Chola Group Credit Linked Critical Illness Insurance Policy

Features and benefits

Chola Group Credit Linked Critical Illness Insurance Policy is intended to support the Insured financially in the event of diagnosis of any covered Critical Illness (CI). The Policy pays a lumpsum benefit equal to the Sum Insured on the happening of the Insured Contingency. 

 

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Insurance for Borrowers and Co-Borrowers 
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Coverage for 39 listed Critical Illness
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Nil Survival Period for Critical illness
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Multi Peril cover with Personal Accident Benefit on optional basis
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Cover up to the loan period (1/2/3/4/5 years) not exceeding a maximum of 5 years

Coverage

This policy will pay a lumpsum benefit equal to the Sum Insured, if during the policy period, the Insured is diagnosed as suffering from a Critical Illness listed below and defined in the policy, the first occurrence of which manifests itself while the policy is in force, as mentioned in the Policy Certificate. 

 

List of Critical illness

1

Cancer of Specified Severity

21

Fulminant Viral Hepatitis

2

Myocardial Infarction (First Heart Attack of specific Severity)

22

Muscular Dystrophy

3

Major Organ /Bone Marrow Transplant

23

Goodpasture’s syndrome

4

Stroke Resulting In Permanent Symptoms

24

Apallic syndrome

5

Open Chest CABG

25

Systemic lupus erythematosis

6

Kidney Failure Requiring Regular Dialysis

26

Multiple system atrophy

7

Permanent Paralysis Of Limbs

27

Progressive scleroderma

8

Multiple Sclerosis With Persisting Symptoms

28

Pneumonectomy

9

Motor Neuron Disease With Permanent Symptoms

29

Pulmonary artery graft surgery

10

Open Heart Replacement or Repair of Heart Valves

30

Alzheimer’s disease

11

Third Degree Burns

31

Cardiomyopathy

12

End Stage Lung Failure

32

Brain surgery

13

Benign brain tumour

33

Progressive supranuclear palsy

14

Blindness

34

Creutzfeldt-jakob disease (CJD)

15

Coma of Specified Severity

35

Major Head Trauma

16

Surgery to Aorta

36

Encephalitis

17

Primary (Idiopathic) Pulmonary hypertension

37

Loss of Speech

18

Parkinson’s Disease

38

Bacterial Meningitis

19

Aplastic Anaemia

39

Deafness

20

End Stage Liver Failure

   

 

Waiting Period:  Any Critical Illness for which the Insured had shown signs and symptoms or has been diagnosed within the first 90 days from the date of commencement of the Policy is excluded. This is not applicable if caused directly due to an accident during the policy period. 

Pre-Existing Disease (PED) Any critical illness arising on account of or in connections with Pre-existing Disease / Condition as defined in the policy wording is excluded from scope of cover. 

General Exclusions

The Company will not pay for any claim in respect of any critical illness directly caused by, arising from or in any way attributable to: 

1.    War and allied perils
2.    Intentional self Injury and / or the use or misuse of intoxicating drugs and / or alcohol 
3.    Occupational Disease 
4.    Radioactive contamination 
5.    Consequential losses of any kind, be by the way of loss of profit, loss of business, loss of opportunity, business interruption, market loss or otherwise, or any claim arising out of loss of a pure financial nature such as loss of goodwill or any legal liability of any kind whatsoever
 

Above is only partial listing of exclusions, please refer to Master Policy Wordings available with the Group Manager for detailed Policy Terms, Conditions and exclusions.

Claims Procedure

Claims Notification

Claim Intimation must be provided to the Insurer within 30 days from the date of diagnosis/occurrence of the event by telephone through toll free number (1800-208-9100) or in writing by email (customercare@cholams.murugappa.com) / letter).      

Claim Documentation      

Claim Documents as listed in the Policy Terms have to be submitted within 90 days of completion of the waiting/ survival periods