A life insurance cover helps you secure the financial future of everyone dependent on your income in the event of your death. Nobody can help overcome the loss of a dear one, but imagine that along with this loss the surviving members of the family are hard-pressed to maintain their lifestyles because they were partially or fully dependent on the income of the deceased. Getting an adequate life cover is absolutely essential if the sum of the total value of your assets (other than the home you stay in) less your total liabilities (including any home loan, car loan or personal loan you might have outstanding) is less than 150 times your current monthly expenses. The shortfall would be the recommended amount of life cover you should seek. At ApnaPaisa, we help you reach out to a maximum of 5 service providers who will propose alternative plans that you can compare based on:
- Life Cover (also known as Sum Assured)
- Annual Premium
- Additional Riders Offered
Often customers get lured into combining their life cover requirements with an investment objective. We do not recommend this approach because it is always a lot more affordable to opt for a term insurance policy and invest the savings on the annual premium into any savings instrument of your choice - be it PPF, Fixed Deposits, Mutual Funds or even shares.
ULIPs
ULIPs combine benefits of insurance and mutual funds, investing a portion of the insurance premium in debt funds or bonds or listed equities and gives a return on investment.Apnainsurance.com Research Bureau
20 Dec 2007
Unit-linked Insurance Plans (ULIPs) combine the benefits of life insurance policies with mutual funds. A certain part of the premium is invested in listed equities/debt funds/bonds, and the balance is used to provide for life insurance and fund management expenses. Yields earned on investments i.e. the value of the investment or the sum assured, whichever is higher, is paid to the insured or nominee. This varies from company to company i.e. some insurance companies pay the value of the investment in addition to the sum assured.
See also:
FAQs on Life Insurance BasicsLife Insurance FAQs on Premiums
Life Insurance FAQs on Claims
Life Insurance FAQs on Insurance Company and Insurance Agent
Children's Life Insurance Policies
Endowment Insurance Plans
Money-back Life Insurance Plan
Term Life Insurance Plan
Whole Life Insurance Plans