Pre-need, Insurance Premium Payments Accepted at SM Southmall
Here’s a list of pre-need and insurance premium payments accepted at SM Southmall in Las Pinas.
Danvil Plans Paid My Maturity Benefits as Promised
This is a scan of the check I received from Danvil Plans last October, which cleared on third day after deposit. Danvil paid my benefits according to the contract, at the promised amount, on the promised date.
Ideal Pension Plans Corporation Planholders — Time to Unite
There have been several planholders of Ideal Pension Plans who have been asking about the status of their pre-need firm. I’ve also read in other forums complaints about the failure of Ideal Pension Plans to pay maturing benefits and claims.
My answer was always about the need for Ideal planholders to connect with each other online and talk about how they can pursue their claims. I’ve even suggested that if they’re interested, I can email those who made comments here about Ideal and ask if they like to exchange email addresses.
Now, one Ideal Pension planholder, Juni, has placed on the comment section a notice he said it came from the Makati Regional Trial Court. And he’s calling for all Ideal Pension planholders to unite, help each other and show their power during the hearing on October 5, 2010.
Comments From Juni:
Hi all! I just received a NOTICE OF HEARING from the Regional Trial Court, National Capital Judicial Region, Branch 66, Makati City which states:
In the matter of the petition for VOLUNTARY INSOLVENCY of IDEAL PENSION PLANS CORP.
IDEAL PENSION PLANS, Petitioner.
Notice of Hearing for: Meeting of all all IDEAL CREDITORS
You are hereby notified that the above-entitled case will be heard before this Court, located at the 12th Floor, Makati City Hall Building, on the 5th day of October 2010 at 8:30 am, at which date, time and place, you or your duly authorized representative may appear for the selection of assignee and to prove through written evidence your respective claims, without which, it shall not be admitted.
City of Makati, August 23, 2010.
SGD. ATTY. JOHN IVAN B. TABLIZO
Branch Clerk of Court
I hope that this time we will be one and united to press Ideal to give us what is legally due us. Hope everyone could come.
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According to online SEC records, Ideal Pension Plans Corp. was licensed to sell pre-need plans until December 31, 2008. In the SEC pre-need list as of September 9, 2008, Ideal Pension was listed, but in the SEC list as of January 2009, Ideal was no longer on the list.
Now, Ideal planholders, you have a chance to make your demands together. Bring xerox and original copies of your Ideal pre-need policies, but guard your original copies. There’s POWER in number. The more planholders at the hearing, the better.
Those who can visit the Makati City Hall and check if there are changes in the notice, it is for everyone’s good if they can do so, and then inform other planholders.
Comments by Ideal planholders can also be found here:
Pre-need Companies in the Philippines Now Under the Insurance Commission
Danvil Plans,Other Pre-Need Firms — Updates
Update from Nori on Ideal Pension Plans as of March 13, 2011: (Thanks a lot, Nori)
Next hearing is on March 18, 2011, Friday at 9:00 am sa RTC Makati Branch 66.
Under liquidation na po ang Ideal. The court is in the process of approving the liquidation plan. Kailan makukuha ang pera? Di po natin masasabi. It could be months or even years from now. Huwag po tayong mag expect na makukuha natin ng buo ang contract price. Approximately 20% lang makukuha. Depende sa mabebentang ari-arian ng court appointed liquidator, baka mas malaki o mas maliit ang makukuha.
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Pre-Need Planholders — How to Ask Help from the Insurance Commission
Pre-Need Planholders — How to Ask Help from the Insurance Commission
If you’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.
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.
Ranada, however, added that the IC is prepared to hear and settle pre-need cases.
To request for assistance, you can refer to the Claimant’s Request for Assistance form on the IC website as reference for details you need to include in your letter:
- Name of Planholder
- Address
- Telephone No.
- Name of Pre-Need Company
- Plan No.
- Name of Plan
- Amount of Plan
- Maturity Date
- Summary of Claimant’s Request
You can also refer to the complaint form designed by the SEC for pre-need complaints.
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How to File a Complaint Against Any Pre-need Firm in the Philippines
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.
Two Planholders of Danvil Plans Who Have Already Collected Their Maturity Benefits
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 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 sa March 25, 2009 naman yung maturity date nung plan ko. Kaya nga inaayos ko na ang mga requirements.
Updates on Danvil Plans and Other Pre-need Firms from March to May 2009
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’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.
Insiders also claimed that Martinez tried to broker the sale of Danvil Plans to the Legacy Group. The sale did not push through after Danvil Plans backed out of the deal allegedly upon the advice of other top pre-need executives.
(Martinez died on May 6 due to colon cancer complications.)
Danvil Plans, Coco Plans, AMA Plans Deficient in Their Trust Funds
Here are some key points of recent news on these 3 pre-need firms.
Thanks to Epoy who notified me about these developments.
The information here was gathered by Philippine Daily Inquirer reporters at the resumption of the Senate inquiry into pre-need firms on May 6.
- Coco Plans, AMA Plans and Danvil Plans were found by SEC to have deficient trust funds.
- Coco Plans and Danvil Plans have submitted their proposals on how to build up their capital.
- AMA Plans has not yet submitted its proposal.
- Some of the remaining 19 pre-need firms have submitted their financial statements and have to comply with the SEC requirement until May 14.
- Caesar Michelena of Coco Plans said Coco Plans’ trust fund is enough to make maturity pay-outs for the next 9 years.
- SEC Chairwoman Fe Barin said SEC was reviewing the financial statements of the pre-need firms and coordinating with trustee banks if the trust funds are there.
- Senator Manuel Roxas suggested that SEC require pre-need firms to fill up the deficiencies in their trust funds before they continue selling plans.
- Roxas mentioned that the failed Legacy was still selling plans the month before it applied for dissolution.
Source: 3 more troubled pre-need firms watched
By Christine Avendano
Philippine Daily Inquirer
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