Don't underestimate this knowledge on how to get your credit application approved (or never rejected in the first place).
Let me put you in a situation.
You discovered a dream home for
If you don't know that already, once you are diagnosed with diabetes, all insurers will reject your medical insurance application. In fact, there's no point submitting an application in the
You may have watched the video below but in case you have NOT, watch it first to get a background of what this is about.
Of course, as a subscriber, you
OK, here's the thing - it is not everyday or even every month where insurance companies updates their range of medical cards aka health insurance aka hospitalization & surgical policies.
No,
Have you been in a scenario where a retired/non-working elderly parents/relatives always hunt for the best fixed deposit deals from banks to park their retirement money?
They are usually very risk-averse
In this month's episode, I answered the questions:
What is the evidence required to claim the 3,000 parental tax relief from 2016 to 2020...(remember, you don't want to mess with IRB
Before all these money scams / pyramid schemes became popular, one of the common methods to save & invest for long term is via insurance savings plan (aka endowment plan)
But
The "conventional wisdom" has always been that Warren Buffett's success can be explained by his stock-picking skills and his discipline.
And that lead people to adopt his stock picking strategy aka
People always asked "how do I know if I can sustain my lifestyle until my twillight years with what I already have?"
In other words, they are looking to quit or slow
Profitable + consistent annual returns in long term investing doesn't have to be a scary, frustrating experience.
This is your ultimate shortcut to getting world class investment returns, matching even Warren
This table compare all available Allianz medical card options and configurations, with indicative annual premium for a 35 & 50 years old Male/Non-smoker/Occupation Class 1 & 2.
Room & board (R&B)
Back in Oct 2015, I did a webinar with KCLau (recording way below this page), educating the public about the legitimate form of private equity investment in Malaysia. These are
This table compare all available AIA medical card options and configurations, with indicative annual premium for a 35 & 50 years old Male/Non-smoker/Occupation Class 1 & 2.
Room & board (R&B)
Considering the cost of current medical procedures now and future medical inflation, is it more worthwhile to either self-insure myself or buy a medical card?
I got asked the questions above
When we buy and maintain a medical card, we must know the estimated costs of common medical procedures in private hospitals. It could vary from one hospital to another. The
The below is a detailed scanned presentation slides outlines the following aspects in mortgage loan application & approval:
Classification of high risk occupationsHow Debt Service ratio (DSR) is computed,especially how financing
The loan calculators you obtained online (like iMoney or Loanstreet) will tell you the difference in total interest paid when you change the interest rate variable, say, from 4.40% to
Prudential products are known for its premium prices, so when we hear that a PruValueMed can be bought at only RM 1,200 per year, I got to check out more.
Turns
Allianz updated its Medisafe Xtra medical card as highlighted here before in 2015 – a few notches above its previous revision.
Among the highlights:
No lifetime limitWhat used to be lifetime limit now
This standalone medical card has 1 main feature unheard of in the market - a comprehensive annual health screening and cancer marker tests. And plus some other features as well
Back in July 2015, Allianz Life updated its flagship medical card - SEE HERE again if you cannot recall.
What I didn't include then was a full presentation of the features
The link below contains true story of a lady in her 20's having colon cancer, which is pretty uncommon as this condition normally affect males and normally not as young.
Battle
While a million ringgit lifetime limit for a medical is logical for now and future, the same cannot be said for life insurance. You might or might not need it.
Some
I always advocate an annual limit of RM 100k minimumly and a lifetime limit of RM 1 mil. Although very few customers questioned me on it, I can tell you
Allianz Medisafe (new)
Medical card is getting more and more competitive nowadays. Â Allianz, known for its rich features and low costs, revised its previously EUMCR card to Medisafe, with a few added
As mentioned previously, Prudential came out with a competitive new medical card in the market – PruValueMed. Here is the full 93 pages presentation on the product.
Another feature to highlight is
Prudential came out with a competitive new medical card in the market - PruValueMed. Here are 2 major excellent features worth mentioning:
Virtually no annual limit by designRe-term Lifetime limit to what
Allianz has long been the only player in the niche of deductible medical card - the "no-strings-attached" type. Previously, we have covered Great Eastern's deductible medical rider; provided a corresponding
If you are a parent, you care for the well-being of your child, especially before 3 years old - whereby frequent, unanticipated visits to the hospital is a common occurrence.
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Upgrade existing medical card - worth it?
What is the high Annual Limit & No Lifetime Limit as claimed?
The Annual Limit is 10 times the Deductible Amount which
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Note: this could happen to any insurance company, anytime! (below using Prudential memo as case study)
What it means when a private hospital is under an insurer's panel list
Can
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What can you claim from a medical card aka H&S policy
Conditions for the relevant documents to be eligible for claim
The Hospital Admission process flow
Guarantee Letter vs Reimbursement
The
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Improvement to Great Eastern's Smart Medic medical card product line
The option to remove co-insurance and co-payment clause
A deductible feature which "removes" the annual limit of the medic
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Insurance claim & payout from insurer's perspective
Type of insurance claims
Process flow for insurance claims
Claims outcomes - not every claim is the same!
Major claim vs minor claim -
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The pros and cons of a savings plan (aka endowment policy)
How Savings Plans are structured - The protection part, the guaranteed surrender value part and non-guaranteed investment
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What problems this may cause you in the future?
What does it mean by separate outpatient lifetime limit for kidney condition and cancer?
Which insurance company medic card has
Have you ever wondered why and how some people take advantage of their medical insurance to do full body health check at private hospitals? Aside from the ethics part, what
Have you ever wondered why some medical cards are easier to admit into certain private hospitals or claim compared to others? And why sometimes private hospitals still need to charge
Summary of this Recorded Webinar with KCLau.com
The Big Difference between Standalone Medical card and Medical card rider
The Risks of a Standalone Medical Card (how Medical card rider mitigate this risk)
The
This is the exact loan packages offered by the asset management division of the insurance company as of Nov 2013
(click the image below for large view)
How to properly use the
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A General Perspective on the Needs of Medical Insurance
Making it Clear Cut the Purpose of Medical Insurance vs Critical Illness coverage
What is a Deductible
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What are the "hidden" things to look before signing an investment linked policy?
What is top up premium and policy sustainability; how these 2 aspects are related?
What is
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MRTA/MLTA Downfall - who's the beneficiary?
How Banker can give you huge discount on MRTA premiums, at the expense of your family should you kick the bucket
MLTA seems
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How Premium Paid and Insurance Charges Move over the years
What Happens when Insurance Charges > Annual Premium
What is the probability your policy will lapse
How to Mitigate this
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How you are paying for redundant things in your policy...
...and how you save money and triple your protection by policy restructuring
See me restructure a policy LIVE by