I am a smoker, aged 30. I only have a prushield plus 392 premium and a pru extra plus plan 23/mth. I am thinking of getting a critical illness plan and others. There are too many kind of plans, any advice?

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Insurance Portfolio Summary

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Hi Anon,

When did you get your shield plan? If it's recent, yes it's most likely the one with co-insurance with reimbursement of up to 95% and as it's on a reimbursement basis, you have to pay first, then claim from the insurer. Also, the plan allows you to be warded up to a Class A ward in a Government Restructed Hospital. You could check with your agent on whether you could upgrade, but I would like to highlight that it will need to go through an under-writing process again as it's an upgrade of plan, not downgrade.

In regards to Critical Illness (CI), I personally would recommend looking into getting a Whole Life Plan as CI is one of those things that can occur at any point of our life time and we should have coverage for it. Prudential does have policies that can offer that to you as well, the latest product, PruActive Life is something that would address your need in regards to CI, you could speak to your agent for more information as well.​​​