Life Insurance

What is Life Insurance?

Life insurance is about protecting the people who depend on you—today—and building financial resilience for the years ahead. With Hand-in-Hand, you can put a practical plan in place that helps your family manage life’s “what-ifs”, while giving you confidence that you’re preparing for milestones like retirement, children’s education, and long-term security.

At its core, a life policy provides a benefit that can help cover immediate expenses and preserve your household’s stability if you die, become seriously ill, or can no longer earn as you expected. Depending on the option you choose, your plan can also support savings and longer-term goals through structured products such as whole life and endowment-style policies, and solutions that align with pensions and annuities planning

As one of Guyana’s longest-established insurance groups—and an AM Best-rated insurer—Hand-in-Hand focuses on dependable protection backed by financial strength and local accessibility, with a wide network of offices across the country.

Why do you need Life Insurance?

Death: When a family’s breadwinner passes away, they are left to struggle with medical bills, funeral expenses, living costs, and other financial obligations, such as mortgage repayments. Life Insurance offers a way to reduce the impact of such losses, regardless of how large they are or when death occurs.

Sickness & Accident: The cost of medical care and treatment and loss of income due to disability resulting from accident or sickness are measured in millions of dollars every year. Group Health insurance provides protection against such losses.

Old Age: When employees retire, their income often declines significantly, which can lead to financial problems in old age.  Even relatively well-to-do persons may outlive their resources.  A Group Pension plan or an individual Annuity can provide solutions for this.

How can I save on my Life Insurance Premium?

  • Buy Insurance at a young age
  • Maintain a healthy lifestyle
  • Choose the ideal type of policy, amount of coverage and policy term
  • Pay your premiums on time

Even if you already have Life Insurance coverage, it may not be sufficient for your changing goals and needs, such as:

  • Acquiring a mortgage for a new or improved home
  • Borrowing money to buy a car
  • Getting married
  • Starting a business
  • Starting a family
  • Providing for your children’s education

We offer the following plans!

Whole of Life Limited Premium Plan: Premium payments under this plan are limited to a selected number of years or to a certain age. This plan provides security for dependents by making the sum assured payable upon death, and it also acts as collateral security for loans.

Retirement Bonus Whole of Life 100%: 100% of the sum assured plus accumulated bonuses will be payable to the policyholder at the selected retirement age of 50, 55, 60 or 65 years. Premium payment ceases at retirement age, but coverage will still continue until death when 100% of the sum assured will be paid again. This plan is suitable for retirement savings and security for dependents.

Anticipated Bonus Whole of Life 50%: 50% of the sum assured plus 100% of accumulated bonuses will be payable to the policyholder at the selected age of 50, 55, 60, or 65. Premium payment will cease at the selected age, but coverage will continue until death when 100% of the sum assured will be paid again. This plan is also suitable for saving and security for Dependents.

These are savings and protection plans where the sum assured is payable at the end of the endowment period or upon the death of the assured. Endowment periods are as follows: 5, 10,15,20,25 and 30 years or to age 50, 55, 60 and 65. Endowments also serve as a retirement plan.

Anticipated Endowments: These are also savings and protection plans for 15- and 20-year periods, but the sum assured is payable in 3 or 4 instalments, respectively, at 5-year intervals. If the policyholder dies after one or more instalments have been paid, the full original sum assured is payable without deduction of any instalment already paid.

Secondary School Education Endowment: The sum assured is payable in five (5) instalments; one in each of the five (5) years of the Secondary School period to pay school fees, etc. The policy must be effective by the age of 5 for the child.

University Education Endowment: The sum assured is payable in four (4) instalments, one in each of the four years at a University to pay tuition fees, etc. The policy must be effective by age 10 for the child.

Under the Education Endowment Plans, if the parent or premium payer dies or becomes disabled before the policy matures, the future premiums are waived, but the policy continues.

This is the cheapest form of Life Insurance! The sum assured is payable upon the death of the Life Assured during the selected period ranging from 5-25 years. This plan provides collateral security for mortgages and other loans and protects the family.

Term 5 years Renewable and Convertible: The term of Assurance is for a five (5) year period to cover the contingency of death and is only payable if the Life Assured dies during that period. This policy may be renewed for further periods of five (5) years or converted to any permanent policy offered by the company.

Deferred Annuities: Deferred Annuities can be funded by a single, monthly, quarterly, semi-annually or annually premium. Pension payment will commence at a selected future age.

Immediate Annuities: Immediate Annuities are funded by a single premium and pension payment will commence immediately.

Hospital Indemnity: Cash amounts are paid for each day the Life Assured is hospitalised. The amount depends on the sum assured of the Basic Plan.

Accidental Medical Expenses: Medical expenses incurred in an accident are covered up to a specified maximum amount. This coverage is only attached to Children’s policies

Accidental Death and Dismemberment: Twice the sum assured will be paid if death occurs by accident. Part or the entire sum assured will be paid for loss of limbs or eyesight.

Accidental Disability Income Benefit: Up to 66 2/3 % of the Life Assured’s monthly salary (to a maximum amount) will be paid from the second month of disability due to an accident. The maximum payment period for disability is 60 months.

Total Permanent Disability: If the Life Assured becomes totally and permanently disabled due to illness or an accident, the sum assured will be paid after one (1) year of continuous disability.

Total Disability Waiver of Premium: If the Life Assured becomes totally and continuously disabled, the premiums paid over the six (6) month period are refunded to the Life Assured, and all further premiums will be waived until the disability ceases. This policy applies to individuals aged 15 years and over.

Payer Waiver of Premium: This coverage is only attached to Children’s policies. If the premium payer (parent) dies or becomes disabled, future premiums will be waived, and the policy will be kept in force. Payment of school fees is therefore assured.

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