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Article (13) – Protection Benefit Ratio
Effective from 9/10/2019- Savings Products with a Protection Benefit Ratio less than 10% for any age, gender, smoker status, premium payment term, policy term, etc. can only be marketed when sufficient warnings are provided to the clients. The following calculation of the Protection Benefit Ratio should form part of the product certification by the Actuary:
Present Value of Protection Benefit related payouts over the Policy Term
Present Value of Policy Premiums received over the Policy Term
- Any product that has a Protection Benefit Ratio below the above requirement must include a disclosure highlighted in a Bold Red font that “the product has a limited or no protection benefit". The client signature is required directly below this disclosure.