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NRI Country Residence Ratings

 

Annexure A- REVISED RESIDENCE GROUPS 2016

This section deals with Residence Ratings applicable to different countries which are divided in to 5 groups. Common features are :

1.  There are few restrictions on high risk plans and also mode of payment in some cases depending on Residence group/ nature of job/employment undertaken. Sum assured is restricted to certain limit depending on the country group and earning capacity of the proposer.

2.  Housewives and children are not given insurance cover in respect of class-I to III.

3.  KMI, Partnership Insurance, Critical illness rider are generally not allowed.

4.  Please refer plan details under Product under our website www.licindia.in.

5.  Jeevan Akshay plan is allowed to FNIOs having valid overseas citizen of India (OCI) card subject to certain terms and conditions.

6.  Occupations involving more risk, excessive manual labour, hazardous environment etc. would be dealt with separately.

7.  These are the general guidelines and the decision of the underwriter would be final in all such matters.


1. Residence Group I :


Residence Group I will include the following 18 countries:


  Name of the country   Name of the country

1

Afghanistan

 

Liberia

2

Burundi

11

North Korea

3

Chad

12

Pakistan

4

Chechen Republic

13

Palestine

5

Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire)

14

Somalia

6

Haiti

15

Sudan

7

Iran

16

Western Sahara

8

Iraq

18

Yemen

9

Israel West Bank, Gaza, Jerusalem

18

Zimbabwe


NRIs and Foreign Nationals of Indian origin residing in the above countries will be allowed insurance cover without charging any residence extra only under single premium plans subject to some conditions.


2.  Residence Group II

Residence Group II will include the following 39 countries:


  Name of the country   Name of the country   CName of the country

1

Angola

14

Eritrea

26

Myanmar (Burma)

2

Armenia( Nagorno-Karabakh)

15

Ethiopia

27

Nepal (South Terrai Region, Birgank, Janakpura, Rangeli)

3

Azerbaijan (others)

16

Guatemala

28

Niue

4

Bangladesh ( Rangpur (district), Jhanjali, Machanganj, Mymensingh, Naogaon, Rohanpur, Rajshahi(district), Ishurdi,

17

Guinea

29

Papua New Guinea

5

Khulana(district), Sylhet(district) and Chittagong (district)

18

Guinea Bissau

30

Peru (Ayachuco, Apurimac, Cusco, Junin and Huancavelica regions, Ene Apurimac River Valley-VRAE)

6

Burkina Faso

19

Honduras

31

Peru (Ayachuco, Apurimac, Cusco, Junin and Huancavelica regions, Ene Apurimac River Valley-VRAE)

7

Cameroon

20

Indonesia, (Aceh, Papua, Central Sulawesi Maluku, border with East Timor)

32

Philippines (Mindanao, Sulu Archipelago, Zamboanga Peninsula) (Occupations other than Military, Security, Mineral Extraction & Energy sector)

8

Central African Republic

21

Ivory Coast

33

Russia (Chechnya, Dagestan, Ingushetia, Kabardino-Balkaria, Karachay-Cherkessia, North Ossetia)

9

Cote d Ivoire

22

Kyrgyzstan Rwanda Colombia Madagascar (others)

34

Rwanda

10

Colombia

23

Mali

35

Sierra Leone

11

Djibouti

24

Montserrat

36

Tajikistan

12

Ecuador (Carchi, Sucumbios, Imbabura, Esmeraldas)

25

Morocco( Other)

37

Togo

13

Equitorial Guinea-Malabo

26

Mozambique (Nampula, Manica, Sofala)

38

Uzbekistan

NRIs and Foreign Nationals of Indian origin residing in the above countries will be allowed insurance cover without charging any residence extra only under single premium plans subject to some conditions.


3.  Residence Group III

Residence Group III will consist of the following 7 countries:

  Countries   Countries
1 Comoros 4 Niger
2 Lebanon 5 Nigeria
3 Nicaragua 6 Turkmenistan
7 Uganda

NRIs and Foreign Nationals of Indian origin residing in the above countries will be allowed cover with a residence extra of Rs. 3 %0.


4.  Residence Group IV :

Residence Group IV will consist of the following 53 countries:

  Name of the country   Name of the country   Name of the country

1

Albania Georgia Mozambique (Others)

18

El Salvador Mongolia Vanuatu

35

Suriname

2

Algeria Ghana Namibia

19

Fez, Tangier, Marrakesh,

36

Swaziland

3

Armenia (Others) Guyana Nepal (Others)

20

Gabon Montenegro Zambia

37

Tanzania

4

Azerbaijan (Baku only) Indonesia (Others) Panama

21

Gambia (The Gambia)

38

Tibet (China)

5

Bangladesh (Others) Jamaica

22

Kazakhstan (Standard

39

Tunisia

6

Benin

23

Lebanon

40

Vanuatu

7

Bosnia Kenya Samoa

24

Morocco (Casablanca,

41

Zambia

8

Botswana Kiribati Sao Tome and Principe

25

Nicaragua

42

Jamaica

9

Cambodia Kosovo Senegal

26

Niger

43

Macedonia

10

Cape Verde Lesotho South Africa

27

Nigeria occupations only) other than police & Security)

44

Madeira

11

Comoros

28

Turkmenistan

45

Malawi

12

Costa Rica Macedonia Suriname

29

Uganda

46

Mauritania

13

Cusco, Junin & Huancavelica

30

Peru (Other than Lima) & (Other than Ayacucho, Apurimac, Cusco, Junin & Huancavelica Regions, Ene-Aurimac River Valley, (VRAE)

47

Moldova

14

Dominica Madeira Swaziland

31

Samoa

48

Mongolia

15

Dominican Republic Malawi Tanzania

32

Sao Tome and Principe

49

Montenegro

16

Ecuador (Others) Mauritania Tibet (China)

33

Senegal

50

Morocco (Casablanca, Fez, Tangier, Marrakesh, Sale, Meknes, Rabat)

17

Egypt Moldova Tunisia

34

South Africa

51

Panama

 

 

 

 

52

Algeria

 

 

 

 

53

Paraguay (others) (Occupation other than police & Security)

NRIs and Foreign Nationals of Indian origin residing in the above countries will be allowed cover with a residence extra of Rs. 2 %0..


W.e.f 03.10.2018 , For NRIs and FNIOs residing in the cities Nairobi, Metro ( including Nairobi city), Mombasa, Kisumu, Nakuru, Eldoret of Kenya , and in cities Daresalaam, Mwanza, Arusha, Dodoma( Capital), Zanzibar City, Mbeya of Tanzania , no residence extra is to be charged


Residence Group V

NRIs and Foreign Nationals of Indian Origin residing in the countries under Residence Group V will be allowed cover without charging any residence extra. Residence Group V will consist of the following 121 countries:


  Name of the country   Name of the country   Name of the country

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

Andorra

42

Greece

82

Poland

2

Anguilla

43

Greenland

83

Portugal

3

Antigua & Barbuda

44

Grenada

84

Qatar

4

Argentina

45

Guadeloupe

85

Reunion (France)

5

Aruba

46

Guam

86

Romania

6

Australia

47

Hong Kong (Part of China)

87

Russia (Others)

7

Austria

48

Hungary

88

S Korea

8

Bahamas

49

Iceland

89

San Marino

9

Bahrain

50

Ireland

90

Saudi Arabia

10

Barbados

51

Israel - Tel Aviv

91

Serbia

11

 

52

Israel-Other cities, except

92

 

12

Belarus

53

West Bank, Gaza, Jerusalem

93

Seychelles

13

Belgium

54

Italy

94

Singapore

14

Belize

55

Japan

95

Slovak rep

15

Bermuda

56

Jordan

96

Slovenia

16

Bhutan

57

Kuwait

97

Solomon Island

17

Bolivia

58

Laos

98

Spain

18

Brazil

59

Latvia

99

Sri Lanka

19

British Virgin Islands

60

Liechtenstein

100

St Kitts and Nevis

20

Brunei

61

Lithuania

101

St Lucia

21

Bulgaria

62

Luxembourg

102

St Martin (France & Holland)

22

Canada

63

Macau (part of China)

103

St Vincent and Grenadines

23

Canary Islands

64

Madagascar (Capital only)

104

Sweden

24

Cayman Islands

65

Malaysia

105

Switzerland

25

Chile

66

Maldives

106

Taiwan

26

China

67

Malta

107

Thailand

27

Croatia

68

Marshall Islands

108

Tonga ? Nukualofa

28

Cuba

69

Martinique ( France)

109

Trinidad & Tobago (TT)

29

Curacao

70

Mauritius

110

Turkey

30

Cyprus

71

Mexico

111

Turks and Caicos

31

Czech Republic

72

Micronesia

112

Tuvalu

32

Denmark

73

Monaco

113

U.A.E.

33

Estonia

74

Nauru

114

UK

34

Falkland Islands (UK)

75

Netherland Antilles

115

Uruguay

35

Fiji

76

Netherlands

116

US Virgin Islands

36

Finland

77

New Caledonia

117

USA

37

France

78

New Zealand

118

Vatican

38

French Guiana

79

Norway

119

Venezuela - Caracas

39

French Polynesia

80

Oman

120

Vietnam - Ho Chi Minh City

40

Germany

81

Palau

 

 

41

Gibraltar

82

Philippines (Occupations

 

 

Proposals from NRIs & FNIOs residing in the above 121 countries can be accepted without charging any residence extra