Insurance and pension services (excluding reinsurance services) - GST - Services Code / Scheme of Classification of Services

Scheme of Classification of Services S.No. Chapter, Section, Heading or Group Service Code (Tariff) Service Description (1) (2) (3) (4) 184 Group 99713 Insurance and pension services (excluding reinsurance services) 185 997131 pension services 186 997132 Life insurance services (excluding reinsurance services) 187 997133 Accident and health insurance services 188 997134 Motor vehicle insurance services 189 997135 Marine, aviation, and other transport insurance services 190 997136 Freight insurance services and travel insurance services 191 997137 Other property insurance services 192 997139 Other non-life insurance services (excluding reinsurance services) Explanatory Notes:- Based on the Modified Version of the United Nations Central Product Classification (UNCPC) 99713 - Insurance and pension services (excluding reinsurance services) 997131 - pension services This service code includes: - underwriting services of annuities, i.e. plans which provide income payments at regular intervals .Plans may require a single contribution or a series of contributions; may be compulsory or optional; may have nominal benefits determined in advance or dependent on the market value of aspects supporting the plan; and, if related to employment, may or may not be portable with a change in employment. The duration of the period during which benefits are paid may be fixed in terms of a minimum or maximum; there may or may not be survivors benefits. - underwriting services of plans which provide income payments at regular intervals to members of groups. Plans may require a single contribution or a series of contributions; may be compulsory or optional; may have nominal benefits determined in advance or dependent on the market value of assets supporting the plan; and, if related to employment, may or may not be portable with a change in employment. The duration of the period during which benefits are paid may be fixed in terms of a minimum or maximum; there may or may not be survivors benefits. This service code does not include: - portfolio management services (except pension funds), cf.997153 - trust services, cf. 997154 - pension fund management services, cf. 997164 - pension fund administration, cf. 997169 997132 - Life insurance services (excluding reinsurance services) This service code includes: - underwriting services of insurance policies which provide for the payment of claims to beneficiaries contingent upon the death of the insured individual or upon the maturation of the policy. Policies may provide pure protection or may also contain a savings component. Policies may cover individuals or members of groups. This service code does not include: - accidental death insurance services, cf. 997133 997133 - Accident and health insurance services This service codes includes: - underwriting services of insurance policies which provide accidental death and dismemberment insurance, that is, payment in the event than an accident results in death or loss of one or more bodily members (such as hands or feet) or the sight of one or both eyes - underwriting services of insurance policies which provide protection for hospital and medical expenses not covered by government programmes and, usually, other health-care expenses such as prescribed drugs, medical appliances, ambulance, private duty nursing, etc. - underwriting services of insurance policies which provide protection for dental expenses - underwriting services of insurance policies which provide periodic payments when the insured is unable to work as a result of a disability due to illness or injury This service code does not include: - life insurance services, cf. 997132 - travel insurance services, cf. 997136 997134 - Motor vehicle insurance services This service codes includes: - underwriting services of insurance policies which cover risks relating to the use of motor vehicles, including those used to transport paying passengers. Risks covered include liability and loss of or damage to the vehicle. - freight motor vehicle insurance services 997135 - Marine, aviation, and other transport insurance services This service code includes: - underwriting services of insurance policies which cover risks relating to the use of commercial passenger and freight vessels, whether operating on oceans, coastal waterways or inland waterways, commercial aircraft, railway rolling stock - satellite launching insurance services Note: Risks covered include liability, hull damage or loss of the vessel, and loss of or damage to aircraft or railway rolling stock This service code does not include: - underwriting services of insurance policies for non-commercial vessels and aircraft cf. 997133 997136 - Freight insurance services Travel insurance services This service code includes: - underwriting services of insurance policies which provide coverage, additional to that provided by transport companies, for risks of damage to or loss of freight - underwriting services of insurance policies which provide protection for travel related expenses (typically provided in a package), such as trip cancellation, interruption or delay, lost, delayed or damaged luggage, accident and health medical expenses, repatriation of remains This service code does not include: - motor vehicle insurance, cf. 997134 997137 - Other property insurance services This service code includes: - underwriting services of insurance policies which cover risks of damage to or loss of property excluding that covered in service code 99 7134 (Motor vehicle insurance services), 997135 (Marine, aviation, and other transport insurance services) and 997136 (Freight insurance services). Risks covered may include fire, theft, explosion, storm, hail, frost, natural forces, radioactive contamination and land subsidence - underwriting services of insurance policies for non-commercial vessels and aircraft - underwriting services of insurance policies for boilers and machinery, which covers property spoilage from lack of power, light, heat, steam or refrigeration 997139 - Other non-life insurance services (excluding reinsurance services) This service code includes: - underwriting services of insurance policies which cover risks of all types of liability including liability for defective products, bodily injury, property damage, pollution, malpractice, etc., other than liability covered in service code 997134 (Motor vehicle insurance services), 997135 (Marine, aviation and other transport insurance services) and 997137 (Other property insurance services) - underwriting services of insurance policies which cover risks of excessive credit losses because of debtor insolvency - underwriting services of insurance policies which cover risks of nonperformance or failure to satisfy a contractual financial obligation by a party to a contract or agreement - underwriting services of policies for legal expense insurance, mortgage insurance, fidelity insurance or title insurance - underwriting services of insurance policies which cover risks of miscellaneous financial loss, that is, expenses arising from the following risks: loss of employment, insufficiency of income (general), bad weather, loss of benefits, continuing general expenses, unforeseen trading expenses, loss of market value, loss of rent or revenue, indirect trading losses (other than those mentioned above), other financial loss (non-trading) and other forms of loss - underwriting services of insurance policies which cover other non-life risks n.e.c.