Critical Illness Insurance

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1 Choosing to plan for sudden illness Can your finances survive a serious illness? Maybe it s happened to someone you know. A sudden illness such as a heart attack or stroke with devastating physical and financial consequences. For those suffering a critical illness prior to age 65, the probability of surviving is almost twice that of dying million families lose their homes due to foreclosure every year due to unaffordable medical costs. 2 How can critical illness insurance help? For many, a critical illness can expose an individual to an unexpected gap in protection. While health plans may help cover many of the direct costs associated with a critical illness, related expenses such as lost income, child care, travel to and from treatment, high deductibles and copays may quickly diminish savings. Critical illness insurance pays a fixed benefit upon initial diagnosis of a covered critical illness while you are living and when you may need it most. How do I know if I m eligible to participate in this plan? You are eligible to participate if you are an active full-time employee as defined by your employer and meet any other policyholder defined eligibility requirements. This product is inappropriate for those persons who are eligible for Medicaid coverage. Key Advantages of This Plan s are payable directly to you to be spent any way you choose. Pays in addition to any other coverage you may have. Flexible coverage options to meet your individual needs. Fast and accurate claims service. Coverage is fully portable if you change jobs you can take your coverage with you. Sources: 1 Comment from David Himmelstein, lead author of Harvard Study on Bankruptcies, February 3, Robertson, C.T. et al. Get Sick, Get Out: The Medical Causes of Home Mortgage Foreclosures, Health Matrix 2008 This critical illness only insurance policy provides limited benefits. This limited policy has some specific benefit limits and is not a medical insurance policy, a Medicare Supplement policy or a high deductible health plan or a policy of Workers Compensation insurance. Please refer to the issued insurance policy for complete details and all benefit requirements, including all limitations, exclusions, restrictions and reductions. We reserve the right to cancel the policy with advance written notice to the policyholder. Insurance policies and certain policy benefits are subject to state variations and may not be available in all states. Issued insurance contracts determine all plan features and benefits. Contact Assurant Employee s for additional details. 13

2 Critical Illness Q&A Q. I m not signed up for Critical Illness insurance. Can I enroll now? A. Yes! Whether you ve just become eligible for this coverage or didn t sign up in the past, now is the time to enroll. If you first became eligible for this coverage within the last 90 days, you can enroll for amounts up to $15,000 for yourself without answering health questions. To enroll for more coverage than the amount shown above, you ll need to answer a simple health statement. If you were offered this coverage more than 90 days ago, but chose not to enroll, you can join the plan now, but you ll need to provide proof of good health. Once approved, a pre-existing conditions limitation will apply. A pre-existing condition means an injury, sickness, symptom or physical finding, or any related injury, sickness, symptom or physical finding, for which you or your covered dependent consulted with or received advice from a licensed medical or dental practitioner; or received medical or dental care, treatment or services, including taking drugs, medicine, insulin or similar substances in the 12 months that end on the day before you or your covered dependent became insured under the policy. We will not pay benefits for claims resulting, directly or indirectly, from a pre-existing condition unless you or your covered dependent are initially diagnosed with a critical illness or undergo a procedure after 12 consecutive months during which you or your covered dependent are continuously insured under this plan. See your certificate for additional pre-existing condition details. Q. What benefits are provided under this plan? A. After your coverage effective date, if you are first diagnosed for a covered critical illness or undergo a covered procedure, you could receive up to $50,000 depending on the amount of coverage you elect. You cannot collect more than 100% of your elected benefit in any one category unless you qualify for a recurrence benefit. You can receive benefits from a different procedure category if there is at least 6 consecutive months between the diagnosis or procedure dates. Q. What is the Recurrence? A. If, after 18 months of being treatment free from the initial critical illness, you are diagnosed with the same condition or have the same procedure again, we ll pay an additional 25% of the previously paid benefit. The recurrence benefit can only be paid once in each category. Q. What is the Total I can receive? A. You could receive up to 250% of your elected amount (100% of the elected amounts in each category as well as the 25% Recurrence in each category). Q. What is the Annual Wellness Screening? A. If you and your dependents enroll in the plan, each of you are eligible for $50 per benefit year for any one Wellness Screening test from a list of more than 20 covered tests. Covered tests include: Blood test for lipids including total cholesterol, LDL, HDL and triglycerides; breast ultrasound or mammography; chest x-ray; colonoscopy; pap smear; PSA (blood test for prostrate cancer); electrocardiogram (EKG); echocardiogram (Echo) and more. In order to receive this benefit, you must submit proof that the wellness screening test was performed by providing us with documentation from your or your dependent s doctor. Category Covered Illnesses/Procedures Percent of Payable 1 2 Heart attack, heart failure, stroke Coronary bypass surgery Blindness, major organ failure (excluding heart failure), end stage kidney disease, paralysis (excluding paralysis from stroke), coma 100% 25% 100% 14

3 Q. When will my coverage become effective? A. Your coverage starts on the entry date specified in the group policy, provided you are at active work on that date. Otherwise, your coverage will become effective on the day you return to full-time duties. If a family member is in a hospital on the day insurance would otherwise take effect, then insurance will take effect on the day after the family member leaves the hospital. How much does Critical Illness Cost? Your cost depends on how much coverage you select, your age as of the effective date and whether or not you use tobacco. Because issue age rating applies, your premiums will not increase due to age changes. You may elect coverage for yourself in units of $5,000 up to $50,000. Your benefit is subject to a 50% reduction, rounded to the next higher $1,000, when you turn age 70. Employee Semi-Monthly Premium Deduction Non-Tobacco User Tobacco User Issue Age < < $5,000 $1.20 $1.80 $2.70 $4.85 $6.98 $8.43 $1.60 $2.80 $4.45 $8.70 $11.80 $12.85 $10,000 $2.40 $3.60 $5.40 $9.70 $13.95 $16.85 $3.20 $5.60 $8.90 $17.40 $23.60 $25.70 $15,000 $3.60 $5.40 $8.10 $14.55 $20.93 $25.28 $4.80 $8.40 $13.35 $26.10 $35.40 $38.55 $20,000 $4.80 $7.20 $10.80 $19.40 $27.90 $33.70 $6.40 $11.20 $17.80 $34.80 $47.20 $51.40 $25,000 $6.00 $9.00 $13.50 $24.25 $34.88 $42.13 $8.00 $14.00 $22.25 $43.50 $59.00 $64.25 $30,000 $7.20 $10.80 $16.20 $29.10 $41.85 $50.55 $9.60 $16.80 $26.70 $52.20 $70.80 $77.10 $35,000 $8.40 $12.60 $18.90 $33.95 $48.83 $58.98 $11.20 $19.60 $31.15 $60.90 $82.60 $89.95 $40,000 $9.60 $14.40 $21.60 $38.80 $55.80 $67.40 $12.80 $22.40 $35.60 $69.60 $94.40 $ $45,000 $10.80 $16.20 $24.30 $43.65 $62.78 $75.83 $14.40 $25.20 $40.05 $78.30 $ $ $50,000 $12.00 $18.00 $27.00 $48.50 $69.75 $84.25 $16.00 $28.00 $44.50 $87.00 $ $

4 Can I buy coverage for my family? If you elect coverage for yourself, you can elect coverage for your eligible family members. You may purchase coverage for your spouse in units of $2,500 up to $25,000. The spouse amount cannot exceed 50% of the employee amount. You may buy coverage for your children too in units of $2,500 up to $5,000. The child amount cannot exceed 50% of the employee amount. If your dependents first became eligible for this coverage within the last 90 days, you can enroll your spouse for amounts up to $7,500 and up to $5,000 for each child without answering health questions. You will need to complete a simple health questionnaire if your dependent became eligible more than 90 days ago. Once approved, the pre-existing conditions limitation will apply. Eligible family members include your spouse and children from live birth to less than age 26. See your certificate or group insurance policy for additional eligibility details. Spouse Semi-Monthly Premium Deduction Non-Tobacco User Tobacco User Issue Age < < $2,500 $0.68 $0.96 $1.39 $2.41 $3.41 $4.10 $0.86 $1.44 $2.24 $4.28 $5.76 $6.28 $5,000 $1.35 $1.93 $2.78 $4.83 $6.83 $8.20 $1.73 $2.88 $4.48 $8.55 $11.53 $12.55 $7,500 $2.03 $2.89 $4.16 $7.24 $10.24 $12.30 $2.59 $4.31 $6.71 $12.83 $17.29 $18.83 $10,000 $2.70 $3.85 $5.55 $9.65 $13.65 $16.40 $3.45 $5.75 $8.95 $17.10 $23.05 $25.10 $12,500 $3.38 $4.81 $6.94 $12.06 $17.06 $20.50 $4.31 $7.19 $11.19 $21.38 $28.81 $31.38 $15,000 $4.05 $5.78 $8.33 $14.48 $20.48 $24.60 $5.18 $8.63 $13.43 $25.65 $34.58 $37.65 $17,500 $4.73 $6.74 $9.71 $16.89 $23.89 $28.70 $6.04 $10.06 $15.66 $29.93 $40.34 $43.93 $20,000 $5.40 $7.70 $11.10 $19.30 $27.30 $32.80 $6.90 $11.50 $17.90 $34.20 $46.10 $50.20 $22,500 $6.08 $8.66 $12.49 $21.71 $30.71 $36.90 $7.76 $12.94 $20.14 $38.48 $51.86 $56.48 $25,000 $6.75 $9.63 $13.88 $24.13 $34.13 $41.00 $8.63 $14.38 $22.38 $42.75 $57.63 $62.75 Your spouse s premiums are based on your age and your spouse s tobacco use. Children Semi-Monthly Premium Deduction $2,500 $0.06 $5,000 $0.13 Limitations, exclusions, restrictions and reductions Please carefully review the Other Important Plan Provisions section for additional important plan limitations, exclusions, restrictions and reductions that may apply. 16

5 Other Important Plan Provisions Critical Illness We will not pay benefits for you or your covered dependent if the critical illness or procedure is related to or resulting directly or indirectly from: services or treatment not included in the Schedule; services or treatment for which you or your covered dependent are not charged, unless there is no charge because the facility is a United States government facility; services or treatment provided by a family member; any critical illness that is diagnosed outside the United States; services or treatment provided primarily for cosmetic purposes; treatment or complications of treatment not related to a critical illness or procedure; an autologous bone marrow transplant for you or your covered dependent in which the covered person s own bone marrow is used; service in the armed forces or related auxiliaries such as the National Guard or Army Reserve of any country, combination of countries, or international organization at war, whether declared or not; war or any act of war, whether declared or not; taking part in a riot or insurrection, or an act of riot or insurrection; committing or attempting to commit an assault or felony; incarceration in a penal institution of any kind; intoxication (intoxication means the blood alcohol level for you or your covered dependent exceeds the legal limit for operating a motor vehicle in the jurisdiction in which the injury occurs); use of any drug, unless used as prescribed by a doctor; intentionally self-inflicted injury, while sane or insane; suicide or attempted suicide, while sane or insane. State variations can exist; please contact Assurant Employee s for additional information. Other Important Plan Provisions 17