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Life insurance plans in UAE cover up to 35 critical illness and would pay a claim on the diagnosis of such critical illness.
The scope, definition and limitations of critical illness cover is well defined.
Leading insurance providers in UAE like Zurich International Life, Friends Provident, MetLife, Salama and Oman Insurance and Orient offer term insurance in UAE with critical illness benefit as a rider.
Each company has an exhaustive list of critical illnesses covered with well-written benefits definition, scope and limitation, eliminating ambiguities at the time of applying for cover and at the time of claims.
Insurance companies like Zurich International Life offer critical illness cover up to age 74.
While there are risks of a person developing critical illness at any age, the chances of getting critically ill are higher as the person becomes older.
Plans in India have an insufficient scope of critical illness cover, and they usually cover up to age 60.
Many insurance providers in UAE offer critical illness cover up to $2,000,000. Providers in India only offer less than $150,000 and for 30 or lesser number of years.
It is recommended to have at least 3 to 5 years of income as critical illness cover. If your income is more than $30,000 per anum, then you should seriously consider buying term insurance in UAE.
Thanks to vast experience in covering critical illness, insurance providers in UAE have developed thorough underwriting system. Hence they ask the right questions and conduct necessary tests before accepting risk on a term insurance plans.
This comprehensive underwriting activity eliminates the possibility of delays in claims; hence the providers in UAE have good claims settlement record on critical illness and life insurance claims.
On the other hand companies in India have recently started offering critical illness plans. Hence the precedence of claims is hardly there, making it difficult to understand the claim process of such policies.
Events like the current Covid-19 lockdowns can make claims processing more challenging for NRIs outside India.
Insurance companies in UAE have acquired a vast experience gained by operating in many countries, they have developed a robust system of underwriting, claims processing and settling.
Companies like Zurich, MetLife, Friends Provident Oman Insurance, LiC international and Salama provide a well-developed customer support via their call centre and their offices across UAE.
Term Insurance Plans in UAE are portable internationally. They continue to cover the insured during their travel and after a change in residency for all the benefits availed as a resident in UAE.
Continuity of protection when changing residence from one country to another is an essential and helpful feature of term plans in UAE.
Otherwise, the cost of insurance would go up every time the insured has to buy a new policy when moving to another country, as the insured would older than before, and also the risk of non-insurability increases.
All insurance providers offer Term Insurance plans in US Dollar denomination, which is an ideal risk against a falling rupee. Rupee value has continuously been depreciating for the last 40 years, and more rapidly in the previous few years.
Given the rapidly growing population in India, which has to be fed, clothed, entertained and treated for medical ailments. India has to rely on imports mainly for crude, coal, cooking oil technology, medicines, defence equipment and much much more...
The steadily increasing demand for imported goods and services will create more demand for US dollar, a medium of exchange for international transactions, further depreciating the Indian rupee.
The following chart shows the extent of rupee depreciation in the last 10 years, highlighting the adverse impact on your rupee denominated insurance or investment plans.
Term insurance plans in UAE are portable. You or your family can claim to receive the benefits from any part of the world, making it easier to pay for money requirements outside India like;
On the other hand; access to funds outside India from insurance proceeds of plans in India can be very challenging. You may have to go through elaborate approval processes, currency risks, charges and tax implications.
When looking to avail a term insurance plan in UAE, an expat should consider the 8 points mentioned above.
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