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Long Term Insurance Act, 1998 (Act No. 52 of 1998)

Policyholder Protection Rules (Long-term Insurance), 2017

Chapter 3 : Products

Rule 2A : Microinsurance and Funeral Policy Product Standards

2A.7 Exclusions

 

2A.7.1 A microinsurance policy underwritten under the funeral class of life insurance business as set out in Table 1 of Schedule 2 to the Insurance Act, or a funeral policy, may not impose any exclusion for a pre-existing health condition other than through a waiting period referred to in rule 2A.6.1.

 

2A.7.2 A microinsurance policy or a funeral policy may not impose any exclusion for suicide for a period that exceeds 12 months from the inception date of the policy.

 

2A.7.3 Limitation on exclusions for suicide as set out in rule 2A.7.2 applies regardless of whether a microinsurance policy or a funeral policy has been renewed during the 12 month period referred to in rule 2A.7.2.

 

[Rule 2A.7 inserted by rule 6(c) of Notice No. 997, GG 41928, dated 28 September 2018]