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Pre-need Companies in the Philippines Now under Insurance Commission
Pre-need companies in the Philippines are now under the supervision of the Insurance Commission.
The pre-need law was passed in December 2009 and the implementing rules and regulations (IRR) were signed in March 2010.
Visit the website of the Insurance Commission at insurance.gov.ph, and you will see the pre-need code and the IRR already published on the site.
You will also see the list of the 23 pre-need firms under Directory of the IC home page. However, the list on the IC was still the list previously prepared by the SEC.
The list includes the 23 pre-need firms that were licensed to sell pre-need plans as of December 2009:
- Abundance Providers and Entrepreneurs Corporation (APEC) (formerly Pacific Plans)
- AMA Plans
- Ayala Plans
- Caritas Financial Plans
- CityPlans
- Cocoplans
- Danvil Plans (formerly Berkley International 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 Services
- Philplans First (formerly Philam Plans)
- Provident International Plans
- St. Peter Life Plan
- Sun Life Financial Plans
- Transnational Plans
- Trusteeship Plans
The only two changes from the May 2009 list are:
- the addition of APEC to the list
- change of name of Philam Plans to Philplans
For those who have complaints, inquiries or claims, you can address them to:
Public Assistance & Information Division
523-8461 to 70 local 102, 103, 105
pubassist@insurance.gov.ph
Prudentialife Plans – Termination of Plan
This is for those asking about Prudentialife Plans, the diversified pre-need firm with main address at Prudentialife Bldg., 118 Gamboa St., Legazpi Village, Makati City.
Check again because this is often confused with a different company, Philippine Prudential Life Insurance Company (PPLIC), an insurance company headquartered in Pasig City and affiliated with Danvil Plans. Prudentialife and Prudential Life are not affiliated with each other.
If you have decided to terminate your Prudentialife plans, these are the documents you need to bring to Prudentialife to apply for termination:
- Plan or policy contract (Original)
- Certificate of Full Payment (Original)
- At least two valid IDs (Photocopies signed three times)
- Benefits Settlement Application Form (3 copies)
- Processing fee of 300 pesos (to be deducted from the proceeds of the plan)
You can view or download a copy of the Benefits Settlement Application Form here.
If you like to view or download copies of a special power of attorney or affidavits, go here.
Always remember though that if you terminate your plan, you won’t get back all the money you paid. You’ll only get a small portion. The percentages are written in your plan.
But as others say, mas mabuti nang merong konti kesa wala.
I don’t have a Prudentialife plan. What I have is a Danvil plan. There was one time I also considered termination because of the pre-need crisis, but I decided to wait.
Nevertheless, we have to decide for ourselves. We gather information and then decide. Whatever happens, we have ourselves to blame or congratulate.
Main Address:
Website: www.prudentialife.com
For addresses of Prudentialife branches, go here.
