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Exam Details

Health Insurance (HI) Module

For Whom

All life and general insurance intermediaries and company staff members who are involved in advising and / or selling any Health Insurance products including:

  • Medical Expense Insurance
  • Disability Income Insurance
  • Long-Term Care Insurance
  • Critical Illness Insurance
  • Managed Healthcare Insurance

Those who provide advice on and / or arrange contracts of insurance in respect of the Health Insurance products that contain only critical illness benefits and / or hospital income benefits are not required to comply with such requirement, provided that they have obtained passes in the Certification in General Insurance - Basic Insurance Concepts & Principles and Personal General Insurance, or Capital Markets & Financial Advisory Services (CMFAS) Module 9: Life Insurance and Investment-Linked Policies.

For details, please refer to the latest Notice No: MAS 117 from the MAS Website at:www.mas.gov.sg.

Objective 
To ensure insurance intermediaries and company staff members who are involved in advising and / or selling Health Insurance products have the requisite knowledge of the healthcare environment in Singapore, as well as the various types of Health Insurance products in the insurance market.

Contents 

Chapter 1 - Overview Of Healthcare Environment In Singapore 
Chapter 2 - Medical Expense Insurance 
Chapter 3 - Group Medical Expense Insurance 
Chapter 4 - Disability Income Insurance 
Chapter 5 - Long-Term Care Insurance 
Chapter 6 – Critical Illness Insurance
Chapter 7 – Other Types of Health Insurance
Chapter 8 – Managed Healthcare
Chapter 9 – Healthcare Financing
Chapter 10 – Common Policy Provisions
Chapter 11 – Health Insurance Pricing
Chapter 12 – Health Insurance Underwriting
Chapter 13 - Notice No: MAS 120 – Disclosure And Advisory Process Requirements For Accident And Health Insurance Products
Chapter 14 – Financial Needs Analysis
Chapter 15 – Case Studies

Structure & Format 
50 multiple-choice questions.

Duration 
1 hour 15 minutes.

Minimum Passing Grade & Result Slip 
70% 
One mark will be awarded for each correct answer. No mark will be awarded or deducted for any wrong or blank answer.

No certificate will be issued. Only Result Slip will be issued.

Examination & Registration Fees (inclusive of prevailing GST) 

For details, please refer to the Exam Fees section.

Study Materials / Updates
Candidates would use the eBook to prepare for their examinations. Please note that hard copy study texts will no longer be issued. Any updates to the contents of the study text will be incorporated into the eBook. You may refer to the Version Control Record found at the back of the eBook to check the updates.

For details, please refer to Study Texts section.

Examination Mode 
English Medium - Computer Screen Examination (CSE) 

The candidate can self-study for the closed book examination.

Examination Frequency & Schedule 
The examination in English (CSE) is conducted daily on weekday. 

For details of the examination dates, please refer to the Examination Schedule.

Examination Resitting 
There is no limit on the number of times that a candidate can sit for an examination.

Exemption 
For a list of approved exemptions, please refer to SCI website at: http://www.scicollege.org.sg

Registration 
For details, please refer to the Examination Registration Policies. 

CPD Hours 
Upon passing the examination for this module, you are entitled to 1.25 CPD Hours.

Recognition Of Prior Learning (RPL) Credits Awarded By The Chartered Insurance Institute, United Kingdom (CII)

All candidates who pass the HI examination are eligible to apply for 10 Certificate-level non-unit specific credits in the Insurance qualifications framework at the following link: www.cii.co.uk/prior-learning. Candidates are however advised to familiarise themselves with the CII RPL Scheme rules and application process before submitting their applications.

Please take note that the above-mentioned CII RPL Credits are valid until 31 January 2023.

It is the sole responsibility of the candidate concerned to apply directly to the CII for any RPL Credit subject to the terms and conditions as specified by the CII.

Please take note of the following important statement from the CII:

1. At its sole discretion the Chartered Insurance Institute reserves the right to make, amend and or withdraw credit awards for prior learning the subject of this application at any time, on due notice as it sees fit and without monetary compensation. Under no circumstances will the Chartered Insurance Institute accept any liability for consequential indirect or special losses or special damages of any kind arising out of or in any way connected with the awarding or withdrawal of credit awards for prior learning.

2. The award of credits for prior learning in the CII's qualification framework is a privilege and not a right and it is expressly agreed that there is no intent to bring legal relations into being or otherwise establish a contractual relationship between the parties.

Programme Changes 
SCI solely reserves the right whether or not to accept any candidate, or to make any changes (including the fees) owing to any unforeseen circumstances, or when it considers necessary or appropriate to do so.