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Let your domestic helper takes care of household work and you take care of her needs in rainy time. Supplementary medical (critical illness) benefit helps reduce the cost and burden of you and your helper.

 

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Major Product Feature

1. Medical Expenses Coverage

Provides comprehensive coverage of hospitalization & surgical (include day surgery), out-patient, and emergency dental expenses incurred by your domestic helper up to the limit specified in the summary of benefits.


2. Personal Liability

Protect you against the legal liability arises from your domestic helper in respect of accidental bodily injury to third party or accidental loss of or damage to their property. We will pay up to $100,000 per year.
 

3. Repatriation Expenses

If your domestic helper becomes medically unfit to continue employment or in the event of death in service, a benefit up to $20,000 will be provided to cover the cost of repatriating him/her to the country of origin.
 

4. Hospital Cash Subsidy

If your domestic helper is hospitalised as an in-patient for five or more consecutive days, you will receive a hospital cash subsidy of $200 per day and up to $6,000 per year.
 

5. Fidelity Protection

This covers any financial loss resulting from fraud or dishonest acts committed by your domestic helper up to $8,000 per year.

 

Optional Cover

Supplementary Medical (Critical Illness) Benefit

  • Additional $70,000 medical cover on top of the basic $30,000 cover
  • We will pay you the medical treatment expenses if your domestic helper is hospitalized due to a critical illness# provided that it does not exist prior to the first entry date of this optional cover

# List of covered critical illness:

  • Stroke
  • Multiple Sclerosis
  • Coronary Artery By-pass Surgery
  • Aorta Surgery / Heart Valve Replacement
  • Cancer
  • Encephalitis
  • Kidney Failure
  • Bacterial Meningitis
  • Major Organ Transplantation
  • Stones in the Urinary and Biliary Systems

 

Special Features

  • No excess or waiting period will be applied, only the standard policy exclusions.
  • A considerable premium discount if you opt for a 2-year period of insurance (applicable to Basic Cover only).
  • An additional 10% premium discount if you insure more than one domestic helper under this Plan (applicable to Basic Cover only).
  • If you change your domestic helper, coverage can be transferred to the new helper (notification required).
 
 

Summary of Benefits

Basic Cover Max. Limit
Per Year
(1) Employees’ Compensation
      Protect your legal liability as an employer under the Employees’
      Compensate Ordinance and Common Law
$100,000,000
per event
(2) Hospitalization & Surgical Expenses
      a) Daily room and board expenses
      b) Surgical expenses
      c) Day Surgery
$30,000
$350/day
$15,000/operation
$7,500
(3) Out-patient Expenses
      a) Out-patient visit
      b) Bonesetter
$4,000
$200/visit/day
$500 ($100/visit/day)
(4) Emergency Dental Expenses
      Include oral surgery, treatment of abscesses, X-rays, extractions of
      fillings
$2,500
($200/visit/day)
(5) Personal Accident
      Serious accidental injury or death during rest day in Hong Kong
$100,000
(6) Personal Liability
      Third party liability arising out of negligence of your domestic helper
$100,000
(7) Repatriation Expenses
      If your domestic helper is medically unfit to continue employment or
      in the event of death in service
 $20,000
(8) Re-hiring Expenses
      If your domestic helper is medically unfit to finish a contract or in the
      event of death in service
$10,000
(9) Hospital Cash Subsidy
      If your domestic helper is hospitalized as an in-patient
$6,000
($200/day)
(10) Loan Protection
        For financial loan from you which cannot be repaid due to death of
        your domestic helper or his/her being medically unfit to continue
        employment
$10,000
(11) Fidelity Protection
        Financial loss resulting from fraud or dishonest act committed by
        your domestic helper, including
        a) Costs of replacing main door lock/gate lock
        b) Unauthorized use of long distance calls
$8,000
 
 
$1,000
$3,000
Optional Cover
(1) Supplementary Medical (Critical Illness) Benefit
      Additional medical cover on top of the basic cover
$70,000

Remark:
  • All amounts are in Hong Kong Dollars

Annual Premium Table
(Effective from 1 Aug 2009 until further notice)

Basic Cover

Period                            One Overseas
Domestic Helper
Two or More Overseas Domestic Helpers
1 year $680 $630/helper
2 years $1,200 $1,080/helper
 
Optional Cover
Supplementary Medical (Critical Illness) Benefit
Age                                                                                                       Each Domestic Helper Per Year
18 - 45 $438
46 – 64 (Renewal Only) $625
 
Remark:
  • Premium is inclusive of Levies
  • Premium is applicable to domestic helper who carries out general household work only (excluding any driving duty).
  • The annual premium per local helper is $300
  • Minimum premium per policy is $500
  • All amounts are in Hong Kong Dollars

 

Period of insurance

Your choice of either 1 or 2 years.
 

Age limit

Basic Cover: Applicable for domestic helper who is 18 – 60 years old on his/her first entry to this plan, and renewable up to 64 years old.

Optional Cover: Applicable for domestic helper who is 18 – 45 years old on his/her first entry to Supplementary Medical (Critical Illness) Benefit, and renewable up to 64 years old.

 

Eligibility

  1. This Plan is available for overseas domestic helpers who are employed under an Employment Contract as governed by the Immigration Ordinance (Chapter 115).
  2. Only Employees’ Compensation Section will be available for local helpers.

 

Major Exclusions

Some of the exclusions under this Plan are:

  • Suicide or intentional self injury
  • Venereal disease or insanity, AIDS
  • Pregnancy or childbirth
  • Acts committed under the influence of drugs or alcohol
  • Strike, riot, civil commotion
  • Injury due to war, nuclear weapons, radioactivity, terrorism
  • Any acts violating the law
  • Pre-existing medical conditions

To apply or for details, please contact your insurance consultant or call us.

 

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