Claim concession
Normally, a death claim becomes payable so long as the policy is kept in force by payment of due premium.
In other words if the payment of premium is stopped and the grace period expires and if the death occurs thereafter the policy is treated as lapsed or paid up depending upon whether the premium has been paid for less than 3 yrs or 3yrs & more. Under a lapsed policy no claim is payable.
In case of a paid up policy, only the paid up value is payable. However, some companies provide certain concessions with regard to the claim payment, if the policy has run for 3 yrs or more:
In other words if the payment of premium is stopped and the grace period expires and if the death occurs thereafter the policy is treated as lapsed or paid up depending upon whether the premium has been paid for less than 3 yrs or 3yrs & more. Under a lapsed policy no claim is payable.
In case of a paid up policy, only the paid up value is payable. However, some companies provide certain concessions with regard to the claim payment, if the policy has run for 3 yrs or more:
- If the premiums under a policy have been paid for a minimum period of three full years, and the life assured has died within 6 months from the date of the first unpaid premium insurer pays the full sum assured instead of the paid up value and only the unpaid premiums for the policy year are deducted from the claim amount.
- This concession is extended to a period of twelve months and the full sum assured is paid if the life assured dies within one year from the due date of the first unpaid premium, provided the premiums have been paid for a minimum period of 5 years subject to deduction of the unpaid premiums for the policy year.