18 Feb - 2 min read
AXA Affin is extending a complimentary 2019-nCoV Hospital Assistance Programme to its medical insurance policyholders. The programme offers an additional Hospitalisation Waiver Assistance benefit to all AXA Affin medical policyholders, and three additional benefits to medical policyholders who purchase a Hospitalisation Income Benefit Rider (HIB) during the application period of 1 February – 31 March 2020.
The cover period for this programme is from 1 February to 30 June 2020. Those who have purchased the HIB rider during the application period can benefit from these three features:
Meanwhile, those who are holding a medical policy without a HIB rider or have purchased the HIB rider before 1 February are entitled to just the Hospitalisation Waiver Assistance.
The 2019-nCoV Hospital Assistance Programme applies only to the diagnosis and isolation or hospitalisation of a Covid-19 patient in a hospital or isolation centre designated by the Ministry of Health. To find out more, you can read up about the coverage here.
Other insurance providers have devised similar variations of additional protection for cases of Covid-19. Prudential is offering a lump-sum payout of RM5,000 to Prudential policyholders who are diagnosed with Covid-19, whereas AIA is offering a hospitalisation benefit and additional RM10,000 death benefit to its life and personal accident insurance customers.
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