Joyful Care Critical Illness Insurance Plan
What if critical illness strikes while you are pursuing your goals? It not only impacts your health but also puts financial strain on you and your family. Therefore, “Joyful Care Critical Illness Insurance Plan” (the “Plan”) is here to safeguard you and your loved ones, covering up to 176 disease conditions, and protecting you against the qualified non-covered disease conditions with affordable premiums. You can also convert the Plan to a designated whole-life critical illness plan for your changing protection needs at different stages of life.
Covers up to 176 disease conditions
“Joyful Care Critical Illness Insurance Plan” safeguards your health with extensive cover against 88 special diseases, including early stage critical illnesses and juvenile diseases; as well as 88 critical illnesses, namely cancer, stroke, heart diseases, etc..
Special disease benefit1
If the insured, who is the person covered by the Plan, is unfortunately diagnosed with any of the covered special diseases, we will pay 20% of the original sum assured in advance as “special diseases benefit”. Under this benefit, each special disease can be claimed once only, while carcinoma-in-situ2 can be claimed up to 2 times. The total benefit amount under “special disease benefit” is up to 100% of the original sum assured or HKD550,000/USD68,750, whichever is lower.
We will reduce the sum assured of “Joyful Care Critical Illness Insurance Plan” in accordance with the total benefit payout under “special disease benefit” of the Plan. We will also lower your premiums according to the reduced sum assured.
Critical illness benefit3
If the insured is unfortunately diagnosed with any covered critical illnesses, we will pay “critical illness benefit”, which is equivalent to 100% of the original sum assured and the Plan will be terminated.
For the details of the covered special diseases and covered critical illnesses, please refer to the “list of covered disease conditions”.
Provides financial support against qualified non-covered disease conditions
New illness can occur anytime, and even common injuries or disease conditions can cause severe illnesses. That is why “Joyful Care Critical Illness Insurance Plan” plans ahead for you, providing financial support against non-covered disease conditions which meet the requirements.
Protection shelter benefit1
If the insured is diagnosed with a non-covered special disease or non-covered critical illness, we will pay 50% of the original sum assured in advance as “protection shelter benefit”. This benefit will be paid once only and will be terminated after payout.
The disease conditions covered under the “protection shelter benefit” should satisfy the requirements below:
- the insured survives more than 14 days starting from the diagnosis date (both dates included); and
- the insured is admitted in the intensive care unit (“ICU”) at a hospital for a consecutive 7-day period or more due to such disease condition, and has been treated by using life-support equipment due to medical necessity (excluding intravenous injection and any monitoring equipment); and
- the disease condition does not satisfy the definition of any covered special diseases or covered critical illnesses under the Plan.
We will reduce the sum assured of “Joyful Care Critical Illness Insurance Plan” in accordance with the total benefit payout for “protection shelter benefit” under the Plan. We will also lower your premiums according to the reduced sum assured.
Extra protection shelter benefit
If the insured received the “protection shelter benefit” for a qualified non-covered disease condition, and such disease condition is listed as an infectious disease4 by the Government of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, such as coronavirus disease 2019 (“COVID-19”), an extra 25% of the original sum assured shall be paid out as “extra protection shelter benefit”, to ensure you the extra peace of mind.
Enjoy substantial and flexible protection at affordable premiums
You can be under the aforesaid critical illness coverage and death benefit3 at affordable premiums. If the insured unfortunately passes away, we will pay the death benefit, which is equivalent to 100% of the original sum assured. The Plan will be terminated after the death benefit is paid.
Moreover, you can opt to enroll “Joyful Care Critical Illness Insurance Plan” as a basic plan or a rider to build your own health protection flexibly.
For the details of the benefits, please refer to the “benefit schedule”.
Guaranteed renewal and level premium rate for every 5 years
Once the insured is successfully enrolled into the Plan, premium rate is fixed during each 5-year benefit term regardless of any change of the insured’s health condition or any claim made. Meanwhile, we provide the insured with guaranteed renewal up to age 80 of the insured. We will determine the renewal premiums based on the insured’s age at the time of renewal.
Convertible option5 with no health proof required
You can opt to convert the Plan to a whole-life critical illness plan designated by us at or before age 70 of the insured, without the need to provide any health information of the insured, so that you can adjust your health protection at different life stages easily.
Extend the love to your children
We understand that you wish your children to be healthy. If you enroll into the Plan for your children, and you or your spouse is the insured of “Elite Care Critical Illness Insurance Plan”, your children will have additional protection before age 21.
Extended care for children benefit6
Critical illness may strike when you least expect it and even strike again after recovery. If the insured’s total benefit payout for “special disease benefit”, “critical illness benefit” and “protection shelter benefit” has reached 100% of the sum assured, and he/she is diagnosed with cancer, heart attack or stroke before the 21st birthday, the insured’s father or mother can place a claim for “extended care for children benefit” under his/her “Elite Care Critical Illness Insurance Plan” when the child meets the 14-day survival period and the respective waiting period. The benefit amount is equal to the lowest of:
- 80% of the original sum assured of “Joyful Care Critical Illness Insurance Plan” or “Joyful Care Critical Illness Rider” of the insured; or
- 80% of the original sum assured of “Elite Care Critical Illness Insurance Plan” of the insured’s father or mother; or
- the family pool balance,7 of “Elite Care Critical Illness Insurance Plan” of the insured’s father or mother (if such plan belongs to a family group); or
- the total amount of multiple critical illness benefit balance of “Elite Care Critical Illness Insurance Plan” of the insured’s father or mother (if this “Elite Care Critical Illness Insurance Plan” does not belong to a family group).
We will reduce the total benefit amount of “multiple critical illness benefit” or the family pool balance (if applicable) under “Elite Care Critical Illness Insurance Plan” of the insured’s father or mother in accordance with the total benefit payout under “extended care for children benefit”.
Convertible option for children8
If the insured has not made any claim under the Plan and his/her father or mother is the insured of “Elite Care Critical Illness Insurance Plan”, you can opt to convert the Plan to “Elite Care Critical Care Insurance Plan” before the policy anniversary of the insured’s age 21, without the need to provide any proof of insurability. Meanwhile, you can apply to include the insured into the family group of his/her father or mother’s “Elite Care Critical Care Insurance Plan”, allowing the insured to enjoy “family sharing benefit” of which each family member can share their total benefit amount under “multiple critical illness benefit” (“family pool”7) until the insured reaches age 88.
For the details of “Elite Care Critical Illness Insurance Plan”, please refer to the related product brochure.
Joyful Care Critical Illness Insurance Plan
Joyful Care Critical Illness Insurance Plan (Basic plan) |
Joyful Care Critical Illness Insurance Rider (Rider) |
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Plan type | Critical illness plan | |
Issue age | 15 days to age 70 | |
Benefit term | Up to age 80 of the insured | When the first of these happens:
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Premium payment term9 | Up to age 79 of the insured | When the first of these happens:
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Premium payment mode | Annual, semi-annual, quarterly or monthly10 | |
Policy currency | HKD/ USD | |
Minimum sum assured | HKD400,000 / USD50,000 | |
Renewal | Guaranteed renewal of every 5 years |
Remarks:
- The total benefit amount under “special disease benefit” and “protection shelter benefit” is up to 100% of the original sum assured.
- The maximum number of claims for carcinoma-in-situ is 2 times. The second claim of a carcinoma-in-situ must be for a different organ from the first claim. If carcinoma-in-situ occurs in paired organs, including breast, fallopian tube, lung, ovary and testis, the left part and the right part of these organs are regarded as the same organ.
- When China Life (Overseas) pays out “critical illness benefit” or “death benefit”, all paid “special disease benefit” (if any) and/or “protection shelter benefit” (if any), and all indebtedness (if any) will be deducted.
- Infectious disease refers to any of the prevailing infectious diseases listed in Schedule 1 of the Prevention and Control of Disease Ordinance (Cap. 599 of the Laws of Hong Kong).
- If the policyholder has settled all due premiums and no claim for “special disease benefit”, “critical illness benefit”, “protection shelter benefit” and “extra protection shelter benefit” has been made, the policyholder can submit a written request of converting the Plan to a designated whole-life critical illness plan to China Life (Overseas), without proof of insurability required, yet the request is subject to the prevailing terms and conditions.
- Extended care for children benefit
- To enjoy “extended children’s care benefit”, the policyholder must successfully register the insured into the “Elite Care Critical Illness Insurance Plan” of which his/her father or mother as the insured before the policy effective date of the insured’s “Joyful Care Critical Illness Insurance Plan” or “Joyful Care Critical Illness Rider”.
- The critical illness the insured places a claim for “extended care for children benefit” should also satisfy the waiting period requirements below:
- At least 1 year between the dates of diagnosis (both dates inclusive) of such diagnosed cancer, heart attack or stroke and immediately preceding previous illness of the insured;
- such new cancer diagnosed by a specialist is caused by different malignant cells origin from any previous illness of the insured which is a cancer;
- such cancer diagnosed by a specialist as a persistent cancer continued from the previous illness of the insured which is a cancer, at least 2 years are required between the diagnosis dates of the 2 cancers stated above (both dates inclusive). Provided that such cancer is a persistent cancer, the insured is required to have received or have been receiving medically necessary and active treatment by a specialist during this 2-year waiting period as stated above (both dates inclusive);
- such heart attack is a new and separate heart attack compared with any previous illness of the insured paid under the Plan which is heart attack with confirmation by a specialist, at least 1-year is required between the diagnosis dates of the 2 heart attacks stated above (both dates inclusive, also such diagnosis must fulfil the heart attack under the definition of critical illnesses in the benefit provisions with supporting evidence of new diagnosis; and
- such stroke is a new and separate stroke compared with any previous illness of the insured paid under the Plan which is stroke with confirmation by a specialist, at least 1-year is required between the date of diagnosis of the 2 strokes stated above (both dates inclusive, also such diagnosis must fulfil the stroke under the definition of critical illnesses in the benefit provisions with supporting evidence of new diagnosis.
- the critical illness(es) that the insured claimed for “critical illness benefit” under the Plan; or
- the critical illness(es) that the insured claimed for “extend care for children benefit” under the insured’s father or mother’s “Elite Care Critical Illness Insurance Plan”.
- “Extended care for children benefit” will be terminated upon the earliest occurrence of any of the followings:
- the birthday which the insured reaches age 21;
- the policy anniversary which the insured’s father or mother who is the insured of an “Elite Care Critical Illness Insurance Plan” Policy reaches 88 years old;
- the total benefit payout of “multiple critical illness benefit” and “extended care for children benefit” of the insured’s father or mother’s “Elite Care Critical Illness Insurance Plan” has reached extra 320% of the original sum assured (if this “Elite Care Critical Illness Insurance Plan” does not belong to a family group); or
- the family pool balance of the insured’s father or mother’s “Elite Care Critical Illness Insurance Plan” becomes zero (if this “Elite Care Critical Illness Insurance Plan” belongs to a family group).
- Family pool/family pool balance under “Elite Care Critical Illness Insurance Plan”will be adjusted in accordance with the conditions below. Family pool balance may become zero in some circumstances.
- any family member of a family group successfully include a child born after policy effective date into the group;
- any family member of a family group exercise “children’s policy convertible option” under “Joyful Care Critical Illness Insurance Plan”;
- any family member of a family group passes away;
- the policy anniversary of any family member of a family group reaches age 88 ;
- any family member of a family group successfully applied to leave the family group; or
- any family member of a family group is lapsed, surrendered or terminated.
- The insured’s father or mother has enrolled into “Elite Care Critical Illness Insurance Plan” as the insured and the policy is still in force on or before the policy effective date of the insured’s “Joyful Care Critical Illness Insurance Plan”. Hence, the parent must successfully register the insured under his/her “Elite Care Critical Illness Insurance Plan” through application form or written request accepted by China Life (Overseas) and obtain China Life (Overseas)’s confirmation. To exercise “convertible option for children”, China Life (Overseas) must still accept new policy application. At the same time, the Insured is in Immediate family relationship with all family members in the family group of the father or mother of the insured and China Life (Overseas) is satisfied with the insurable interest and all the family members of the family group of the insured’s parent have not placed any claims under their “Elite Care Critical Illness Insurance Plan”.
- When the Plan is taken as a basic plan, you have to pay policy fee of HKD200/USD25 (subject to policy currency) per year during premium payment term in addition to premiums.
- If the required renewal premium is paid by you within the grace period, the policy shall continue to be in force. For details, please refer to the policy provisions issued by China Life (Overseas). If the policy is lapsed or surrendered early, the policy cash value (if any) received by you may be considerably less than the total amount of the premium paid.
Important Information
You have the right to purchase the medical insurance product as a standalone plan instead of bundling with other type(s) of insurance product.