As your children grow up, how can they have a brilliant life? Solely academic qualifications? Not quite.
According to the statistics from the Education Bureau of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, 33.9% of Hong Kong's population aged 15 and above has attained tertiary education*, which has been increasing year by year. After certain years, traditional academic qualifications may lose their advantages upon the popularisation of tertiary education. Facing the rapid changes in society, if children can proactively learn relevant skills in response to the actual circumstances, it will increase the chances of success. Under such trend, we need to break through the box in order to match the concepts of the new generation of parents.
Tahoe Life understands it and offers you Captain Cool Children Savings Plan (the “Plan”) with Captain Cool Dreams Come True Award of up to USD130,000, which encourages children to explore the world beyond school, such as sports, arts, entrepreneurship, etc., and strive to become the top players in these fields so as to realise their dreams for a brilliant life. To support your children to focus on developing their strengths, when they reach the age of 15, you can also choose to receive a lump-sum of the partial guaranteed cash payments in advance to replace the guaranteed cash payments to be received every year from the children’s age of 18 to 21, to support them to focus on developing their strengths.
*Source: Figures and statistics in 2019 from the Education Bureau of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
To achieve your dreams, you need a defined goal. The Plan provides Captain Cool Dreams Come True Award to encourage your kids to find the direction to put efforts on as early as possible, strive to achieve excellent results and thus accomplish a brilliant life.
Captain Cool Dreams Come True Award is applicable to the policy after the second policy anniversary date. If the insured meets the designated conditions for the categories set out in the table below, a maximum total amount of USD130,000 Captain Cool Dreams Come True Award can be obtained per insured (for all in force policies covering the same insured issued by the Company).
The Company will only pay benefit once under each category per insured and such category will be terminated after the benefit payout. The maximum benefit amount payable under each category is USD26,000.
Category |
Designated conditions |
Captain Cool Dreams Come True Award (USD) |
Academic |
Admitted to and graduated with the following degree from any one of the top 10 universities in the world2, and worked in Hong Kong for more than 36 months after graduation: |
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- Bachelor’s degree |
13,000 |
|
- Master’s degree |
13,000 |
|
- Doctorate |
26,000 |
|
Outstanding contribution to society# |
Hong Kong Outstanding Teens or Medal of Honour (MH) |
1,300 |
Hong Kong Ten Outstanding Teens or The Bronze Bauhinia Star (BBS) |
6,500 |
|
The Silver Bauhinia Star (SBS) or The Gold Bauhinia Star (GBS) |
13,000 |
|
Hong Kong Ten Outstanding Young Persons or The Order of the Grand Bauhinia (GBM) |
26,000 |
|
Entrepre-neurship |
Received funding from any one of the following entrepreneurial programmes: |
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- Cyberport Creative Micro Fund (CCMF) |
Equivalent to the funding provided by such programme, subject to a maximum amount of 26,0003 (whichever is lower) |
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- Science and Technology Entrepreneur Programme (STEP) |
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- Youth Development Fund |
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- Technology Start-up Support Scheme for Universities (TSSSU) |
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Arts |
Hong Kong Arts Development Awards Hong Kong Arts Development Awards Received any one of the following awards organised by the Hong Kong Arts Development Council: |
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Award for Young Artist |
6,500 |
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Artist of the Year |
13,000 |
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Award for Outstanding Contribution in Art |
26,000 |
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Life Achievement Award |
26,000 |
|
Sport |
Represented Hong Kong in the Olympic Games |
6,500 |
Represented Hong Kong in the National Games of the People's Republic of China, Universiade, Asian Games, World Games, Olympic Games, Paralympic Games or Olympic Winter Games and attained any one of the following sport medals: |
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- Bronze medal |
6,500 |
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- Silver medal |
19,500 |
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- Gold medal |
26,000 |
# Hong Kong Outstanding Teens and Hong Kong Ten Outstanding Teens are awarded by the Hong Kong Playground Association. Hong Kong Ten Outstanding Young Persons is awarded by the Junior Chamber International Hong Kong Ltd. Medal of Honour (MH), the Bronze Bauhinia Star (BBS), the Silver Bauhinia Star (SBS), the Gold Bauhinia Star (GBS) and the Order of the Grand Bauhinia (GBM) are awarded by the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.
Guaranteed cash payments will be payable according to the age of the insured to help the insured cope with the cost of extracurricular activities during the secondary school stage (age 12 to 17) and to realise their potential through life-wide learning; higher education expenses during the university stage (age 18 to 21); and the cost of continuing education at the age of 30 or lifelong learning stage (age 30 to 100).
The insured’s age |
Premium payment term |
|
5 years |
10 years |
|
Age 12 to 17 (payable on each policy anniversary date) |
1.5%^ |
N/A |
Age 18 to 21 (payable on each policy anniversary date) |
25%^ |
27%^ |
Age 30 to 100 (payable once every five policy anniversary dates) |
2%^ |
2%^ |
Total |
139%^ |
138%^ |
^ % of notional amount5
You can choose to accumulate the guaranteed cash payments in the policy to earn interest6, receive them in cash or apply them towards future premium payments.
According to children's education expenses and life milestones, you can choose to receive a lump-sum of the partial guaranteed cash payments in advance at the insured’s age of 15, 16, 17 or 18 after the premium payment term, to replace the guaranteed cash payments received every year from the insured’s age of 18 to 21. This option can be exercised once only under the policy.
The amount is as follows:
The insured’s age |
Premium payment term |
|
5 years |
10 years |
|
Age of 15; or |
70%^ |
75%^ |
Age of 16; or |
75%^ |
80%^ |
Age of 17; or |
80%^ |
85%^ |
Age of 18 |
85%^ |
90%^ |
^ % of notional amount5
To fit for children’s education expenses and your financial situation, the Plan offers two premium payment terms: five years and ten years. The premium is guaranteed to remain unchanged once it is determined and will not be increased with children’s age, facilitating better financial planning for your future.
You can nominate a contingent owner once the policy becomes effective. Should the policyowner unfortunately pass away, the nominated contingent owner will become the new owner of the policy and can continue to exercise the rights under the policy without waiting for the completion of the probate.
The Plan provides savings returns as well as life insurance to age 100 of the insured, offering comprehensive protection for your beloved children. In the unfortunate event of the death of the insured, the designated beneficiary will receive the death benefit in a lump-sum payment.
If the policy has been effective for ten years, the Plan will bring you additional returns by providing a one-off terminal dividend upon the surrender of the policy, the maturity of the policy or the death of the insured, whichever is earlier. Terminal dividend is not guaranteed.
The Plan offers terminal dividend lock-in option, allowing you to lock-in part of the terminal dividend and accumulate it as part of guaranteed cash payments for interest accumulations or a lump-sum withdrawal (“terminal dividend lock-in”) for the children to start a business, get married, buy a property, etc., with unlimited possibilities.
After the first policy anniversary date, if the insured is a full time student and aged 21 or below, and the school in which the insured is attending and schools of the same education level are suspended by the Education Bureau of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region for more than 10 days in total within 30 days, the class suspension benefit equivalent to 2% (applicable to five-year premium payment term) or 3% (applicable to ten-year premium payment term) of the latest annual premium13 of the basic plan will be paid by the Company for subsidising the enhanced e-learning expenses. The class suspension benefit can be claimed once per policy in each policy year.
If the insured achieves any one of the following academic achievement results after the first policy anniversary date and before the policy anniversary date on or immediately following 25th birthday of the insured, we will pay the Captain Cool Academic Success Award (calculated based on all in force Captain Cool Children Savings Plan per insured) as a token of encouragement.
The Company will only pay benefit on any one of the academic achievement under the Plan and the Captain Cool Academic Success Award will be terminated once any benefit has been paid out.
Academic achievement |
Qualification |
Captain Cool Academic Success Award |
Hong Kong Diploma of Secondary Education Examination (“HKDSE”) |
At least three subjects Level 5* grades or above are attained and at least six subjects are taken in the same HKDSE sitting |
USD250 per qualified subject (i.e. each subject attained Level 5* grades or above) |
TOEFL iBT Test (“TOEFL”) |
Attained scores of 110 or above |
USD625 |
International English Language Testing System (“IELTS”) |
Attained scores of 8 or above |
USD625 |
International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme (“IBDP”) |
Attained scores of 41 or above |
USD625 |
Admission to undergraduate programme of one of the top 10 universities in the world2 |
Admitted to the full time undergraduate programme of any one of the top 10 universities in the world |
USD2,500 |
As your children enter different life stages, their protection needs will be different. You can exercise the guaranteed insurability option available under the Plan, to purchase a new whole life insurance plan for the insured with Tahoe Life within 90 days upon the 21st birthday, the first wedding anniversary or the birth of a child of the insured without any proof of insurability of the insured regardless of the health condition.
In the unfortunate event that the insured passes away or sustains bodily injury16 due to accident17 on or before the age of 21, the Plan provides an accidental death and dismemberment benefit, the indemnity amount is up to 75%18 of the amount of coverage19, the maximum amount is USD62,500 (calculated based on all in force Captain Cool Children Savings Plan per insured). Please refer to the Table 1 for the percentage of the amount of coverage.
During the premium payment term and after the two-year Waiting Period20, if the policyowner (the policyowner must be parents or grandparents of the insured) or the policyowner’s spouse (only applicable when the policyowner is one of the parents of the insured) unfortunately passes away, the future premiums payable under the basic plan will be waived, so that your child’s protection can be kept in place.
According to your personal needs, you may choose to enhance the protection by adding various supplementary contracts, such as medical and accident benefit supplementary contracts.
(i) the policyowner is one of the parents or grandparents of the insured;
(ii) the policyowner’s spouse is the legally married spouse of the policyowner (provided that the policyowner is one of the parents of the insured);
(iii) the policyowner is aged 50 or below on (a) the issue date of the policy; or (b) the date that the Company approve any application of change of ownership, whichever is later; and
(iv) the policyowner’s spouse is aged 50 or below on (a) the issue date of the policy; or (b) the date that the policyowner and the policyowner’s spouse are legally married, whichever is later (provided that the policyowner is one of the parents of the insured).
For the avoidance of doubt, if the policyowner is one of the grandparents of the insured, spouse of the policyowner is not eligible to be covered under this benefit.
If the policyowner or the policyowner’s spouse passes away on or before the premium paid up date while the policy is in force, the Company will waive the basic plan premiums from the next premium due date after the date of death until the premium paid up date, provided that the death of the policyowner or the policyowner’s spouse is at least two years from:
(i) the effective date of this benefit; or
(ii) the reinstatement date,
whichever is later (“2-year Waiting Period”).
The 2-year Waiting Period does not apply if the death of the policyowner and/or the policyowner’s spouse is due to accident.
The effective date of this benefit covering the policyowner means (i) the effective date of the policy; or (ii) the date we approve any application of change of ownership, whichever is later. The effective date of this benefit covering the policyowner’s spouse means (i) the effective date of the policy; or (ii) the date that the policyowner or the policyowner’s spouse are legally married, whichever is later.
This benefit will terminate when it becomes payable or on the premium paid up date, whichever is earlier. In the event that the insured, the policyowner and / or the policyowner’s spouse pass away at the same time, we shall only pay the death benefit relating to the death of the insured. Please refer to the policy contract of the Plan for details of parental premium waiver benefit.
Table 1: Accidental death and dismemberment benefit
Types of losses
|
Percentage of amount of coverage19 |
|
1. |
Loss of life |
75% |
2. |
Loss of sight of both eyes |
75% |
3. |
Loss of sight of one eye |
37.5% |
4. |
Loss of use of two limbs |
75% |
5. |
Loss of use of one limb |
37.5% |
6. |
Loss of speech and hearing |
75% |
7. |
Total paralysis |
75% |
8. |
Loss of hearing |
|
- both ears |
56.5% |
|
- one ear |
11.5% |
|
9. |
Loss of speech |
37.5% |
10. |
Loss of lens of both eyes |
37.5% |
11. |
Loss of use of four fingers and thumb of |
|
- right hand |
52.5% |
|
- left hand |
37.5% |
|
12. |
Loss of use of four fingers (excluding thumb) of |
|
- right hand |
30% |
|
- left hand |
22.5% |
|
13. |
Loss of use of one thumb of |
|
- both right joints |
22.5% |
|
- one right joint |
11.25% |
|
- both left joints |
15% |
|
- one left joint |
7.5% |
|
14. |
Loss of use of fingers (excluding thumb) of |
|
- three right joints |
7.5% |
|
- two right joints |
6% |
|
- one right joint |
4% |
|
- three left joints |
6% |
|
- two left joints |
4% |
|
- one left joint |
1.5% |
|
15. |
Loss of use of toes of |
|
- all – one foot |
11.5% |
|
- great – both joints |
4% |
|
- great – one joint |
2.5% |
|
16. |
Fractured leg or patella with established |
|
- non-union |
7.5% |
|
- shortening of leg by at least 5 cm |
6% |
|
17. |
Major burns (damage as a percentage of total body surface area) |
|
Head |
|
|
- Not less than 8% |
75% |
|
- Greater than or equal to 5% and less than 8% |
56.5% |
|
- Greater than or equal to 2% and less than 5% |
37.5% |
|
Body |
|
|
- Not less than 20% |
75% |
|
- Greater than or equal to 15% and less than 20% |
56.5% |
|
- Greater than or equal to 10% and less than 15% |
37.5% |
Note:
(i) on the policy anniversary date on or immediately following the 21st birthday of the insured; or
(ii) when the sum of all accidental death and dismemberment benefits paid or payable under Table 1 is equal to or greater than 75% of the amount of coverage of this benefit,
whichever is earlier.