Union for Life, the bancassurance partnership of Insular Life and Union Bank of the Philippines (Union Bank), recently launched two guaranteed issue products exclusively offered to UnionBank clients.
Insular Life Security is a guaranteed issue offer (GIO), multiple pay variable unit-linked (VUL) insurance product providing lifetime insurance cover and living benefits that arise from the policyholder’s participation in the performance of Insular Life’s various VUL funds. As a GIO, applications for security are accepted and approved instantly as it does not require medical examination, health questions, or a long list of requirements.
Insular Life Bancassurance Chief Executive Mr. Omar T. Cruz explains: “We understand that some clients do not have the luxury of time to go through the medical procedures that usually accompany large life-insurance applications. Rather than missing out on an important financial-protection coverage, they now have the option to get covered
subject to certain limits and conditions.”
Insular Life Security provides life-insurance coverage equal to five times the annual premium, plus the fund value earned by the policy. Funds that the policyholder can invest in include fixed-income assets, equities or a combination of both.
Insular Life Prominence is a GIO, single-pay VUL product that gives clients access to a diverse portfolio of high-yielding assets while providing life-insurance protection. Coverage is equal to 125 percent of the single premium or the fund value, whichever is higher. This product is ideal for clients who have a lump-sum amount that they wish to grow for future needs, like a child’s education, the family’s travels abroad or for retirement. The plan also allows additional investment anytime, in the form of a top-up. A top-up also increases the life-insurance benefit.
Aside from being able to invest in local bonds and equities, Insular Life Prominence opens the door for clients to invest offshore using local currency through the Peso Global Equity Fund. This fund aims to achieve long-term growth and capital appreciation by investing the majority of its assets in instruments whose principal exposure is in income-producing equity securities in markets throughout the world. Some companies composing the fund include Microsoft, Pfizer, Unilever, Kraft and Telstra.