum insured rebates/discounts offered, if any 5.2 Rebates/charges for different modes offered: 5.3 Premium rebates/discounts 405.4 Staff rebates 5.5 Any other discounts offered 5.6 Maximum cap on all Discounts for all variables taken together 5.7 Any loadings proposed 5.8 Maximum Cap on all Loading for all variables taken together 5.9 Subrogation (Not applicable to Health Insurance) 5.10 Pricing Assumptions and Methodology: The pricing assumptions and the methodology may vary depending on the nature of product. Give details of the following 5.11 Give the actuarial formulae, if any, used; if not, state how premiums are arrived at briefly explaining the methodology and details: 5.12 Source of data (internal/industry/ reinsurance) 5.13 Rate of morbidity [The tables whereever relevant shall be the prescribed one.] 5.14 Rates of policy terminations. [The rates used must be in accordance with insurer’s experience. If such experience is not available, this can be from the industry/reinsurer’s experience .] 5.15 Rate of interest, if any. [The rate or rates must be consistent with the investment policy of the insurer.] 5.16 Commission scales [Give rates of commission. These are explicit items.] 5.17 Expenses - Split into First Year, Renewal and Claim related:- [Expense assumptions must be company specific. If such experience is not available, the Appointed Actuary might consider industry experience or make reasonable assumptions.] 5.17 First Year expenses by: sum assured related, premium related, per policy .1 related 41First Year sum assured premium related per policy related Expenses related 5.17 Renewal expenses where relevant (including overhead expenses) by : sum .2 assured related, premium related, per policy related Renewal sum assured premium related per policy related Expenses related 5.17 Claim expenses .3 5.17 Future inflationa ry .4 increases, if any 5.18 Allowance for transfers to shareholder, if any: [Please see section 49 of the Insurance Act, 1938] 5.19 Taxation. [Please see the relevant sections of the Income Tax Act, 1961 applicable for payment of taxes by the Insurer] 5.20 Any other parameter relevant to pricing of product –specify 5.21 Reserving assumptions (please specify all the relevant details) 5.22 Base rate (risk premium)-furnish the rate table, if any 5.23 Gross premium- furnish the rate table, if any 5.24 Annualised Premium 5.24.1 Minimum 5.24.2 Maximum 5.25 Expected loss ratio (for the product) - 5.26 Age-wise loss ratio- S.No Age Loss ratio 5.27 Sum insured-wise- loss ratio S.No SA Loss ratio 5.28 Age and sum insured wise loss Table given below (SI band and age bands shall be ratio - increased.The format given below is indicative.) S.NO SI/Age 100000 150000 200000 250000 300000 bands 421 >=0<=2 2 >=3<=15 3 >=16<=25 4 >=26<=30 5 >=31<=35 6 >=36<=40 7 >=41<=45 8 >=46<=50 9 >=51<=55 10 >=56<=60 11 >=61<=65 12 >=66 5.29 Expected combined ratio 5.30 Age-wise combined ratio- 5.31 Sum insured-wise- combined ratio 5.32 Age and sum insured wise Table given below (SI band and age bands shall be combined ratio - to be furnished increased.The format given below is indicative.) for each option or plan separately S.NO SI/Age 10000 150000 200000 250000 300000 bands 0 1 >=0<=2 2 >=3<=15 3 >=16<=25 4 >=26<=30 5 >=31<=35 6 >=36<=40 7 >=41<=45 8 >=46<=50 9 >=51<=55 10 >=56<=60 11 >=61<=65 4312 >=66 I I I I I I 5.33 Expected cross-subsidy between age/sum insured 5.34 Experience of similar products, if any for the preceding Five Financial Years S.No Expos Premi Numb Incurr Claim Avera Burni Loss Combined ure um – er of ed freque ge ng ratio ratio Rs. claims claims ncy cost cost- -Rs. per Rs. claim FY FY-1 FY-2 FY-3 FY-4 1. Exposure: earned life year (no of life earned during a particular financial year); 2. Premium: premium earned during the financial year; 3.Number of claims: claims occurred during the financial year; 4. Incurred claims: Incurred amount as of today for claims mentioned in “3”; 5. Claim frequency: No. of claims/ Exposure; 6. Average cost per claim: Incurred claims / No. of claims; 7. Burning cost: Claims frequency* Average cost per claim; 8. Loss ratio: Incurred claims/ Premium; 9. Combined ratio: Loss ratio + Expense ratio; 5.35 Revision in pricing for existing products (Submit separately as an Annexure, percentage difference between existing and modified premium rates for each rating factor) 5.35. Whether there is an increase or decrease Increase/Decrease/Increase in certain age 1 in the premiums groups only/Decrease in certain age groups only/NA 5.35. Justification for change/ modification in 2 premium 5.35. Experience of the product across plans / 3 sum insured / age bands 5.35. How the pricing methodology differs 4 between sum insured options 445.36 Results of Financial Projections/Sensitivity Analysis: [The profit margins should be shown for various model points for base,optimistic and pessimistic scenarios in a tabular format below. The definition of profit margin should be taken as the present value of net profits to the p.v of premiums. Please specify assumptions made in each scenario. For terms less than or equal to one year loss ratio may be used and for terms more than one year, profit margin may be used.] 5.37 Risk discount rate used in the profit margin 5.38 Average Sum Insured Assumed 5.39 Assumptions made under pessimistic scenario 5.40 Assumptions made under optimistic scenario 5.41 Age [PM: Profit PM (base PM PM (optimistic Margin/Loss Ratio] [Age Band scenario) (pessimistic scenario) may be revisted based on the scenario) product design paratmeters] >=0<=2 >=3<=15 >=16<=25 >=26<=30 >=31<=35 >=36<=40 >=41<=45 >=46<=50 >=51<=55 >=56<=60 >=61<=65 >=66 Section VI: Enclosures to the Application: The following specimen documents should be enclosed: 6.1 Sales Literature /Prospectus. This is the literature which is to be used by the various distribution channels for selling the product in the market. This shall enumerate all the salient features of the product along with the exclusions applicable for the basic benefits and shall be in complaince with the relevant circulars issued by the Authority at all times). 6.2 Policy Document& Policy Schedule 6.3 Technical Note on Pricing 456.4 Proposal form, wherever necessary 6.5 Premium Table 6.6 Certificates by Appointed Actuary and Chief Compliance Officer 6.7 CIS Soft ware used for product design and monitoring --- (for information of the Authority) The Insurer shall enclose a certificate from the Chief Compliance Officer, Appointed Actuary, countersigned by the principal officer of the insurer, as per specimen given below:(The language of this should not be altered) Certification by Chief Compliance Officer: I------- (Name of Chief Compliance Officer) the undersigned, on behalf of the Insurer named below, hereby affirm and declare as follows: 1. That the details of the (Name of product) filled in above are true and correct and reflect what the policy and other documents indicate. 2. That the product complies with the various provisions of the IRDAI Health Insurance Regulations, 2016, Guidelines on Standardization of Health Insurance, Product Filing, Guidelines on Standardization of Exclusions in Health Insurance Contracts, Guidelines on Standard Personal Accident Insurance Product, issued thereon and the applicable provisions of extant IRDAI Regulations and all circulars issued by IRDAI from time to time. 3. That this application and all other documents are complete and have been verified for correctness and consistency not only in respect of each item of each document but also vis-a-vis one another. 4. I certify that the policy wordings and Customer Information sheet filed along with this application is in compliance with IRDAI (Health Insurance) Regulations, 2016, Product Filing Guidelines, Guidelines on Standardization of Health Insurance, Guidelines on Standardization of Exclusions in Health Insurance Contracts, Guidelines on Standard Personal Accident Insurance product ,issued thereon. 5. I further certify that the Prospectus submitted is in compliance with the applicable provisions of Rules, IRDAI Regulations and Guidelines on Product Filing and Insurance Advertisements. Date: (Chief Compliance Officer) Name of Insurer Certification by Appointed Actuary: " I, (name of the appointed actuary), the appointed actuary, hereby solemnly declare that the information furnished in this Application Form is true. I also certify that, in my opinion, the premium rates, advantages, terms and conditions of the above product are workable and sound, the assumptions are reasonable and premium rates are fair." 46I have carefully studied the requirements of the Product Filing Procedure in relation to the design and rating of insurance products. The rates, terms and conditions of the above mentioned product are determined on technically sound basis and are sustainable on the basis of the information and claims experience available in the records of the insurer. An adequate system has been put in place for collection of data on premiums and claims based on every rating factor that will enable review of the rates and terms of the cover from time to time. It is planned to review the rates, terms and conditions of cover (--- mention periodicity of review) based on emerging experience. It is further certified that the underwriting of the product now filed shall be within the Board approved underwriting philosophy of the Company. The requirements of the Product Filing Procedure have been fully complied with in respect of this product or revision or modification of the product. I further declare that except the Sections mentioned in S.No., no other feature/benefit/clause is modified in the product (applicable only for revision or modification of the product) Place Signature of the Appointed Actuary Date: Certification by Principal Officer or CEO I (name of the Principal Officer or CEO), (mention designation) hereby confirm that: 1. The rates, terms and conditions of the above-mentioned product filed with this certificate have been determined in compliance with the IRDA Act, 1999, Insurance Act, 1938, and the Regulations and guidelines issued there under, including the File and Use / Product Filing guidelines. 2. The prospectus, sales literature, policy and endorsement documents, and the rates, terms and conditions of the product have been prepared on a technically sound basis and on terms that are fair between the insurer and the client and are set out in language that is clear and unambiguous. 3. These documents are also fully in compliance with the underwriting and rating policy approved by the Board of Directors of the insurer. 4. The statements made in the filing Form -IRDAI-UNF-PASP are true and correct. 5. The requirements of the Product Filing Guidelines have been fully complied with in respect of this product. Date: Signature of Principal Officer or Designated Officer Place: Name and designation along with Company’s seal 47