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About Singlife Whole Life
The Singlife Whole Life is a comprehensive and very competitive whole life participating policy in the market.
It is competitive not just because of the premium pricing or the premium term available, but of its flexibility and outstanding Critical Illness (CI) features. It also has an annuity payout option that gives policy holder an option to receive payouts at retirement age. Multiplier of sum assured can also be lengthened to age 75.
The idea of an insurance coverage usually is about leaving behind a sum of money should death occurs to the person. However you can also be protected and enjoy the coverage benefits while alive, and they are referred to as “Living Benefits“.
With the supplementary benefits (riders), you can customise and add on to the living benefits:
Total and permanent disability (TPD) protection to assist for daily living expenses.
Critical illness (CI) coverage (from early to advance stage) for income protection so you can focus on recovery.
Waiver of Premiums for your loved ones (3rd party) should CI or TPD occur.
Read on to learn more!
Singlife Whole Life Product Features At a Glance
The Singlife Whole Life comprises of 2 main components: the basic plan, as well as the riders, or additional covers as they are called:
Covers for Life
Basic plan of death and terminal illness coverage is for life. This means that no matter how old the person lives, the coverage for death and terminal illness is for life.
Flexible Premium Terms
The premium payment duration can be chosen for a period of 10, 15, 20, or 25 years, or up until reaching the age of 65, allowing for flexibility based on your personal preferences and financial considerations.
Wide Range of Multipliers
Go from x2, x3, x4 and x5 of your basic sum assured to enhance your protection until a certain age.
Wide and Longer Choice of Multipliers
Multipliers, or Additional Covers, offers higher coverage before a certain age. Most insurers will stop at age 70, but the insurer actually has an option for you to choose to the age of 65, 70 and75. It is considered very decent considering the basic sum assured will be multiplied until a very old age, maximum of 75 years old.
Very Flexible
Wide range of premium term from a one-time Single Premium term to 10, 15, 20 or 25 years and a new premium term of up to age 65.
Cash Value
Yield and interest bonuses are being accumulated with comprehensive coverage and protection.
Income Payout Option
During retirement age, choose to receive regular monthly payout income stream up to 99 years old anytime after turning 65 years old. Cash value bonus continues to grow
Guaranteed Extra Protection (GEP)
At Key Life Events, have the option to increase your protection coverage without the need of medical underwriting nor providing any proof of insurability.
Key Life Events:
- Change of marital status
- Becomes a parent – newborn or legal adoption
- Graduates from Tertiary Education
- Purchases a property
Lost of Job Waiver
In the event of retrenchment or unemployed and remains involuntarily unemployed for a continuous 3 months, enjoy interest waiver for premiums that are put on hold for up to 12 months.
This feature can be activated to let you focus on looking for a new job.
Special Benefit Protection
This provides an additional amount of 20% of the main sum assured that pays out in the event of any of the 24 medical conditions such as diabetic complications or autism. This will not reduce the main death and terminal illness sum assured.
List of Advance Stage Critical Illness
| 1 Major Cancers | 2 Heart Attack of Specified Severity |
| 3 Stroke | 4 Coronary Artery By-pass Surgery |
| 5 Kidney Failure | 6 Aplastic Anaemia |
| 7 End Stage Lung Disease | 8 End Stage Liver Failure |
| 9 Coma | 10 Deafness (Loss of Hearing) |
| 11 Heart Valve Surgery | 12 Loss of Speech |
| 13 Major Burns | 14 Major Organ / Bone Marrow Transplantation |
| 15 Multiple Sclerosis | 16 Muscular Dystrophy |
| 17 Parkinson’s Disease | 18 Surgery to Aorta |
| 19 Alzheimer’s Disease / Severe Dementia | 20 Fulminant Hepatitis |
| 21 Motor Neurone Disease | 22 Primary Pulmonary Hypertension |
| 23 HIV Due to Blood Transfusion and Occupationally Acquired HIV | 24 Benign Brain Tumour |
| 25 Viral Encephalitis | 26 Bacterial Meningitis |
| 27 Blindness (Loss of Sight) | 28 Major Head Trauma |
| 29 Paralysis (Loss of Use of Limbs) | 30 Progressive Scleroderma |
| 31 Apallic Syndrome | 32 Systemic Lupus Erythematosus with Lupus Nephritis |
| 33 Other Serious Coronary Artery Disease | 34 Poliomyelitis |
| 35 Loss of Independent Existence | 36 Terminal Illness |
Additional Supplementary Benefits (Riders) to Enhance Your Coverage
Covers for Life
- Total and Permanent Disability Advance Cover IV
- Critical Illness Advance Cover V
- Early Critical Illness Advance Cover V
- Critical Illness Premium Waiver II
- Payer Critical Illness Premium Waiver II (for 3rd party)
- Payer Premium Waiver Benefit (for 3rd party)
How The Singlife with Aviva MyWholeLifePlan IV Works
The New Early Critical Illness Advance Cover
Following the change of Critical Illness (CI) definitions in August 2020, Singlife with Aviva introduced the new Early Critical Illness Advance Cover rider that not only follows the updated framework, it also includes new features and additional coverages. Here are the list of benefits:
|
Benefit |
Condition for Benefit Payout | Payout Amount |
| Critical Illness Benefit | Upon diagnosis of any one of the covered 131 conditions across various stages of critical illnesses |
(a) Base Sum Assured; (b) Additional Sum assured (if the critical illness is diagnosed within the Additional Cover period); and (c) Potential bonuses |
|
Benign and Borderline Malignant Tumour Benefit |
(a) Upon a complete surgical excision of a Benign Tumour (suspected malignancy) requiring surgical excision from any of the 22 specified organs covered;
or (b) Upon diagnosis of a Borderline Malignant Tumour |
Additional 20% of the Base Sum Assured, up to S$25,000 per life |
|
Intensive Care Benefit |
Upon Intensive Care Unit (ICU) stay of 4 days or more (due to an illness or accident) in one hospital admission | Additional 20% of the Base Sum Assured, up to S$25,000 per life |
| Special Benefit | Upon diagnosis of any of the covered 27 conditions |
Additional 20% of the Base Sum Assured, up to S$25,000 per life per condition |
Source: Singlife with Aviva
Benign and Borderline Malignant Tumour Benefit – 22 specified organs covered for Benign Tumour (suspected malignancy) requiring surgical excision
|
Specified Organs |
|
| 1. Heart | 12. Pituitary gland |
| 2. Liver | 13. Small intestine |
| 3. Lung | 14. Testis |
| 4. Pancreas | 15. Breast |
| 5. Pericardium | 16. Ovary |
| 6. Ureter | 17. Penis |
| 7. Adrenal Gland | 18. Uterus (cover endometrial polyps only) |
| 8. Bone | 19. Nasopharynx |
| 9. Conjunctiva | 20. Oesophagus |
| 10. Kidney | 21. Oral Cavity |
| 11. Nerve in cranium or spine | 22. Gallbladder |
Source: Singlife with Aviva
Conditions covered under the Special Benefit
|
Coverage up to 85 ANB |
Coverage up to 18 ANB |
| 1. Diabetic Complications | 17. Severe Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis (Stills Disease) |
| 2. Angioplasty & Other Invasive Treatment For Coronary Artery | 18. Severe Haemophilia |
| 3. Osteoporosis with Fractures | 19. Rheumatic Fever with Valvular Impairment |
| 4. Severe Rheumatoid Arthritis | 20. Osteogenesis Imperfecta |
| 5. Mastectomy | 21. Insulin Dependent Diabetes Mellitus |
| 6. Chronic Adrenal Insufficiency (Addison’s Disease) | 22. Kawasaki Disease |
| 7. Chronic Relapsing Pancreatitis | 23. Glomerulonephritis with Nephrotic Syndrome |
| 8. Hysterectomy due to Cancer | 24. Type I Juvenile Spinal Amyotrophy |
| 9. Dengue Haemorrhagic Fever | 25. Autism of Specified Severity |
| 10. Wilson’s Disease | 26. Generalised Tetanus |
| 11. Severe Crohn’s Disease | 27. Rabies |
| 12. Severe Ulcerative Colitis | |
| 13. Pheochromocytoma | |
| 14. Age-related Macular Degeneration with Visual Impairment | |
| 15. Severe Presbycusis (Age-related Hearing Loss) | |
| 16. Urinary Incontinence requiring Surgical Repair |
Source: Singlife with Aviva
What We Like About the Plan
- Wide range of premium term – From 10, 15, 20 and 25 years and until age 65.
- Receive Monthly income anytime after 65 years old. This could reduce sum assured.
- Flexible multiplier term with option to choose till age 65/70/75
- Wide range of Multipliers from x2, x3, x4 and x5
- While most insurers have Total Permanent Disability (TPD) coverage until age 70 or 75 (some at an even shorter 65 years old!), Aviva’s TPD protection is for life.
- Intensive Care Benefit pays out additional 20% of sum assured, up to $25, 000 if admitted to Intensive Care Unit (ICU) for more than 4 days
- Benign & Borderline Malignant Tumour Benefit pays out additional 20% of sum assured, up to $25, 000 in the event of a surgical excision of benign tumour from the 22 specified organs
What We Don’t Like About the Plan
- No option for x1 multiplier. Some people may prefer to have more cash value upon retirement and would not like any multipliers.
- No Premium Waiver for Early CI
Singlife Whole Life Is Suitable If You Are Looking For:
- High amount of death, Terminal Illness and Total Permanent Disability Protection Sum assured at a competitive premium.
- The choice of having flexible riders to further enhance your coverage, making it really comprehensive.
- High early to intermediate to advance stage of Critical Illness with competitive premiums
- Higher Early Critical Illness, Critical Illness and Total Permanent Disability coverage in an Insurance Policy.
- Cash value that accumulates throughout the plan.
- Steady stream of monthly income during retirement age.
- A limited premium paying term and get coverage of death, TPD as well as early stage CI for life.
Singlife Whole Life May Not be Suitable If You Want:
- A wealth growth instrument for retirement and savings purposes.
- Frequent withdrawals and access of cash from the insurance coverage plan.
- Short breakeven years and have high cash value early into the plan.
Singlife Whole Life Review Conclusion
When considering for whole life insurance plans, it is always a good idea to compare them in the market to find one that best suits your needs, if you’re unsure whether the plans are right for you, feel free to reach out to us for more information.
Our team of professional Financial Advisors can provide you with clear, jargon-free advice and help you understand the features and benefits of our retirement plans. There’s no obligation to sign up, so you can make an informed decision about your retirement without any pressure.
Contact us today to learn more about our retirement solutions and how they can help you achieve your life protection goals!
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