QUOTE(roystevenung @ Apr 8 2013, 08:40 AM)
No, medical card does not work like that. For a medical card that is guaranteed renewal, if you've already made substantial amount of claims, the next policy year the annual limit will be refreshed, and you can claim up to the maximum lifetime limit it allows you to do so.
For a medical card that is not guaranteed to be renewed, once substantial claims had been made, the next year even if you are able to pay for the premium, the insurer will deny the medical card.
However, do note that once a substantial amount of claim has been made, there is a possibility of the condition may be excluded or even rejected for
UPGRADING or getting a
SECOND medical card from the same or from another insurance company.
If the claim is under Critical Illness claim, policy with waiver will also waived the future premiums paid, subject to the terms and conditions as stipulated in the 36 Critical Illness.
Waiver of premiums here means the insurer will take over the policy and pay on our behalf and
it does not mean that the policy is FREE.
For example, if the person was diagnosed with cancer at age 30, survived it, and the medical card is up to age 80, the premiums will be waived till age 80.
However, at older age the insurance charges may still go up and if there is not enough funds to cover the increased insurance charges, we are still required to
do top ups in order to maintain the policy.
Hence, if the policy is with a large Critical illness being attached to the policy, claiming that out would 'free' up the premium and the premium paid by the insurer will automatically be allocated to buying you even more units into your cash values.
That would at least provide some peace of mind that the policy will not need to be top up at later years.
/promo Prudential medical cards are guaranteed to be renewed

Your info is very accurate
I would however want to caution those holding very old life insurance policies on one important point
If you look at the conditions, one of it may state that ALL RIDERS ARE CANCELLED, once a critical illness claim is made
These riders may even include Medical Insurance coverage which may have given GUARANTEED RENEWAL every year
Premium takeover by insurer is for BASIC POLICY ONLY.... especially Whole-Life & Endowment policies
This is in contrast to the newer policies, which allow the riders to continue.
Maybe Insurers s may have offered the upgrade as additional benefit to existing policyholders anyway ( this I don't know)
However if you have reviewed your policy (with a knowledgeable agent) then you would have been alerted to this shortcoming