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 HEF paid a great attention to the insurance and advocated its importance.

 The HEF liability insurance will cover who are involved in 2003 HEF programs which include program participants, sponsors, organizations or individuals, teachers and promoters. The liability insurance is a necessary prerequisite for approval by all school districts and/or primary school administrations.

 HEF offers the free travel protection insurance to those who have furnished a full payment 60 days prior departure, your protection for the following -  


 $500 -Trip cancellation & interruption, including terrorists and travel supplier financial insolvency protection
 $500 - Travel delay
 $100 - Baggage delay
 $1000 - Loss of baggage & travel documents
 $25000 - Medical expense and emergency medical transportation
 $25000 - Accident death & dismemberment  

 ON-CALL INTERNATIONAL ASSITANCE, including 24-hour medical, legal and travel assistance.

 And optional protection plan -

Participant's Age
(on postmark date)
Rate For example, a rate of 0.07 equals 7% of Trip Cost or $7.00 per $100 of Trip Cost.
Age -55 0.6
Age 56-75 0.7
Age 76+ 0.9

 In China Travel Accident Insurance Coverage Description

 China Life Tourist Accident/Casualty Insurance

 Article1. Entire Contract

 The entire Tourist Accident/Casualty Insurance contract (the Policy hereinafter) is made up of the policy, the application, contract statement and endorsements, written agreements, documents, riders attached or other insurance certificate terms and conditions.

 Article 2. Eligibility for This Insurance

 1. All tourists, including the tour guide, participating in the package tour organized by the tour services agencies registered in the People's Republic of China are entitled to apply for this insurance.

 2. The Insured himself or herself or the individuals with insurable interest on the Insured can be the applicant.

 Article 3. Benefits and Limitations

 In case that the Insured sustains accidental injury or is stricken by acute diseases while the Policy is in force, the Company will deliver its benefit payment in accordance with the following provisions:


 1. Upon the death of the Insured due to the acute illness or disease itself within 7 days after he or she is stricken, the Company will pay the death benefit specified in the Policy and the Contract will automatically terminate.

 2. Upon the death of the insured due to the accidental injury itself within 180 days after the occurrence of accident, the Company will pay the death benefit specified in the Policy and the Contract will automatically terminate.

 3. In case the Insured is missing because of the accident and is afterwards declared dead by the People's Court, the Company will pay the death benefit specified in the Policy and the Contract will automatically terminate.

 4. If the Insured sustains bodily disability from and only from the same accidental injury, the Company shall upon receipt and approval of the proofs, pay a benefit for the disability provided such disability shall result within 180 days from the date of the accident. The amount of benefit is expressed as a percentage of the Sum Insured as stated on the Schedule of Benefits issued by the People's Bank of China in 1998. If treatment of such disability continues beyond 180 days from the date of the accident, the Company will pay disability benefits according to its appraisal of the Insured's disability seriousness on the 180th date from the occurrence of the accident.

 In case the Insured sustains more than one type of disability from the same accident, the Company will pay the sum amount of all disability item benefits. Whereas when different items of disability happen to befall on the same hand or foot, the Company will only indemnify for the disability with the highest benefit ratio.


 5. When the Insured incurred medical expenses in hospitals at or above the county level or other medical providers approved by the Company, the Company will indemnify 80% of medical expenses within the medical benefits specified in the Policy with 100 RMB deduction after ascertaining the amount of medical bills recoverable according to the local social medical insurance authority.

 If the Insured's therapy continues after the Contract expires, the waiting time for outpatients is 15 days after the expiration date of the Contract, the maximum waiting time for inpatient is 90 days after the inpatients are discharged from hospital.

 6. The corpse treatment remains repatriation expenses insured for the Insured's death from the aforesaid causes, the Company will indemnify the expenses according to the actual expenditures within the funeral benefit specified in the policy.

 7. The maximum benefits to be delivered by the Insurer is the coverage specified in the Policy, therefore when the one-time benefit payment or the sum of several payments reach the amount of one coverage, the Company's liability for this insurance automatically terminates.

 Article 4. Exclusions

 Benefits shall not apply to any event which causing the Insured's death, disability or engenders medical expenses to the Insured:

 1. Intentionally inflicted injury or murder of the Insured by the Applicant or the designated Beneficiary;

 2. Violation or attempted violation of the law or resistance to arrest;

 3. Fighting, excessive drinking, suicide, self-inflicted injury or drug abuse by the Insured;

 4. Accidents occurring while or because the Insured is affected by alcohol, any drugs or restricted medicines;

 5. The Insured's driving after drinking or without driving license or using non validly-registered vehicles.

 6. Accidents arising from the Insured's abortion and childbirth.

 7. Any malpractice event arising from cosmetic surgery, or other surgical or medical operations.

 8. Non-prescribed medicine or ointment taken by the Insured.

 9. High-risk sports such as scuba diving, parachuting, rock-climbing, expedition, martial-art contest, wrestling, stunt performance, horse racing, and car racing.

 10. The period of time when the Insured carries AIDS or is digested HIV positive.

 11. War, military activities, riot, or armed rebellion.

 12. Nuclear explosion, nuclear radiation or nuclear pollution.

 13. Non-medical treatment such as health nursing performed to the Insured.

 14. Home care and in-house care undertaken to the Insured.

 15. Teeth washing, teeth cleaning, optometry, ocular prosthesis, armature prosthesis, and installation of artificial limb and hearing-aid.

 16. Treatment and rehabilitation of disability existed prior to the Insured's application.

 17. The Insured's hospital transfer without the Company's prior consent.

 18. The Insured leaving the sites of sightseeing arranged by the tourism agency or taking transportation means other than that of the tourism agency.

 Article 5. Insurance Period

 1. The Insurance Period of the Policy covering the tourists entering China commences from the time the Insured enters China and takes part in the itinerary arranged by the tourism services, and terminates at the time the Insured completes exit formalities to departing China and ends the journey.

 2. The Insurance Period of the Policy covering the tourists travelling domestically or abroad commences from the time the Insured boards on the transportation vehicle arranged by tourism services at specified time, and terminate at the time the Insured leave the transportation vehicle arranged by tourism services to end the journey.

 3. The Insurance Period ends at the tome the Insured ceases the specified itinerary when the Policy is in force.

 Article 6. Insurance Benefits and Premium

 Please refer to the appendix for the Schedule of Premium Rate.

 Article 7. Disclosure and Representation

 If the disclosure made by the Applicant/Insured is intentionally untrue in any respect or is untrue because of mistake on the part of the Insured/applicant, the Company has the right to void the Contract when such unfaithful disclosure and representation affects the Company underwriting decision.

 The Company shall not be held liable for any accident occurred before the policy is declared void, and the premium paid will not be refunded if the misrepresentation and unfaithful disclosure is made intentionally by the applicant/Insured. If the Applicant/Insured fails unintentionally to disclose fully all pertinent information which later found to be critical to the occurrence of the covered event, the Company is not liable for any such event occurred before the Policy is declared void.

 Article 8. Beneficiary Designation and Alteration.

 Only the heir of the Insured is entitled to the death benefit; Only the Insured is entitled to the disability and medical benefits and no other beneficiary designation or alteration will be accepted by the Company.

 Article 9. Notice of Claim

  Written Notice of Claim must be delivered to us by the Insured, the Applicant or the Beneficiary within 5 days of the accident causing the injury or within 5 days that the claimant should reasonably know of the accident. Otherwise, the Insured, Applicant or Beneficiary will be held liable to all added expenses arising from claim handling and investigation due to the delay in notification.

 Article 10. Benefits Claim Requirements

 A. Upon the death of the Insured, the named Beneficiary must complete the Benefit Application Form and furnish the Company with the following proofs and materials on claiming for the death benefit:

 1. The Policy;

 2. Residence certificate or identity certificate of the applying Beneficiary;

 3. Evidences of premium payment;

 4. Death certificate of the Insured issued by the local Public Security Bureau or a hospital approved by the Company, accident investigation report;

 5. A copy of the People's Court Decree declaring the death of the Insured in an accident;

 6. The accident proof issued by the tourism regulatory body;

 7. Other evidences and materials pertain to the nature and cause of the accident as requested by the Company.

 B. In case that the Insured is ascertained as disabled, the Insured may apply for the disability benefit by completing the Benefit Application Form and submitting it to the Company with the following proofs and materials:

 1. the Policy;

 2. residence certificate or identity certificate of the Insured;

 3. disability appraisal certificate furnished by the hospital designated or approved by the Company;

 4. the accident proof issued by the tourism regulatory body;

 5. other materials helpful to determine the nature, cause and extent of loss as requested by the Company.

 C. To recover the medical expenses paid by the Insured, the Insured should apply for the disability benefit by completing the Benefit Application Form and submitting it to the Company with the following proofs and materials:

 1. The Policy;

 2. Residence certificate or identity certificate of the Insured;

 3. Treatment record and medical bills receipts furnished by the hospital at or above the county level or other hospitals designated or approved by the Company;

 4. Other materials helpful to determine the nature, cause and extent of loss as requested by the Company.

 D. If the claim is accepted by the Company, the Company shall, upon receiving the aforesaid claim form, certificates and evidences, make benefit payment within 10 days after the amount is agreed upon by the two parties. For claims not covered by the Policy, a non-payment notice will be sent to the claimant.

 E. If the amount of benefit to be paid cannot be decided within 60 days after receiving the aforesaid certificates and materials, the Company will indemnify the applicant the minimum amount that can be decided on the basis of the existing materials. The difference, if any, will be paid when the benefit amount is finalized.

 F. If the Insured, after being declared dead by the court, returns alive, the benefit recipient must return the benefit paid by the Company within 30 days after he or she knows of or should reasonably know of the Insured's return.

 G. The Insured's or the Beneficiary's claim to the policy benefit will expire if it is not exercised within 2 years from the date he knows of or should reasonably know of the occurrence of the accident.

 Article 11. Policy Termination Settlement

 The Policy cannot be terminated by the Insured after the Policy goes into effect.

 Article 12. Settlement of Disputes

 Any disputes arising in the implementation process of the Policy should first be settled through negotiations. If no agreement can be reached, it should be resorted to arbitration according to the arbitration agreement originally reached. In case of absence of any such valid agreement, the disputes will be submitted to the People's Court that has jurisdiction over the policy issuing place for consideration.

 Article 13. Definitions

 Acute Diseases: Acute Disease means the disease diagnosed by the hospital at or above county level to undertake emergent treatment.

 Force Major: Force major means any objective circumstances that cannot be foreseen, avoided, or conquered.

 Accidental Injury: Accidental Injury means any objective incident that is sudden, violent, external and unintentional, resulting in serious bodily injury to the Insured.

 Scuba Diving: Scuba Diving means any underwater swimming in the river, lake, sea, water reservoir and canal etc. with the help of respiratory instruments.

 Rock Climbing: Rock Climbing means climbing as a sport of a steep cliff, the outside wall of a building, man-made cliff, ice cliff and iceberg etc..

 Martial Art Contest: Martial Art Contest means any competitive martial arts such as judo, free-hand boxing, taekwondo, free sparring, and boxing etc. between two or more people and other competitive sports with apparatuses.

 Exploring Sport: Exploring Sport refers to the involvement in certain activity such as drifting down a torrential river, crossing the desert on foot or traveling in a remote virgin forest, though the person is aware of the danger of losing his/her life or sustaining bodily injury under such special natural conditions.

 Stunt Performance: Stunt performance means any such special skills as horsemanship, acrobatic gymnastics and animal taming.

 The Company: The Company refers to China Life Insurance Company.

 China Life Tourist Accident/Casualty Insurance

 Appendix 1:

 The Sum Insured Schedule Currency Unit: 10 thousand RMB

Type of traveling
The sum
Insured
Traveling in China Travel outside China Domestic traveling One-day traveling
Accident insurance
20
18
6
16
Hospital allowance
2
4
15
0.6
Funeral insurance
2
2
0.5
0.2
Total sum insured
24
24
8
2.4

 Appendix 1:

 Premium Rate Schedule

Type of
traveling
Traveling in China Traveling outside China Domestic traveling One-day traveling
Within 20 days (including 20 days) More than 20 days Within 15 days (including 15 days) More than 15 days Within 10 days (including 10 days) More than 10 days
Premium Rate
0.125°
(0.125+ 0.0125〜the number of days exceeding 20 days) ‖ 1,000
0.125°
(0.125+ 0.02〜the number of days exceeding 20 days) ‖ 1,000

0.125°

(0.125+ 0.025〜the number of days exceeding 20 days) ‖ 1,000

0.1°


  If the Insured participates in the special package tour such as mountaineering, hunting, driftage, skiing, parachute jump and automobile or motorcycle rally, which is organized by the tour service and involving higher risk and danger, the company can collect special risk premium according to the extent of risk on the basis of premium rate specified in Appendix 1.

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