Deposit Insurance and Policy Owners’ Protection Schemes Act 2011 · 2020 Revised Edition · Schedules
Schedule 2 · Categories of insured policies
Feedback & supportSECOND SCHEDULESections 38(6), 47(2) and 90(1)Categories of insured policies Insured policies must be classified into one of the following 4 categories:
Category 1 insured policies, comprising any of the following types of policies or riders:
any individual accident and health policy;
accident and health policy
“accident and health policy” has the meaning given in the First Schedule to the Insurance Act 1966;
any group health policy;
health policy
“health policy” means any accident and health policy which is not a personal accident policy;
any group personal accident policy;
personal accident policy
“personal accident policy” means an accident and health policy in respect of which accident and health benefits are paid out only —(a)in the event of an injury to, or disability of, the life assured as a result of accident;(b)on the death by accident of the life assured; or(c)on the occurrence of a combination of the events referred to in paragraphs (a) and (b);
any rider to an individual policy, whether or not it is a Category 1 insured policy, with the exception of a rider which, upon the occurrence of a claim event —
individual policy
“individual policy” means a policy of insurance in respect of which the policy owner is an individual;
accelerates the payment of part or all of the sum assured stated in the policy; or
policy
“policy” has the meaning given in the First Schedule to the Insurance Act 1966;
provides for a payout of an additional sum of money over and above the sum assured stated in the policy;
the part of any insured policy, whether or not it is a Category 1 insured policy —
insured policy
“insured policy” means —(a)any life policy;(b)any accident and health policy;(c)any compulsory insurance policy; or(d)any specified personal line insurance policy which is a Singapore policy;
comprising the accumulated values (including interest which has accrued on such values) of coupon deposits, advance premium payments and unclaimed moneys under such insured policy; and
unclaimed moneys
“unclaimed moneys”, in relation to an insured policy issued by a failed PPF Scheme member, means any policy moneys which, as a result of a contingency happening, have been ascertained by the failed PPF Scheme member to be due and payable under that insured policy before the quantification date but which have not been paid to or have been paid but not yet received by the person entitled to payment of the policy moneys.
excluding such coupon deposits, advance premium payments and unclaimed moneys as have been factored, in whole or in part, in the surrender value computation by the PPF Scheme member;
any accident and health benefit payable under a Category 4 insured policy (other than a benefit that accelerates the payment of part or all of the sum assured stated in the policy);
Category 2 insured policies, comprising any of the following types of policies or riders:
any individual policy (other than a Category 1 or 3 insured policy);
any voluntary group term policy;
any voluntary group whole life policy;
life policy
“life policy” has the meaning given in the First Schedule to the Insurance Act 1966;
any voluntary group endowment policy;
any rider, whether or not it is a Category 2 insured policy, which accelerates the payment of all or part of the sum assured stated in the policy or provides for a payout of an additional sum of money over and above the sum assured stated in the policy upon occurrence of a claim event,except that any accident and health benefit (other than those benefits that accelerate the payment of part or all of the sum assured stated in the policy) payable under any such policy, must be classified as a Category 1 insured policy;
claim event
“claim event” means the contingency upon which policy moneys are payable under an insured policy;
Category 3 insured policies, comprising any annuity where the insured policy owner is an individual and any voluntary group annuity policy;
insured policy owner
“insured policy owner” means the policy owner of an insured policy;
Category 4 insured policies, comprising any of the following types of policies or riders:
any non-voluntary group insurance policy, being a non‑voluntary group term policy, non‑voluntary group whole life policy, non‑voluntary group endowment policy or non‑voluntary group annuity policy;
non-voluntary group insurance policy
“non-voluntary group insurance policy” means a group policy to insure the lives of certain individuals which is not taken out at the request or discretion of any of the life assureds;
any rider of a non-voluntary group insurance policy which, upon the occurrence of a claim event —
accelerates the payment of part or all of the sum assured stated in the policy; or
provides for a payout of an additional sum of money over and above the sum assured stated in the policy,other than any accident and health benefit, not being a benefit under a rider that accelerates the payment of part or all of the sum assured stated in the policy, payable under any such policy.[31/2018]