Planit:Eldershield and Medishield Insurance Exercise Answer Key
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This case study is specific to financial planning in Singapore, so has fixed values rather than indices by country. For a similar case study applicable to other case studies, please see Planit:Detailed Insurance Policies Exercise orPlanit:Detailed Life and Disability in One Policy Exercise.
Question One:
Ming has purchased Eldershield coverage, which provides $400 each month for six (6) years in order to fund long-term care expenses. Elsie purchased Medishield coverage years ago with a benefit of $60,000.
Answer:
To add Elsie’s Medishield:
- Click Policy again in the right hand corner
- Enter a Description for Elsie’s Medishield insurance.
- Set the Account Type and Regulatory Type to Insurance Policy
- Ensure that the Ownership is set to 100% for Elsie Lee.
- Here you can enter the Payment Mode as any of the options, since the Payment Amount is $0. She has already paid a flat amount for the coverage using her Medisave.
- Click Save
- Elsie’s Medishield should now appear on the summary screen. Click Coverage beside it to add value to the policy.
- Enter a new Description and set the Type to Personal Accident.
- The Insured is Elsie, and the Medical Reimbursement is $60,000.
- Click Save
To add Ming’s Eldershield:
- Click Policy again in the right hand corner
- Enter a Description for Ming’s Eldershield insurance.
- Set the Account Type and Regulatory Type to Insurance Policy
- Ensure that the Ownership is set to 100% for Ming An.
- Here you can enter the Payment Mode as any of the options, since the Payment Amount is $0. He has already paid a flat amount for the coverage using his Medisave.
- Click Save
- Ming’s Eldershield should now appear on the summary screen. Click Coverage beside it to add value to the policy
- Enter a new Description and set the Type to Long Term Care.
- The Insured is Ming, and the Daily Benefit is $13.33 ($400/month divided by 30 days/month).
- The Coverage Period (Years) is six (6) according to Eldershield specifications.
- Click Save
