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		<title>Pre-Need Planholders &#8212; How to Ask Help from the Insurance Commission</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 08 May 2010 13:22:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you&#8217;re a pre-need planholder with a concern, you can now write the Insurance Commission even though the IC is still in the process of absorbing pre-need companies into its system.
The pre-need code was signed into law just last December 2009 and the implementing rules were signed just last March.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If you&#8217;re a pre-need planholder with a concern, you can now write the <strong>Insurance Commission</strong> even though the IC is still in the process of absorbing pre-need companies into its system.</p>
<p>The pre-need code was signed into law just last December 2009 and the implementing rules were signed just last March.</p>
<p>In a report published by Business World,  Insurance Commissioner Santiago Javier Ranada also said that the IC needs about 150 more employees, including lawyers, actuaries and researchers, to manage pre-need matters.</p>
<p>Ranada, however, added that the IC is prepared to hear and settle pre-need cases.</p>
<p>To request for assistance, you can refer to the Claimant&#8217;s Request for Assistance form on the IC website as reference for details you need to include in your letter:</p>
<ul>
<li>Name of Planholder</li>
<li>Address</li>
<li>Telephone No.</li>
<li>Name of Pre-Need Company</li>
<li>Plan No.</li>
<li>Name of Plan</li>
<li>Amount of Plan</li>
<li>Maturity Date</li>
<li>Summary of Claimant&#8217;s Request</li>
</ul>
<p>You can also refer to the complaint form designed by the <a href="http://www.workingpinoy.com/2009/03/how-to-file-a-complaint-against-any-pre-need-plan-company-in-the-philippines/ ">SEC for pre-need complaints</a>.</p>
<p>Related Article:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.workingpinoy.com/2010/05/pre-need-companies-in-the-philippines-now-under-insurance-commission/ ">Pre-need Companies in the Philippines Now under the Insurance Commission</a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.workingpinoy.com/2009/03/how-to-file-a-complaint-against-any-pre-need-plan-company-in-the-philippines/ ">How to File a Complaint Against Any Pre-need Firm in the Philippines</a></p>
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		<title>Danvil Plans &#8212; File Your Claims Early</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Nov 2009 14:15:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nors</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you&#8217;re a planholder of Danvil Plans,  and your plan is maturing in the coming months, prepare your papers now, and file early &#8212; 3 months before your maturity date.
According to a Danvil customer care staff, planholders should file their claims 2 months before maturity date because Danvil now takes 60 days to process claims. [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If you&#8217;re a planholder of <span style="color: #0000ff;"><strong>Danvil Plans</strong></span>,  and your plan is maturing in the coming months, prepare your papers now, and file early &#8212; 3 months before your maturity date.</p>
<p>According to a Danvil customer care staff, planholders should file their claims 2 months before maturity date because Danvil now takes 60 days to process claims. But there are some planholders who have made comments on this blog that they&#8217;ve filed their claims 3 months before. So, perhaps it&#8217;s better to file 3 months before your maturity date.</p>
<p>Thanks to Fides &#8212; who had filed her claim and had received her check&#8211; and Rolly &#8212; who asked Fides about the requirements in filing a claim, here are</p>
<p>the requirements in filing your claim:</p>
<p>1. Maturity Claim Processing Form (from Danvil)</p>
<p>2. Family First Future Provider Plan (Face Page)</p>
<p>3. Certificate of Full Payment</p>
<p>4. Policy Contract</p>
<p>5. Cedula</p>
<p>6. 2 valid IDs</p>
<p>The <strong>offices</strong> of Danvil Plans are still here, according to Danvil&#8217;s Customer Care:</p>
<p>1. 4th Floor, Equitable Bank Tower, Paseo de Roxas, Makati</p>
<p>2. SM Megamall</p>
<p>3. SM Southmall</p>
<p>4. SM Fairview</p>
<p>5. SM North</p>
<p>The <strong>telephone numbers</strong> are:</p>
<p><span style="color: #003300;">755-1521 </span></p>
<p><span style="color: #003300;"> 755 1591</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #003300;">You just have to be patient when calling because oftentimes, especially weekdays, it takes Danvil a long time to answer. Perhaps, just like other firms, it is cutting costs, so there are only a few customer staff.<br />
</span></p>
<p><strong>Email address:</strong></p>
<p><span style="color: #000099;">mypolicy@danvil.com.ph </span></p>
<p><span style="color: #000099;"><span style="color: #000000;">For those who like to</span> <span style="color: #000000;">use the web site of Danvil to check their payments and accounts, send an email to Danvil and request for a password.</span><br />
</span></p>
<p>If you have visited Danvil Plans offices, kindly balitaan ninyo naman kami dito. It would mean a lot to us.  Thanks a lot.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.workingpinoy.com/2009/06/two-planholders-of-danvil-plans-who-have-already-collected-their-maturity-benefits/">Comments ng mga nakakuha nang Danvil planholders.</a></p>
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		<title>Two Planholders of Danvil Plans Who Have Already Collected Their Maturity Benefits</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2009 22:57:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nors</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[These are comments from two planholders of Danvil Plans who have already filed their claims, got their checks and have encashed them.
From planholder Hill:
February 16
Planholder din ako ng Danvil Plans and in fact magma-mature na ang plan ko this March 2009. One last payment na lang sa March 1 ang kulang.
February 21
Originally, 5 years to [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>These are comments from two <span style="color: #0000ff;">planholders</span> of <strong><span style="color: #0000ff;">Danvil Plans</span></strong> who have already filed their claims, got their checks and have encashed them.</p>
<p><strong><span style="color: #0000ff;">From </span><span style="color: #0000ff;">planholder</span></strong> <span style="color: #0000ff;"><strong>Hill</strong></span>:</p>
<p><span style="color: #000080;">February 16</span></p>
<p>Planholder din ako ng <span style="color: #0000ff;">Danvil Plans</span> and in fact magma-mature na ang plan ko this March 2009. One last payment na lang sa March 1 ang kulang.</p>
<p><span style="color: #000080;">February 21</span></p>
<p>Originally, 5 years to pay and 10 years after ang maturity yung plan ko pero I had it changed to 10 years to pay. Kaya, March 1, 2009 ang last payment at <span style="color: #0000ff;">sa March 25, 2009 naman yung maturity date nung plan</span> ko. Kaya nga inaayos ko na ang mga requirements.</p>
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<p><span style="color: #000080;">March 5</span></p>
<p>Bale galing ako kaninang umaga sa <span style="color: #0000ff;">Danvil Plans</span> office sa SM Megamall para i-submit mga requirements in claiming maturity benefit. Bale wait lang ng 10 working days para sa clearing ng PDC check issued for March. And then 20 working days pa para sa check naman ng benefit ko.</p>
<p><span style="color: #000080;">April 7</span></p>
<p>I was at SM Megamall last Thursday, April 2 with former coworkers. And since I am already there, I decided to follow up if the check for the maturity benefits of my policy with <span style="color: #0000ff;">Danvil Plans</span> is already there. Lo and behold, to my surprise. Nandun na nga. Kaya <span style="color: #0000ff;">that same day nakuha ko na check</span>. And of course I deposited it to my bank account the following day. Di ko in-expect na nandun na check that time, kasi sabi sa akin nun, mga April 13 pa available. I’m thankful at mas napaaga. Praise God. At kanina nga sa bank I follow up kung credited na ba. Nagulat ako at hindi pa. Pero sabi naman ng bank clerk ay bukas cleared na ito at credited na sa account ko.</p>
<p><span style="color: #000080;">April 26</span></p>
<p>Gusto ko lang i-inform na <span style="color: #0000ff;">na-clear na yung check</span> na in-issue ng <span style="color: #0000ff;">Danvil Plans</span>. Happy and relieved talaga ako. Praise GOD. Yun lang. GOD BLESS.</p>
<p><strong><span style="color: #0000ff;">From planholder</span></strong> <span style="color: #0000ff;"><strong>Jun</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="color: #000080;">May 5</span></p>
<p>I’m a Danvil planholder and I chanced upon your site since I’m also worried about my plan like many of the planholders. After reading the blogs, my hopes got renewed as Danvil seems to be not in danger of closing shop. I visited Danvil’s website to check on my plan and the status indicates that it is fully paid although the maturity date is on May 21, 2009. I’ll come back here to share with you and other planholders if i’m able to collect. Wish me luck…</p>
<p><span style="color: #333399;">May 6</span></p>
<p>I just filed my claim today at the North Edsa branch and I was told to wait for 20 working days for the release of the check, so that’s about a month from now or around June 6. Before I went there, I already heard about the bad news on <span style="color: #0000ff;">Danvil</span>. So while I’m hopeful that I’ll be able to collect, I cannot help myself from getting nervous. I don’t know how the news would affect the operations of <span style="color: #0000ff;">Danvil,</span> though when I was there, business seemed as usual and there were even few announcements of new planholders. So maybe its not as bad as depicted in the news.</p>
<p><span style="color: #000080;">June 5</span></p>
<p>As promised, I’m back to share with you if I’m able to collect my maturity benefit. Well, <span style="color: #0000ff;">yes I was able to collect. I filed my claim on May 6 and got the check on June 2</span> and deposited it the following day. When I checked my account today, the <span style="color: #0000ff;">check has already cleared.</span> Just to share with you, the check was issued by the Cash/Trust Dept. of Land Bank Head Office and not by officers of <span style="color: #0000ff;">Danvil Plans</span>. My guess is Danvil approves the claims and sends them to Land Bank for issuance of the check. So I think for as long as the trust account in <span style="color: #0000ff;">Land Bank</span> has money, all claims that come will be paid. Now the question is how much money does the trust account contain? We don’t know that because <span style="color: #0000ff;">Danvil Plans</span> is not announcing it unlike Cocoplans. For now, we’ll just take SEC’s word that all the pre-need companies with licenses can meet their obligations. So I hope my report would somehow help the other planholders in deciding whether or not to continue with their policies.</p>
<p><span style="color: #800000;">Thank you so much</span>, <span style="color: #0000ff;">Hill and Jun</span>, for sharing your experiences. I hope other <span style="color: #0000ff;">Danvil </span>planholders out there who have filed claims and who have encashed their checks take the time to share their experiences here to reassure other planholders of <span style="color: #0000ff;">Danvil Plans. </span></p>
<p><span style="color: #0000ff;"><span style="color: #008000;">Related Articles: </span></span></p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.workingpinoy.com/2009/05/updates-on-danvil-plans-and-other-pre-need-firms-from-march-to-may-2009/"><span style="color: #0000ff;"><span style="color: #008000;">Updates on Danvil Plans and Other Pre-need Firms from March toMay 2009
<p></span></span></a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.workingpinoy.com/2009/06/so-sad-about-permaplans-or-permanent-plans/">So Sad About Permaplans or Permanent Plans</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.workingpinoy.com/2009/05/i-have-to-correct-my-mistake  -prudentialife-plans-inc-is-different-from-philippine-prudential-life-insurance-co-inc/">Prudentialife Plans Inc. Is Different From Philippine Prudential Life Insurance Co. Inc.</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.workingpinoy.com/2009/02/danvil-plans-other-pre-need-firms-updates/">Danvil Plans, Other Pre-Need Firms: Updates</a></li>
<li><span style="color: #008000;"><a href="http://www.workingpinoy.com/2009/05/danvil-plans-coco-plans-ama-plans-deficient-in-their-trust-funds/">Danvil Plans, Coco Plans,AMA Plans Deficient in Their Trust Funds</a></span></li>
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		<title>Updates on Danvil Plans and Other Pre-need Firms from March  to May 2009</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2009 18:31:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nors</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[March 13-19
At the Senate hearing on pre-need firms, former Legacy executive Carolina Hinola accused SEC Commissioner Jesus Enrique Martinez of covering up Legacy&#8217;s financial problems after accepting gifts from Legacy, including a 5-million-peso house and lot and a 1.5-million Ford Expedition from Legacy head Celso de Los Angeles.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span style="color: #800080;"><strong>March 13-19</strong></span></p>
<p>At the Senate hearing on pre-need firms, former Legacy executive Carolina Hinola accused <span style="color: #3366ff;"><span style="color: #0000ff;">SEC Commissioner Jesus Enrique Martinez</span> </span>of covering up Legacy&#8217;s financial problems after accepting gifts from Legacy, including a 5-million-peso house and lot and a 1.5-million Ford Expedition from <span style="color: #0000ff;">Legacy head Celso de Los Angeles.</span></p>
<p>Insiders also claimed that <span style="color: #0000ff;"><strong><span style="color: #800080;">Martinez tried to broker the sale of Danvil Plans to the Legacy Group</span><span style="color: #800080;">.</span></strong></span> The sale did not push through after Danvil Plans backed out of the deal allegedly upon the advice of other top pre-need executives.</p>
<p>(Martinez<span style="color: #0000ff;"> <span style="color: #000000;">died</span></span> on May 6 due to colon cancer complications.)</p>
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<p><span style="color: #800080;"><strong>April 21</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="color: #0000ff;">SEC</span> has canceled the license of <span style="color: #0000ff;">Prudentialife Plans Inc.</span> to sell preneed plans because of its trust fund deficiency.</p>
<p>Prudentialife however said that its estimated trust fund of 12 billion pesos is enough to cover its obligations to <span style="color: #0000ff;">about 400,000 planholders.</span></p>
<p>Prudentialife said it is still allowed to sell their other products like life insurance, health plans and mutual funds. <span style="color: #0000ff;">P</span><span style="color: #0000ff;">rudentialife President Jose Alberto Alba</span> insisted that his firm will survive the crisis because of its <span style="color: #0000ff;">31-year</span> history of strong performance, including survival of the CAP collapse and the 1997-1998 crisis.</p>
<p><span style="color: #800080;"><strong>April 22</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="color: #0000ff;">Permanent Plans</span> or Permaplans has decided to stop its operations  because of trust fund losses in 2008.  In response, SEC canceled Permaplans&#8217; license. Permaplans said it will pay all its planholders (about 10,800) in the form of cash and other types of assets in the next 4 to 6 months.</p>
<p><span style="color: #800080;"><strong>April 27</strong></span></p>
<p>Paranaque Representative Roilo Golez condemned CAP for giving only about 400 pesos per sem to most of about <span style="color: #0000ff;">700,000 CAP planholders</span> under a court rehabilitation program.</p>
<p>Chit Baita, head of a group of CAP planholders, questioned court-appointed receiver Mamerto Marcelo for allowing <span style="color: #0000ff;">CAP to sell its MRT III bonds </span>and use the proceeds to pay off other firms owned by CAP owners, the Sobrepenas, instead of using the money to pay planholders.</p>
<p><span style="color: #800080;"><strong>May 1</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="color: #0000ff;">CAP</span> responded to the report that it is giving out only 400 to 500 pesos per sem to planholders by announcing that it has paid over 220 million to planholders since 2007 and that it is following court-approved schedules for paying planholders in installments up to 2011 and then full payments starting 2012.</p>
<p>CAP instructed planholders to check its list of 147,000 planholders on its website <span style="color: #0000ff;">www.cap.com.ph</span> for 334,000 checks ready for release.</p>
<p><span style="color: #800080;"><strong>May 1</strong></span></p>
<p>Investigators said <span style="color: #0000ff;">fraudulent schemes and fund diversions</span> led to the collapse of Legacy&#8217;s banks and pre-need firms. Legacy&#8217;s pre-need firms owe about 1.3 billion pesos to its estimated 50,000 pre-need planholders, including <span style="color: #0000ff;">more than 12,000 soldiers and police officers </span>who have paid over 320 million pesos through monthly salary deductions by the AFPSLAI.</p>
<p><span style="color: #800080;"><strong>May 6</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="color: #0000ff;">Coco Plans</span> said it has 1.4 billion in its trust fund and it is able to cover maturing policies within the next 9 years, according to Coco Plans president</p>
<p>Caesar Michelena. He said the deficiency of 190 million will be covered within 3 years under a program submitted to the SEC.</p>
<p><span style="color: #800080;"><strong>May 7</strong></span></p>
<p>The SEC announced that three preneed firms &#8212; <span style="color: #0000ff;">Coco Plans, AMA Plans and Danvil Plans</span> &#8212; had trust fund deficiencies. Coco Plans and Danvil Plans have</p>
<p>already submitted their plans on how they can restore their trust funds to adequate levels.</p>
<p><span style="color: #800080;"><strong>May 7</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="color: #0000ff;">Caesar Michelena</span>, president of Coco Plans and  newly-elected head of the <span style="color: #0000ff;">Philippine Federation of Pre-need Plan Companies</span>, expressed his hope that no more pre-need company will shut down.</p>
<p>Previous PFPPC President Juan Miguel Vasquez <span style="color: #0000ff;">resigned</span> after his firm Permanent Plans decided to cease operations.</p>
<p><span style="color: #800080;"><strong>May 7</strong></span></p>
<p>Some<span style="color: #0000ff;"> Permanent Plans</span> planholders complained at the Senate hearing that Permaplans is offering a <span style="color: #0000ff;">60/40 payment scheme</span> &#8212; 40 percent of their maturity value in cash and 60 percent in food and health supplies and lots at a burial site in Payatas.</p>
<p>In a statement made on April 22, <span style="color: #0000ff;">Permanent Plans President Juan Miguel Vazquez</span> reiterated that the contracts held by Permaplans planholders allow the company to change the mode of settlement or payment of plans.</p>
<p><span style="color: #800080;"><strong>May 7 </strong></span></p>
<p>PDIC President Jose Nograles revealed at the Senate hearing that there are still more than <span style="color: #0000ff;">35,000 unclaimed bank accounts under the failed Legacy Group.</span> Senator Mar Roxas asked PDIC to inform the depositors through the mail.</p>
<p><span style="color: #800080;"><strong>May 12</strong></span></p>
<p>President Arroyo ordered SEC Chair Fe Barin to determine the financial condition of the preneed firms to ensure that they can meet their obligations</p>
<p>as the plans mature. Arroyo demanded that criminal prosecution be taken against erring firms.</p>
<p><span style="color: #800080;"><strong>May 13</strong></span></p>
<p>Justice Secretary Raul Gonzalez said there are <span style="color: #0000ff;">loopholes in the law of receivership</span>, allowing failed pre-need firms and other businesses such as condo developers to walk away from their obligations.</p>
<p><span style="color: #800080;"><strong>May 14</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="color: #0000ff;">Coco Plans</span> announced that it has paid all its obligations to all its educational planholders this school year.</p>
<p><span style="color: #800080;"><strong>May 17 </strong></span></p>
<p>The SEC assured pre-need planholders that the <span style="color: #0000ff;">22 licensed preneed firms,</span> including<span style="color: #0000ff;"> Danvil Plans, are financially stable enough to pay their obligations to their planholders.<span style="color: #000000;"> SEC said it has reviewed the financial records of the pre-need firms.</span></span></p>
<p>The 22 pre-need firms with licenses to sell plans this year include AMA Plans, Ayala Plans, Caritas Financial Plans, CityPlans, Cocoplans, Danvil Plans, Destiny Financial Plans, Eternal Plans, First Country Plans, First Union Plans, Grayline Plans, Himlayang Pilipino Plans, Loyola Plans Consolidated, Manulife Financial Plans, Mercantile Careplans, Paz Memorial Service, Philam Plans, Provident Plans International, St. Peter Life Plan, Sun Life Financial Plans, Transnational Plans and Trusteeship Plans.</p>
<p><span style="color: #800080;"><strong> </strong></span></p>
<p>May 19</p>
<p>About 525,000 educational planholders have been trying to get money for their children&#8217;s enrolment this school year from <span style="color: #0000ff;">5 failed pre-need firms</span>: CAP, Pet Plans, Platinum Plans, Pacific Plans and TPG Corp.</p>
<p>Meanwhile, <span style="color: #0000ff;">Pryce Plans</span>, still solvent but low on cash because it invested in real estate, memorial lots and listed equities, has been issuing checks in queues and paying in kind to consenting planholders.</p>
<p><span style="color: #800080;"><strong> Ma</strong></span><span style="color: #800080;"><strong>y 27</strong></span></p>
<p>President Macapagal-Arroyo returned the <span style="color: #0000ff;">SEC under the supervision of DTI</span>, nine years after she placed SEC under DOF. Observers said the transfer was caused by SEC&#8217;s failure to prevent the collapse of preneed companies owned by Legacy.</p>
<p><span style="color: #800080;"><strong>May 29</strong></span></p>
<p>SEC has required pre-need firms to increase the percentages of their <span style="color: #0000ff;">trust fund deposits</span>.  For every peso paid by a pension and education planholder during the first year, the pre-need firm must deposit <span style="color: #0000ff;">70 cents</span>, a big increase from the previous 5-cent requirement.  This requirement will apply only to <span style="color: #0000ff;">new plans</span>. Required increases percentages for other plans were also issued.</p>
<p>Above notes were gleaned from various articles and videos published on <span style="color: #0000ff;"><strong>Inquirer.Net</strong></span> and <strong><span style="color: #0000ff;">GMANews.TV.</span></strong></p>
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		<title>To Danvil, From a Hurting OFW in Japan</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Mar 2009 03:29:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Lemmor Adsiv, an OFW in Japan

March 7, 2009
It is of great help for me it you could answer me on this inquiry. I finished paying my Danvil plan and it will mature in 2019. Actually I paid it in advance so as not to miss payments. But I&#8217;m having many sleepless nights because of [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>By Lemmor Adsiv, an OFW in Japan<br />
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<p><strong>March 7, 2009</strong></p>
<p>It is of great help for me it you could answer me on this inquiry. I finished paying my <strong>Danvil </strong>plan and <strong>it will mature in 2019.</strong> Actually I paid it in advance so as not to miss payments. But I&#8217;m having many sleepless nights because of many doubts about how <strong>pre-need companies</strong> are doing in the market today. I am having second thoughts about waiting for my <strong>plan</strong> to mature. Any idea on this? How much money would I get in return if I apply for early reimbursement of my payments? Much as I would like to inquire personally at the Danvil office regarding the matter, I&#8217;m <strong>here in Japan working hard </strong>to make both ends meet for my family. It was hard earned money that I used to pay for my plan. That&#8217;s why I am really bothered and annoyed by different news I heard about the pre-need business.</p>
<p>Dalawa ang aking plans sa <strong>Danvil</strong>. Sad to say na noong kinuha ko yon sa SM Southmall, di ko naintindihan masyado ang paliwanag. Kadarating ko lang noon, galing ako sa work ko abroad and I&#8217;m only on my vacation. Actually, I can say na forced and pressured lang din ako ng <strong>Danvil </strong>employee. Para bang <strong>para makauwi na lang ako</strong> kumuha na lang ako, then bahala na. Parang ganoon ang nangyari sa akin.</p>
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<p>But all is history now, natapos ko na bayaran yong isa, 5 years investment period yata and <strong>my plan is supposed to mature on Feb 2019 pa</strong>. At yong isa ay sa Oct 2011 ko pa matatapos at <strong>magma-mature naman on Oct 2021.</strong> And that&#8217;s a long long time for me to wait. Tama yong iba na nagsasabi na dugo at pawis ang puhunan para lang makabayad. Presently andito ulit ako abroad working to make both ends meet for my family. If sa status kong bayad na last month ang plan ko at mag apply ako ng reimbursement ilang percent po ang makukuha ko? Your answer will be of great help for me lalo na po sa decision making na gagawin ko, and also it will be of great help for me para mabawasan na ang burden ko sa pag-iisip kasi balak ko na po talaga mag-apply for reimbursement.</p>
<p><strong>March 8, 2009</strong></p>
<p>Gusto kong iparamdam hindi lang sa mga katulad kong <strong>planholders</strong>, but also to the <strong>employees </strong>and the company of <strong>Danvil</strong> as a whole, it is very true na magsisi man po tayo or even if we condemn ourselves kung bakit tayo kumuha or sapilitan tayong napakuha ng plan sa <strong>Danvil</strong>, the sad truth is wala na tayong magagawa. We only have two options left on our sleeves, firstly and POSITIVELY speaking umasa na lang tayo, especially those which own a plan na malapit na ang mga <strong>maturity date</strong>, na comes our due date makuha natin ng buo lahat ng ating inaasahan. And for those who are willing to gamble to wait dahil nagsisimula or maybe katatapos lang nilang bayaran ang kani-kanilang plans ay umasa pa tayo na through the coming years maging mas stable pa ang kalagayan or status ng <strong>Danvil</strong>.</p>
<p>Or secondly which is very NEGATIVE ay bumuo na tayo ng desisyon hanggang maaga pa if we’re to wait or we have to make up our minds kung kukunin na natin pabalik ang ating mga naihulog, may it be 20% or 50% of the amount we already paid to <strong>Danvil. </strong>Ok na sana kung 20% or 50% of the <strong>maturity value </strong>ang makukuha natin, kaso 20% or 50% lang ng ating mga naihulog. If I may use ang isang salitang pang matanda na lagi nating naririnig,  “<strong>talagang parang iginisa nila tayo sa sarili nating mantika.</strong>” It is really so sad and devastating knowing in the first place na talagang napakahirap ng buhay ngayon, na tayong mga <strong>planholders ay halos magpakamatay sa hirap di lang sa katawan lalo at higit sa isipan </strong>para lamang mabayaran at umasa na sa darating na panahon ay mayroon tayong “kayamanang inaasahan.”</p>
<p>For the <strong>planholders</strong> reading this article, I appeal to all of us to continue praying for us to see a brighter tomorrow, at doon po sa ilan na malapit na ang <strong>maturity date </strong>nila at makakakuha, please update us para kahit paano we can generate some strength and inspiration.</p>
<p>And to <strong>Danvil employees</strong> specially to those initiating/implementing some sort of forced/aggressive sales strategy, I am appealing to you guys to please put some HEART into your work. Alam ko at nauunawaan ko na kayo ay nasa ganyang linya ng hanapbuhay,  subalit sana po ilagay natin sa mas maayos at pantay na paraan ng panghihikayat. At ipaunawa po nating ng buong linaw sa ating mga kababayan ang lahat ng detalye lalo na ukol sa <strong>haba ng panahong ipaghihintay</strong> rather than focus the discussion on how your prospective clients will gain at the very moment you invited them. The money we put in <strong>Danvil</strong> is hard-earned and of good faith. Huwag po ninyong hayaan na ang makuha ninyong kliyente ay kumuha ng plan sa <strong>Danvil</strong> dahil napilitan lang. <strong>Kawawa naman po sila</strong>. <strong>Please put yourself on their shoes</strong>, then <strong>look at the mirror and ask yourself</strong> if you really invited them para tulungan sila, as many of you guys will surely reason out or you invited them based on your own agenda… I sincerely hope that this appeal won&#8217;t bring any misinterpretations or rather bring some sort of bad reaction on all people involved.</p>
<p>May God bless us all!  And let our prayers reunite us for more positive things in the future!</p>
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		<title>Daniel Villanueva: Founder and President, Danvil Holdings</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Feb 2009 13:28:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[After Berkley International became Danvil Plans in March 2007, I started researching on the Internet who this Mr. Daniel Villanueva is. Who is this man who single-handedly took on the acquisition of Berkley for 1.25 billion pesos? Does this man have the ability to lead Danvil so that by 2010, I could get my money [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>After Berkley International became <strong>Danvil Plans</strong> in March 2007, I started researching on the Internet who this Mr. <strong>Daniel Villanueva</strong> is. Who is this man who single-handedly took on the acquisition of Berkley for 1.25 billion pesos? Does this man have the ability to lead <strong>Danvil</strong> so that by 2010, I could get my money and so that other <strong>pre-need</strong> <strong>planholders</strong> could also get theirs in the years to come?</p>
<p>Until now, there are only a few notes on the Internet about Mr. Villanueva that I&#8217;ve read.</p>
<p>One is an article by Elizabeth Sanchez-Lacson on Inquirer.net on April 11, 2007. This article said that Mr. <strong>Daniel</strong> Villanueva held top positions in the life insurance industry for many years, including:<br />
<strong>president</strong> of John Hancock Life Insurance Corp.<br />
project consultant Arthur Andersen Business Consulting<br />
<strong> president</strong> of PT-NIAGA-CIGNA Life Insurance in Indonesia<br />
senior vice <strong>president</strong> for operation of Lincoln Philippine Life Insurance Co.<br />
executive vice <strong>president</strong> and chief finance officer of  Berkley International Plans</p>
<p>Sanchez-Lacson said that Mr. <strong>Villanueva</strong> helped run Berkley and its marketing unit <strong>Family First</strong> for 7 years, administering 60,000 active plans, trust fund assets of 3.8 billion pesos and <strong>planholder</strong> liabilities of 3.2 billion pesos. She also noted that much of the growth of Danvil is credited to Mr. <strong>Villanueva.</strong></p>
<p>She also said that <strong>Danvil Holdings </strong>was incorporated in November 1996 as a real estate corporation, and later also as a financial service corporation.</p>
<p>The second article is on the web site of <strong>prudentialife</strong>. It says that Mr. <strong>Villanueva</strong> received an award from Nenita Agustin, senior vice president of Philippine Prudential Life Insurance Co., for being one of the top producers in 2007.</p>
<p>Now this one leaves a question in my mind. Why would Mr. <strong>Villanueva</strong> receive an award from Prudential as a producer? Was Mr. Villanueva a general agent of Prudential? Did <strong>Danvil </strong>incorporate a Prudential life plan into Danvil&#8217;s products in 2007? I bought my <strong>Danvil plan</strong> in 2000 and I didn&#8217;t buy any other <strong>Danvil plan</strong> after, so I didn&#8217;t know that <strong>Danvil </strong>sold Prudential Life plans.</p>
<p>Perhaps this explains a complaint by someone named Huggs on pc-tipid.com. He says that his friend bought a Prudential Life plan from <strong>Danvil</strong>, but they could not trace the OR of his first payment when they called up Prudential Life.</p>
<p>From my research on <strong>Danvil </strong>and Mr. <strong>Daniel Villanueva</strong> on the Internet, all the bad things associated to <strong>Danvil</strong> arise from its aggressive marketing and sales tactics in the malls. Many of those commenting are calling <strong>Danvil</strong> a scam because of these tactics, especially customers forced or pressured by sales agents into swiping their credit cards. They also interpret the changing of the name from <strong>Family First</strong> to <strong>Danvil</strong> as one scam tactic.</p>
<p>With regards to any bad thing said about Mr. Villanueva, I found none.</p>
<p>This is in contrast to the case of Legacy&#8217;s <strong>Celso de los Angeles</strong> Jr. when I researched about him after planholders were informed that <strong>Danvil</strong>&#8217;s pre-need plans were being bought by <strong>Legacy</strong>. Try researching Mr. <strong>De Los Angeles</strong> and you&#8217;d be surprised at various kinds of unsavory things said about him both in his personal life and professional life, even before <strong>Legacy</strong> collapsed. It was really providential that the 2008 <strong>Legacy </strong>deal did not push through. I applaud <strong>Danvil </strong>for this. In my very first email to <strong>Danvil</strong> after the Legacy deal announcement, I mentioned those things said about Mr. De Los Angeles.</p>
<p>About claims, I haven&#8217;t read about or heard of any <strong>Danvil planholder</strong> whose plan have matured in 2008 complaining on the Internet that Danvil failed to pay his/her claims. What about you? Have you heard or read about someone not receiving his/her 2008 maturity proceeds from <strong>Danvil</strong>?</p>
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		<title>Pre-Need News &#8212; Philippines: Key Points</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Feb 2009 01:47:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here are some pre-need news during the month of February 2009 that could interest Danvil planholders:
1. Four more pre-need companies are nearing bankruptcy, according to Philip Piccio, president of the Parents-Enabling Parents Coalition (PEP), a group of parents fighting for their open-ended plans with Pacific Plans. Piccio named Pryce Plans as one of the four, [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Here are some <strong>pre-need</strong> news during the month of February 2009 that could interest <strong>Danvil planholders</strong>:</p>
<p><strong>1.</strong> Four more <strong>pre-need</strong> companies are nearing bankruptcy, according to Philip Piccio, president of the Parents-Enabling Parents Coalition (PEP), a group of parents fighting for their open-ended plans with Pacific Plans. Piccio named Pryce Plans as one of the four, but didn&#8217;t name the three other <strong>pre-need</strong> firms in trouble.</p>
<p><strong>2</strong>.  SEC chairwoman Fe Barin told congressmen that SEC issued 2009 licenses to only 24 of more than 50 <strong>pre-need</strong> companies.</p>
<p><strong>3</strong>.  The proposed transfer of <strong>pre-need</strong> regulation from the SEC to the Insurance Commission has been approved by members of the House Committee on Banks and Financial Intermediaries. The transfer is included in a <strong>pre-need</strong> draft by Aurora Representative Juan Edgardo Angara.</p>
<p><strong>4</strong>.  Jose Miguel M. Vasquez, president of the <strong>Philippine </strong>Federation of <strong>Pre-Need</strong> <strong>Plan</strong> Companies (PFPPCI) and Permanent Plans, denied they invested in companies abroad which later became bankrupt because <strong>Philippine</strong> law prohibits them.</p>
<p><strong>5</strong>.  Cocoplans President Caesar T. Michelena said his firm has informed planholders that their trust fund, worth over P1.5 billion, can pay claims worth P500 million over five years.  It is interesting to note that Cocoplans was the only <strong>pre-need</strong> firm that released trust fund figures during this particular <strong>pre-need</strong> meeting of more than 10 members.</p>
<p><strong>6</strong>. ABS-CBN News obtained documents showing that <strong>preneed</strong> firms have a deficit of almost 47 billion pesos in trust funds. It says that 11 <strong>pre-need</strong> firms have been losing since June 2008 because of the fall in the rates of return from 12 % to only 6% for their investments in government securities, in blue-chip stocks and other financial instruments. Another reason is the drastic drop in sales of <strong>pre-need</strong> plans.</p>
<p><strong>7</strong>.  PFPPCI President Vasquez said <strong>pre-need</strong> companies can increase their capital over the next three years under relaxed SEC rules or stop selling new <strong>pre-need</strong> plans and undergo restructuring.</p>
<p><strong>8</strong>.  Parents Enabling Parents (PEP) Coalition, an organization of owners of Pacific Plans open-ended plans, said that none of the <strong>pre-need</strong> firms under rehabilitation such CAP and Pacific Plans has been punished for mismanagement.</p>
<p><strong>9</strong>.  PFPPCI President Vasquez will ask the SEC and the Central Bank to allow the <strong>pre-need </strong>industry to invest up to 10% of their total investments in dollar-denominated securities. Currently, the <strong>pre-need</strong> industry is allowed to invest only in peso-denominated securities.</p>
<p><strong>10</strong>.  The Trade Union Congress of the <strong>Philippines</strong>, through its secretary general Ernesto Herrera, has called on legislators to pass without further delay the <strong>Preneed</strong> Industry Code to protect <strong>pre-need planholders</strong>.</p>
<p><strong>11</strong>.  A list of 19 <strong>pre-need</strong> firms willing to increase their capital in 2009 to cope with difficulties in the financial markets is included in Salve Duplito&#8217;s article on Inquirer.net Money Smarts.  <strong>One of them is Danvil Plans.</strong><br />
It&#8217;s interesting to note that there are 6  licensed pre-need firms for 2009 that are not in this list. They are:<br />
AMA Plans<br />
Caritas Financial<br />
CityPlans<br />
Destiny Financial<br />
First Country</p>
<p>In the case of AMA Plans, it&#8217;s new in the 2009 pre-need dealer&#8217;s list, so it&#8217;s safe to assume its capital is adequate. It is also interesting to note that Pacific Plans and Ideal Pension Plans are not licensed to sell in 2009, but they are included in this list of pre-need firms willing to increase their capital.</p>
<p>The article said that Philam Plans didn&#8217;t sign the 19-firm agreement because its trust fund is more than adequate to pay its planholders.</p>
<p><strong>Advice From Journalists to Planholders:<br />
</strong><br />
<strong>1</strong>.   Know your options.</p>
<p><strong>2</strong>. Avoid panic. Negative news will worsen the <strong>pre-need</strong> firm&#8217;s operations.</p>
<p><strong>3</strong>. Do your own research. Ask SEC about your firm.</p>
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		<title>Danvil Plans, Other Pre-Need Firms: Updates</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Feb 2009 14:15:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just like you, I got so bothered when I read on Inquirer.net that 4 pre-need firms are about to collapse. Philip Piccio, president of PEP Coalition, named one of the four as Pryce and then challenged the SEC to name the 3 other firms. One top SEC executive denied there are 3 other failing firms, [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Just like you</strong>, I got so bothered when I read on Inquirer.net that <strong>4 pre-need firms </strong>are about to collapse. Philip Piccio, president of PEP Coalition, named one of the four as Pryce and then challenged the SEC to name the 3 other firms. One top SEC executive denied there are 3 other failing firms, but the other one confirmed it.</p>
<p>And this after the collapse of 3 Legacy pre-need firms, and long before them, the collapse of CAP and Pacific Plans. Although Pacific seems to be okay now, since Noel Oñate&#8217;s Abundance Providers Investments Corp., the new owner of Pacific, promised to buy back Pacific plans at 15% yearly interest. Piccio and his group, however, plan to pursue their case against the original owner of Pacific.</p>
<p>These are some info that I gathered as of today, February 14:</p>
<p><strong>1.</strong> On SEC website, <strong>Danvil Plans</strong> is one of the 24 pre-need corporations with 2009 dealer&#8217;s license. Compared to the list of September 2008, the pre-need firms removed were:<br />
Ideal Pension<br />
Legacy<br />
Pacific Plans</p>
<p>There is one new firm on the list: AMA Plans.<br />
On another page there are three other firms with 2009 dealer&#8217;s license:<br />
IMG Insurance Brokers<br />
Prudentialife Market Resources, both linked to Prudentialife and<br />
Jardine Lloyd Thomson Insurance Brokers, linked to Philam Plans</p>
<p><strong>2. </strong> Philip Piccio, president of the Parents-Enabling Parents Coalition (PEP) who is campaigning for<br />
Pacific Plans open-ended educational planholders, was generous enough to reply to my text about <strong>Danvil</strong>. He texted back that <strong>Danvil Plans</strong> is not one of the 4 pre-need firms about to collapse.</p>
<p><strong>3.</strong> Jack of <strong>Danvil Plans </strong>in Makati said that <strong>Danvil</strong> is very stable. Jack was the one who answered me on the phone when I called the Danvil office in Makati on February 13. I asked him if he knows about the 4 pre-need firms being mentioned about to collapse, and he said that he doesn&#8217;t know. He said that what he knows is that <strong>Danvil</strong> is stable and that it has been paying claims as of date. I asked him why Danvil is not updating its web site, and he said that he will relay my concern to management.</p>
<p><strong>4.</strong> According to a list provided by Salve Duplito on her article on Inquirer.net Money Smarts, <strong>Danvil Plans</strong> is one of the 19 pre-need firms who have signed a document expressing their willingness to increase their capital in 2009 to cope with anticipated difficulties due to low investment rates in the financial markets.  The bigger pre-need firms are on the list.</p>
<p><strong>5.</strong> My conclusion is that the 4 pre-need firms being reported about to collapse includes Ideal Pension because I read one planholder complaining that Ideal Plan has not given him the proceeds of his plan which has matured in 2008. The other one would be Pryce Plans, which most everybody knows by now has already collapsed way back in 2007. But in fairness to Pryce, it&#8217;s doing its  best to give something to its planholders. My friend who is a Pryce planholder is getting some benefits through Pryce&#8217;s other companies, such as hotel stays, etc. She has also received some amounts of money for tuition.</p>
<p>As for the other two pre-need firms, I&#8217;m still checking. I&#8217;ll update this article again today after I get home from church. Happy Valentine&#8217;s Day to all <strong>Danvil planholders.</strong></p>
<p><strong>Pre-Need Corporations With 2009 Dealer&#8217;s License as of January 28, 2009</strong></p>
<p>1  AMA Plans Inc.   (pension)<br />
2  Ayala Plans Inc.  (education, pension)<br />
3  Caritas Financial Plans Inc.  (pension)<br />
4  CityPlans Inc.  (pension)<br />
5  Cocoplans Inc.  (education, life, pension)<br />
6  Danvil Plans Inc.  (formerly Berkley International Plans, educational, pension)<br />
7  Destiny Financial Plans Inc.  (pension)<br />
8  Eternal Plans Inc.  (education, life, pension)<br />
9  First Country Plans Inc.  (pension)<br />
10  First Union Plans Inc. (pension)<br />
11  Grayline Plans Inc. (pension)<br />
12  Himlayang Pilipino Plans Inc. (education, life, pension)<br />
13 Loyola Plans Consolidated (education, life, pension)<br />
14  Manulife Financial Plans  (educ pension)<br />
15  Mercantile Careplans  (educ life pension)<br />
16  Paz Memorial Services (life)<br />
17  Permanent Plans  (life, pension)<br />
18  Philam Plans  (educational, life, pension)<br />
19  Provident International Plans  (life, pension)<br />
20  Prudentialife Plans  (educational, life, pension)<br />
21  St. Peter Life Plan  (life)<br />
22  Sun Life Financial Plans   (educational, pension)<br />
23  Transnational Plans   (educational, pension)<br />
24  Trusteeship Plans  (educational, life, pension)</p>
<p><strong>Additional List of Pre-Need Firms With 2009 Dealer&#8217;s License as of January 28, 2009</strong><br />
IMG Insurance Brokers Corp.<br />
Prudentialife Plans Inc.<br />
Jardine Lloyd Thomson Insurance Brokers Inc.<br />
Philam Plans Inc.<br />
Prudentialife Market Resources Corp.<br />
Prudentialife Plans Inc.</p>
<p><strong>Removed from the Licensed Dealer List of January 2009<br />
</strong></p>
<p>Ideal Pension Plans<br />
Legacy Consolidated Plans<br />
Pacific Plans</p>
<p><strong>Listed in the February 2007 list, but no longer licensed since 2008</strong><br />
Classic Plans<br />
Eduplan Phils<br />
Millennium Plans<br />
Primanila Plans<br />
PrimePlan<br />
<strong>sources:</strong></p>
<p><strong></strong><a href="http://www.sec.gov.ph/pre-need/Pre-Need%20Directory%20(2009)%20-%20dealers%20jan2009.pdf">SEC List of Pre-Need Firms With 2009 Dealer&#8217;s License</a></p>
<p><a href="http://blogs.inquirer.net/moneysmarts/2009/02/12/pre-need-companies-with-seal-of-good-housekeeping-from-sec/">Article by Salve Duplito on Inquirer Money Smarts</a></p>
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