Friday, November 28, 2008

7 Penyebab Uang Asuransi Tidak Di Bayar

Asuransi? Aduuuh..., tetangga sebelah saya sudah sering, tuh nawarin asuransi. Tapi saya enggak pernah tertarik. Kayaknya mereka cuma janji-janji aja..." Ya, beberapa di antara Anda mungkin berpikir bahwa asuransi cuma bisa memberikan janji-janji tanpa ada bukti. Akan tetapi, apakah Anda sudah pernah membuktikannya? Kalau belum, mungkin Anda harus ikut asuransi dulu, baru membuktikan apakah Perusahaan Asuransi (PA) Anda memang ingkar janji atau termasuk yang baik.

Kasus PA yang ingkar janji sebaiknya dilihat kasus per kasus, jangan digeneralisasi. Maksudnya, jangan hanya gara-gara satu PA tidak menepati janji, lalu Anda menganggap semua PA enggak benar. Tidak dibayarnya uang asuransi oleh sebuah PA bisa karena berbagai hal. Nah, artikel kali ini akan membahas apa saja penyebab Uang Pertanggungan Asuransi Jiwa tidak dibayarkan kepada nasabah.

KESALAHAN DARI PIHAK NASABAH

Tidak semua kegagalan pembayaran klaim disebabkan oleh PA. Bisa juga penyebabnya adalah nasabah sendiri. Umumnya ada lima kesalahan nasabah yang bisa menyebabkan Uang Asuransi tak dibayarkan:

1. Ketidakjujuran Nasabah

Sebelum seseorang memiliki produk Asuransi Jiwa, ia lebih dulu harus mengisi Surat Permohonan (SP) Asuransi. Dalam SP terdapat pertanyaan-pertanyaan yang harus dijawab oleh seorang calon nasabah, dan dari jawaban-jawaban itulah PA akan melihat apakah akan memberikan perlindungan Asuransi Jiwa kepada Anda atau tidak.

Nah, saat mengisi SP inilah seringkali calon nasabah tidak memberikan jawaban yang benar. Misalnya, dalam SP terdapat pertanyaan tentang apakah Anda pernah dirawat di RS dalam dua tahun terakhir. Jika Anda menjawab tidak - padahal pernah dirawat di RS enam bulan lalu misalnya - maka bila terjadi kematian pada Anda dan PA menemukan bahwa penyebab kematian Anda adalah karena adanya penyakit yang pernah membuat Anda masuk RS sekitar enam bulan lalu, yah... jangan harap PA akan membayar UP yang mereka janjikan.

2. Adanya pengecualian oleh PA dalam membayar Uang Pertanggungan

Kadang-kadang PA Jiwa tidak memberikan manfaat yang mereka janjikan bila ternyata penyebab kematian Anda memang dikecualikan (dan pengecualian itu ditulis dalam polis). Mengenai pengecualian ini, umumnya PA menetapkan jumlah pengecualian yang bervariasi. Akan tetapi, umumnya adalah:

1. Kematian karena bunuh diri
2. Kematian karena orang yang bersangkutan melakukan tindak kriminal
3. Kematian karena AIDS
4. Kematian karena penyakit kritis, dimana kematian terjadi pada tahun pertama dia mengikuti program asuransi dari PA bersangkutan
5. Kematian karena force majeure, atau hal-hal yang memang tidak bisa dihindari, seperti perang, bencana alam, atau huru-hara

Nah, seringkali pengecualian-pengecualian yang terdapat dalam polis itu tidak dibaca oleh nasabah, sehingga ia merasa dirugikan ketika Uang Pertanggungan Asuransinya tidak dibayar. Karena itulah, jika Anda memiliki Polis Asuransi, sempatkan lagi untuk membaca pasal-pasal yang ada dalam polis.

3. Nasabah terlalu lama mengajukan klaim

Umumnya, PA menetapkan batasan waktu pengajuan klaim asuransi. Biasanya, batasan waktu yang ditetapkan adalah tiga bulan. Repotnya, nasabah seringkali mengajukan klaim di luar batas waktu tersebut, sehingga PA sulit memenuhinya.

Sebagai contoh, suami Anda mengikuti sebuah Program Asuransi Jiwa dengan Anda sebagai ahli warisnya. Bila terjadi kematian pada suami Anda, maka Anda hanya bisa mendapatkan manfaat asuransi yang dijanjikan apabila pengajuan klaim Anda masih berada dalam batas waktu tiga bulan setelah kematian tersebut. Jika tidak, perusahaan asuransi mungkin tidak mau memberikan manfaat yang mereka janjikan.

Sekarang, bagaimana Anda bisa tahu lama batasan waktu yang diberikan oleh PA Anda dalam mengajukan klaim kematian? Anda bisa membacanya di Polis Asuransi Anda. Setelah itu, jika nanti betul terjadi risiko kematian, segeralah ajukan klaimnya kepada PA.

4. Syarat-syarat saat pengajuan klaim kurang lengkap

PA biasanya meminta sejumlah persyaratan saat pengajuan klaim apabila betul terjadi risiko kematian pada orang yang ditanggung. Persyaratan-persyaratan itulah yang sering tidak dipenuhi atau dilengkapi oleh ahli waris nasabah, sehingga PA tentu tidak bisa langsung membayar klaim mereka.

Biasanya, persyaratan-persyaratan yang diminta oleh PA bila Anda ingin mengajukan klaim kematian adalah:

1. Surat Keterangan Kematian dari RT/RW setempat
2. Surat Keterangan Kecelakaan dari Kepolisian (jika kematian terjadi karena kecelakaan)
3. Surat Keterangan dari RS (jika kematian terjadi di RS), dimana surat itu ditandatangani oleh dokter bersangkutan
4. Mengisi Formulir Pengajuan Klaim yang diterbitkan oleh PA
5. Fotokopi Identitas Diri Ahli Waris

Jadi, bila terjadi risiko kematian, jangan lupa memenuhi semua persyaratan yang diminta oleh PA. Enggak sulit, kan?

5. Tidak dibayarnya premi oleh nasabah dalam jangka waktu yang sudah ditentukan

Ini sudah jelas. Jika Anda tidak membayar premi sesuai jangka waktu yang ditentukan, bisa saja Polis Asuransi Anda menjadi tidak berlaku lagi. Ini berarti, Anda tidak lagi dilindungi asuransi. Inilah yang sering terjadi. Di awal-awal, nasabah rajin membayar premi, tetapi pada suatu saat tertentu, premi tidak lagi dibayar, bahkan hingga batas waktu tertentu. Ini sama saja dengan kalau Anda memakai listrik dan tidak membayarnya dalam batas waktu tertentu, sehingga listrik Anda di rumah terancam diputus oleh PLN.

Karenanya, pastikan Anda mengetahui peraturan pembayaran premi Anda. Jangan sampai Polis Asuransi Anda menjadi tidak berlaku lagi hanya gara-gara Anda lupa membayar premi tepat waktu.


KESALAHAN DARI PIHAK PERUSAHAAN ASURANSI

Selain dari sisi nasabah, tidak dibayarnya Uang Asuransi dapat juga disebabkan oleh kesalahan yang ditimbulkan oleh PIHAK PA. Ada beberapa sebetulnya, tetapi yang umum terjadi hanya ada dua:

1. Ketidakjujuran Agen Asuransi dalam mempresentasikan produk asuransinya

Bisa saja Agen Asuransi Anda tidak jujur dalam mempresentasikan produk Asuransi Jiwa-nya. Sebagai contoh, ketika bertemu, ia mengatakan bahwa PA akan membayar UP Asuransi Jiwa bila kematian disebabkan penyakit kritis, termasuk apabila risiko tersebut terjadi di tahun pertama. Padahal umumnya tidak demikian.

Memang, tidak setiap PA punya kebijakan yang sama. Jadi saran saya, apa yang Anda lihat dalam Polis Asuransi Anda itulah yang harus dijadikan rujukan, bukan dari apa yang dikatakan Agen Asuransi. Umumnya PA memberikan semacam Jaminan Uang Kembali kalau ternyata Anda tidak puas terhadap pasal-pasal yang tertera dalam polis. Anda bisa mengembalikan polisnya, dan uang Anda akan kembali. Tentu saja, selama pengembalian polis itu berada dalam batas jangka waktu tertentu yang ditetapkan oleh PA, yang biasanya 30 sampai 90 hari.

Lalu, apakah semua Agen Asuransi tidak bisa dipercaya? Ya, enggak, dong. Itu, kan kembali ke orangnya. Jangan gara-gara ada satu agen yang 'enggak bener', lalu Anda menyamakan semua agen asuransi di dunia ini 'nggak bener'. Sekali lagi, itu semua kembali ke karakter masing-masing.

Nah, untuk membuktikan apakah presentasi yang diberikan Agen Asuransi Jiwa benar, Anda tinggal mencocokkan saja dengan Polis Asuransi yang diterbitkan. Bila sama, berarti Agen Asuransi Anda memang jujur dan bisa dipercaya. Bila tidak, laporkan saja dia pada Perusahaan Asuransi-nya.

2. Perusahaannya yang bandel

Jika ternyata Anda telah memenuhi semua persyaratan yang diminta, jujur dalam mengisi SP, rajin membayar premi, mengirimkan pengajuan klaim masih dalam jangka waktu yang ditentukan, tetapi klaim Anda masih juga belum dibayarkan, coba cek lagi. Bisa saja perusahaannya yang bandel.

Terus, gimana dong solusinya? Coba tulis saja Surat Pembaca di koran atau tabloid dan media massa lainnya, PA Anda akan memperhatikan dan segera membayar klaim Anda.

Dikutip dari Tabloid Nova No. 744/XIII

Sunday, November 02, 2008

INSURANCE LIFE


It is important that one plans for the future. Any action done in the present should benefit the person as he moves on with life. Thus, it is also important to have money that can be used by other people just in case the person suddenly dies or becomes critically ill. This is where life insurance comes in. A life insurance is essential for those who wish to give a substantial amount to their loved ones just in case they leave this world or are suddenly incapable of doing their jobs. Many people get a life insurance thus making it one of the most popular insurance types.

Many companies have precautions stated in their life insurance forms. This is to ensure that they can stand against malicious claims done by some people. There are some clauses that should be understood before finalizing a life insurance. Thus, it is best to have an insurance lawyer before signing for a life insurance. Certain activities that may cause death are excluded from the life insurance clause. Knowing the specific actions will help in the life insurance selection process.

Those who are heads of the family often have life insurance. This is because they think of good things for the people that will be leaving behind. However, it is not an easy task to claim life insurance. Some companies tend to ask for a lot of paperwork before they finally release the life insurance to the recipient. In a way, it is a precaution for the life insurance company since there are many fraudulent claims that come to their office. Yet, this can be a hassle to legitimate recipients of life insurance. Before applying for a life insurance, the person should first discuss all details with the concerned parties. It is also beneficial if an insurance lawyer is present in the discussions since all the aspects of the life insurance can be talked about. Reading the fine print is important in life insurance policies. There may be some factors that are vague that can cause problems in the future.

In today's life, getting a life insurance is a must. It is not easy to save money and those who suddenly pass away will not have the luxury of transferring his funds to those who are left behind. To bridge this gap, a life insurance is needed. An accident may happen at any time; thus, it is always important to be prepared.

Monday, October 27, 2008

WHY INVEST IN LIFE INSURANCE?


Having life insurance when you die could possibly determine whether of not your spouse and children will continue to enjoy the same good life that you've provided for them while you're alive. Without life insurance your spouse may be forced to sell the house, the "extra" cars, boats and all the toys you've worked so hard all your life to acquire.

Have you chosen not to buy life insurance? If so, you can believe this will be financially overwhelming for the family that will miss you when you're gone. They could be losing a spouse and a parent along with the only lifestyle they ever known.

Think about this question: Why Should I Buy Life Insurance? Now look around you for a few minutes. Is what you own worth keeping? If you died today would your family want to throw it all away? The answer is probably not and the truth is the only way they can maintain possession of your property is if you have invested in a life insurance policy that will continue to pay the bills long after you've passed on.

The simple truth in life is that we're all going to die. Knowing that to be a fact, why not take thirty days of your life now to "put everything in order." One of the best ways to do that is research and buy a life insurance policy to cover your needs.

Discuss life insurance with those people you trust. I'm betting that you won't find anyone who will recommend against buying life insurance. If you refuse to buy life insurance to benefit yourself then do it for your beneficiaries. You will never know the long-term affect it will have on their lives.

Where Can I Buy Life Insurance?

When it comes to purchasing life insurance your options are endless. You can search the phone book to find an insurance agent that sells life insurance. Don't hesitate to depend on a trustworthy friend for advice. Someone that's already investing in life insurance and can point you in the right direction.

Logon to one of the big three search engines, www.google.com, www.yahoo.com or www.msn.com and perform a search for the keyphrase "life insurance". The best place to find an enormous amount of information about life insurance is on the internet. However, the first step you should take is to do research.

You'll be overwhelmed with the amount of information that you'll be presented with. At this point it comes down to what information you can trust. Don't panic and don't rush into anything. Making a hasty decision could cost you a lot of money now and in the long-term.

Simply take your time, do the research and give it a few weeks. When it's all said and done you'll find that having a life insurance policy to provide for your loved ones you're gone will give you a peace of mind that no amount of money can buy.

Why Should I Invest In Life Insurance?

Friday, October 17, 2008

TERM LIFE INSURANCE


Term is simple. You pay a premium for a period of time (the term) from one to thirty years and if you die during that time the insurance is paid to the person or persons you designate to receive it - called the beneficiary(ies).

Term life insurance usually has the lowest premium in the early years, making it the most affordable life insurance - initially. Term does not build cash value.

It covers you for a specified period of time (usually from 5 to 30 years, you choose). If you purchase a $1,000,000 term life insurance policy for 20-year period and you die in any of those 20 years, your beneficiary receives the million dollars.

If you are still living at the end of the term, your insurance policy is over unless you can renew the policy. When you renew (assuming your policy has that feature) it will renew at a higher price reflecting your now older age. Term insurance has no buildup of cash as with whole life insurance. Some term life insurance policies do offer a return of premium.

Return of Premium (ROP) Life Insurance

Return of premium life insurance is a newly introduced term life insurance policy that provides both death benefit protection and a return of premium insurance feature. Return of premium life Insurance is aimed right at one of the greatest objections to term life: “I am probably not going to die, and my money will have been wasted."

Here’s how it works: If you keep your policy for the term period, at the end of that time whether 15, 20 or 30 years, the life insurance company that issued the insurance with the return of premium policy, returns the entire premium that you paid for the insurance.

There also is some partial return of premium for policies canceled before the end of the term (depending on the year it’s canceled – the longer it’s kept, the higher the amount of the return.)
When you buy insurance with a return of premium option, you do not have to waste your money.

Unlike regular term policies, Return of Premium term life insurance rewards you for keeping the policy by giving a guaranteed return of your total cumulative premium paid on the policy during the level term period, not including substandard (extra charges for health) and rider charges (extra benefits such as disability coverage), if any, which will be paid to the policy owner at the end of the level term period if the policy is then in force.

Here’s an example: Male, age 35 with the best rate of preferred plus, $500,000 of 30-year return of premium term life insurance:
Annual premium = $810; Return of Premium after 30 years = $24,300
($810 x 30yr = $24,300)

The life insurance return of premium is considered income tax free, because you aren’t receiving back more than you put into the return of premium life policy. The return of premium term life insurance policies feature fully guaranteed level premiums for the first 15, 20 or 30 year

Thursday, October 16, 2008

MICRO-INSURANCE


Micro-insurance is defined by CGAP as “the protection of low-income people against specific perils in exchange for regular monetary payments (premiums) proportionate to the likelihood and cost of the risk involved.” As with all insurance, risk pooling allows many individuals or groups to share the costs of a risky event. To serve poor people, micro-insurance must respond to their priority needs for risk protection (depending on the market, they may seek health, car, or life insurance), be easy to understand, and affordable.

Micro-insurance has grown out of the micro-finance movement, where savings, credit and other services have proven successful in helping low-income communities better manage their resources and create their own opportunities. While standard micro-finance products can provide some risk management, the subject of micro-insurance is attracting wide interest as a growing body of evidence demonstrates the potential benefits of micro-insurance for low-income houses and businesses that are traditionally excluded from conventional insurance services.

The intent of micro-insurance is to provide easily accessible insurance cover for small-scale assets at affordable premiums by keeping transaction costs low. The first micro-insurance programmes generally focused on health care and funeral cost products, with new developments and innovations not only improving existing products but also expanding to cover new risks like natural disasters.

Some of the general micro-insurance lessons learned from Columna’s experience include:

  • The most cost-effective way to reach the low-income market is through organisations that already reach large numbers of the target market.
  • The distribution of micro-insurance should therefore be implemented through microfinance institutions (MFIs), cooperatives, trade unions and the like.
  • Insurance company shareholders should implement a policy on surplus that allows the company to grow and maintain good solvency levels.
  • Benefits can be reaped from collaborations with international organisations that provide support, training and market information.
  • A micro-insurance product must be simple and the premiums should be affordable.
  • There should be a range of premium and benefit levels to make the product relevant to a higher percentage of the targeted market.
  • Sales personnel must receive adequate training to promote micro-insurance products; printed promotional material should be simple to understand.
  • An insurance company must establish a mutually beneficial relationship with its marketing and distribution channels.
Source: Columna Guatemala (CGAP Working Group on Microinsurance Good and Bad Practices Case Study No.5)

Thursday, October 09, 2008

HEALT INSURANCE UNDERWRITING



This is a feature bringing up numerous angles of the issue of health insurance underwriting . It is going to begin with the basic facts and after that go on to more knotty specific details.

The point of this article dealing with the subject of health insurance underwriting is to describe and then to analytically talk about the various perspectives of this attractive, but baffling meaning of health insurance underwriting . What to Seek in Good healthcare policy

medicare coverage is a kind of protection that offers payment of benefits for eligible medical problems or trauma. Included in online medical insurance are several types of insurance such as trauma coverage, disability income insurance, checkup cost coverage, and unintentional fatality insurance. Before signing the health coverage policy make sure you completely read the reimbursement section. Take note of any physical condition care treatment that isn`t insured by your wellness insurance document. In addition, especially pay attention to how the medical insurance document is phrased. Sometimes, medical coverage providers conceal the coverage exclusions within the language. For example, a health care insurance corporation might describe the term `emergency` as something that is a deadly situation that can`t be reasonably attended to by a primary care doctor, whereas your meaning of `emergency` might be any situation that demands quick clinical attention. Obviously, there`s a significant difference between the two definitions. If you find yourself in an emergency circumstance where you sustain a fractured arm, for instance, your medi care coverage online provider might deny coverage for emergency room care of a broken arm because the broken limb does not fall under the fatal category. Therefore, you should read carefully the health care coverage online document descriptions, paying meticulous notice to the seven important phrases:

1. Health emergency
2. Medically essential
3. Accidental trauma
4. Experimental or investigational
5. Pre-certification
6. Previously diagnosed conditions
7. Practical and customary

These words and all phrases that are open to analysis ought to be regarded with wariness. Find out how your online health insure company describes every one of these.

Lastly, go to the paragraphs telling the rules you must abide by for your online health insure company to reimburse you. These document limitations or prerequisites are typically worded in a up-beat tone. Read through every stipulation thoroughly, take comments, then phone your health care insure establishment with any questions. You also should compare medical insure documents prior to signing one of them. To compare exclusions, examine two policy contracts and find the exclusions paragraphs. If you choose to assess quite a few health care ins contracts, you might use an on-line site. After you get your free estimate for the medical benefits you desire, apply for it on-line, and you`ll obtain all the answers that you require in order to judge exclusions of every medicare insurance on line document (though sometimes this can require additional investigation.)

Nearly all the readers of the composition which concludes here have found its reasoning and then exemplars to have made the issue apprehensible, we are hopeful that you feel the same way too.

Tuesday, September 23, 2008

HOW TO LIVE WITHOUT HEALTH INSURANCE


This preface furnishes an impression dealing with the how to live without health insurance subject matter, examining a lot of the subjects which are examined elaborately in the next sections of the essay.
Beyond the straightforward rules of supply & demand, the medicare insure business is directed by lots of vital aspects. Governmental policies, the overall state of the economy, bank rates of interest all exhibit their specific influences on the performance as well as operations of insurance coverage corporations.

In this scenario, online medical policy organization ranking associations have come forward with the purpose of providing a productive and a focused assessment of establishments in order to perceive as well as put a stop to insurer bankruptcy. healthcare policy companies should meet long as well as short-term commitments of policy holders. That is why it is significant for medicare insurance on line providers to uphold an unswerving performance level. A medicare coverage corporation ranking provides you with the whole image with respect to the success of a corporation.

In broad terms, a good medicare coverage on line organization ranking means the establishment is in a secure position and can disburse claims to policy-holders just as easily in the long term. An insurance establishment which has a big rating is expected to have large assets and reserves so it confronts no problems settling claims. There are numerous organizations that give monetary ratings for insurance corporations.

The medi care insurance establishment rating is influenced by numerous factors, among them bad financial judgments, uninterrupted failures, and unions with other organizations. The ranking firms keep track of the existing procedures of the organization since the present rating could decrease due to any of the aforementioned issues. Thus, being rated by a well-known ranking association could have a mirror effect for your organization. Although a bigger rating would make it easier in building a better customer foundation, inferior ranks will make it easier for you in focusing on matters which want improvement.

Ratings are extremely essential for any single medicare insure establishment. Ratings from bonafide associations are like tactical tools to be utilized to obtain consumer client confidence in departments like monetary steadiness and service. A good ranking is in addition an agreeable publicity device to lure customers to reinvest. For a healthcare policy establishment that is intending to make its way into a new market, a a rating is a helpful tool for tempting fresh clients. Hence, ratings are a valuable reserve for any medicare policy company.

Generally, medicare insurance corporations must undertake comparative analysis between themselves and other contenders within the business with respect to performance and monetary solidity, in which case ratings are a big help. Rankings in addition make it easier for companies in evaluating potential reinsurance accounts. Depending on a medicare insurance online establishment ranking, companies may take a decision on the launch of particular product arrangements to the industry.

Ordinarily, thus, the financial standing of a online medical insurance company is indicated via its rating. Several ranking providers utilize several standards to rate the company`s value. For example, one utilizes monetary strength as the key decisive factor for assigning a rating, whereas others obtain their rankings based on the claims-paying capability of an establishment. In any case, rankings help establishments to recognize their strong points in addition to their drawbacks.

In a nutshell, a health care policy corporation ranking makes it easier for health coverage online organizations to know their relative rank in the business, or their comparative standing with regard to their contenders. Even if an establishment is monetarily sound, it must weigh its functioning with others. In simple words, a ranking organization makes the job of evaluation far simpler.

Even if you did not have awareness to anything regarding the how to live without health insurance field beforehand, you read the piece of writing above, now that you are done glancing at it, you ought to know all the significant details.