25ManipalCigna Lifetime Health | Terms and Conditions | UIN: MCIHLIP21559V012021 | January 2021
Company. Any change made by the Company shall be evidenced by a
written endorsement signed and stamped.
a) Non-Financial Endorsements – which do not affect the premium
• Rectification in Name of the Proposer / Insured Person
• Change of Policyholder
Rectification in Gender of the Proposer/ Insured Person
• Rectification in Relationship of the Insured Person with the Proposer
• Rectification of Date of Birth of the Insured Person (if this does not
impact the premium)
• Change in the correspondence address of the Proposer (if this does
not impact the premium)
• Rectification in permanent address
• Change of occupation of the insured (if it does not change the risk
class of insured)
• Change in height & weight of the insured (if it does not change the risk
class of insured)
• Change/Updation in the contact details viz., Phone No., E-mail Id, etc.
• Updation of alternate contact address of the Proposer
• Change in Nominee Details
• Change in Claim Status (for cases where claims are reported post
issuance of renewal notice and renewal policy issued before expiry date).
b) Financial Endorsements – which result in alteration in premium:
• Deletion of Insured Member on Death or Separation or Policyholder/
Insured Person Leaving the Country only if no claims are paid /
outstanding
• Change in Age/Date Of Birth
• Change of occupation of the Insured (if it changes the risk class of
insured)
• Addition of Member (New Born Baby or Newly Wedded Spouse)
• Rectification in Gender of the Proposer/ Insured Person
• Disclosure of any illness/ habit
• Change in height & weight of the insured (if it changes the risk class of
insured)
All endorsement requests may be assessed by the underwriting team and if
required additional information/documents may be requested.
21. Underwriting Loading & Special Conditions:
We may apply a risk loading on the premium payable (excluding Statutory
Levis and Taxes) or Special Conditions on the Policy based upon the
health status of the persons proposed for insurance and declarations
made in the Proposal Form.These loadings will be applied from inception
date of the first Policy including subsequent Renewal(s) with Us. There will
be no loadings based on individual claims experience.
We may apply a specific sub-limit on a medical condition/ailment depending
on the past history and declarations or additional waiting periods (a maximum
of 48 months from the date of inception of first policy) on pre-existing
diseases as part of the special conditions on the Policy.
We shall inform You about the applicable risk loading or special condition
through a counter offer letter or through an electronic mode, as the case may
be and You would need to revert with consent and additional premium (if
any), within the duration specified in the counter offer.
In case, You neither accept the counter offer nor revert to Us within the
specified duration, We shall cancel Your application and refund the premium
paid. Your Policy will not be issued unless We receive Your consent.
22. Electronic Transactions:
You agree to comply with all the terms, conditions as We shall prescribe from
time to time, and confirms that all transactions effected facilities for conducting
remote transactions such as the internet, World Wide Web, electronic data
interchange, call centres, tele-service operations (whether voice, video,
data or combination thereof) or by means of electronic, computer, automated
machines network or through other means of telecommunication, in respect
of this Policy, or Our other products and services, shall constitute legally
binding when done in compliance with Our terms for such facilities.
Sales through such electronic transactions shall ensure that all conditions
of Section 41 of the Insurance Act, 1938 prescribed for the proposal form
and all necessary disclosures on terms and conditions and exclusions are
made known to You . A voice recording in case of tele-sales or other evidence
for sales through the World Wide Web shall be maintained and such consent
will be subsequently validated / confirmed by You.
All terms and conditions in respect of Electronic Transactions shall be within
the approved Terms and Conditions of the Policy.
23. Fraud:
If any claim made by the insured person, is in any respect fraudulent, or if
any false statement, or declaration is made or used in support thereof, or
if any fraudulent means or devices are used by the insured person or anyone
acting on his/her behalf to obtain any benefit under this policy, all benefits
under this policy shall be forfeited.
Any amount already paid against claims which are found fraudulent later
under this policy shall be repaid by all recipient (s)/ policyholder(s), who
has made that particular claim, who shall be jointly and severally liable for
such repayment to the insurer.
For the purpose of this clause, the expression “fraud” means any of the
following acts committed by the Insured Person or by his agent or the
hospital/doctor/any other party acting on behalf of the insured person, with
intent to deceive the insurer or to induce the insurer to issue an insurance
Policy: -
a) the suggestion, as a fact of that which is not true and which the Insured
Person does not believe to be true;
b) the active concealment of a fact by the Insured Person having
knowledge or belief of the fact;
c) any other act fitted to deceive; and
d) any such act or omission as the law specially declares to be fraudulent
The company shall not repudiate the claim and/or forfeit the policy benefits
on the ground of Fraud, if the insured person/beneficiary can prove that the
misstatement was true to the best of his knowledge and there was no
deliberate intention to suppress the fact or that such mis-statement of or
suppression of material fact are within the knowledge of the insurer.
24. Limitation of Liability:
If a claim is rejected or partially settled and is not the subject of any pending
suit or other proceeding or arbitration, as the case may be, within twelve
months from the date of such rejection or settlement, the claim shall be
deemed to have been abandoned and Our liability shall be extinguished and
shall not be recoverable thereafter.
25. Portability:
The Insured Person will have the option to port the Policy to other insurers by
applying to such insurer to port the entire policy along with all the members
of the family, if any, at least 45 days before, but not earlier than 60 days from
the policy renewal date as per IRDAI guidelines related to portability. If such
person is presently covered and has been continuously covered without any
lapses under any health insurance policy with an Indian General/Health
insurer, the proposed Insured Person will get all the accrued continuity
benefits in waiting periods as per IRDAI guidelines on portability.:
For Detailed Guidelines on Portability, kindly refer IRDAI Guidelines Ref No:
IRDAI/HLT/REG/CIR/003/01/2020 and Schedule I of IRDAI (health insurance)
Regulations 2016 for the Portability norms.
26. Terms and conditions of the Policy:
The terms and conditions contained herein and in the Policy Schedule
shall be deemed to form part of the Policy and shall be read together as one
document.
27. Dispute Resolution:
Any and all disputes or differences under or in relation to this Policy
shall be determined by the Indian Courts and subject to Indian law without
reference to any principle which would result in the application of the law of
any other jurisdiction.
28. Nomination:
The policyholder is required at the inception of the policy to make a
nomination for the purpose of payment of claims under the policy in the event
of death of the policyholder. Any change of nomination shall be communicated
to the company in writing and such change shall be effective only when an
endorsement on the policy is made. In the event of death of the policyholder,
the Company will pay the nominee {as named in the Policy Schedule/Policy
Certificate/Endorsement (if any)} and in case there is no subsisting nominee,
to the legal heirs or legal representatives of the Policyholder whose discharge
shall be treated as full and final discharge of its liability under the Policy.
29. Redressal of Grievance:
In case of any grievance, the Insured Person may contact the Company with
the details through:
Our website: www.manipalcigna.com
Email:
[email protected]
Toll Free : 1800-102-4462
Contact No.: + 91 22 61703600
Courier: Any of Our Branch office or Corporate office during business hours.
Insured Person may also approach the grievance cell at any of company’s