Why do you need Life Insurance?

Life is full of uncertainties & you can’t really presume that your future is devoid of risks, so to be safe one has to get himself insured so that his dependents are offered with financial help in any unforeseen event.
Life Insurance caters to your following requirements :
• Financial Security to your family
• Saving options for Children through Children Insurance Plans
• Investment & saving options
• Protection of your home mortgage
• Saving options for Retirement through Pension plans

Jeevan Nischay

It is a single premium policy:
(1) 6% guaranteed Compound Interest with
(2) possibility of some extra interest in form of Loyalty Additions.
(3) Insurance cover 5 times of premium if it happens in first year.
(4) In case of the death in subsequent years, the death benefit is equal to the maturity sum assured.
(5) In case of the death in last year of the policy, death benefit is equal to the maturity sum assured with declared loyalty additions.

Jeevan Mangal - A Micro Insurance Product

Jeevan Mangal is a term assurance plan with return of premium on maturity providing for a sum assured (risk cover) ranging from minimum of Rs.10,000/- to maximum of Rs.50,000/- with an optional accident benefit rider, together providing for total death benefit equal to double the sum assured, on death due to accident.

Flexible modes of premium payment have been provided ranging from weekly, fortnightly, monthly, quarterly, half-yearly, annually and a single premium payment option has also been provided.

LIC- Anmol Jeevan

Anmol Jeevan: This is pure Life Insurance Term plan. The plan is available to standard & sub standard lives (upto Class VI).
You need to submit a standard age proof with the proposal form.
Feature of Anmol Jeevan
1. Entry Age- Minimum age- 18years & maximum age 55years.
2. Policy Term- Minimum 5yeras & maximum 65years of tenure.
3. Sum Assured- Minimum Rs.5, 00,000/- & maximum Less than 25, 00,000.
4. Mode of Premium- Yearly, Half- Yearly and Single premium.
Other Features of Anmol Jeevan
a. Sum Assured Rebate: In case of regular premium payment the rebate is NIL.
b. Mode Rebate: In case of yearly mode the annual premium is of 1% and NIL in case of 6months.
c. The policy does not require any paid-up value.
d. No surrender value is available under this policy too.
e. No claim concession will be applicable to this policy.

JEEVAN SARAL - ATM PLAN

'JEEVAN SARAL' is a unique plan having good features of the conventional plans and the flexibility of unit-linked plans.

Salient Features
Risk Coverage : First policy which provides 250 times of basic monthly premium + Return of premiums + Loyality Addition (if any).
Children between age 1 to 12 years are eligible.
Term Assurance Rider Option: An amount equal to the Term Assurance Sum Assured is payable only on death of the policyholder during the policy term.
Benefits
Maturity Benefits: Maturity S.A. + Loyality Additions, if the policy was in force for a minimum of 10 policy years.
Death Benefit: 250 times the monthly basic premium + return of premium paid (excluding extra/rider premium and 1st year premium) + Loyality additions, if any.

Surrender Value: Policy can be surrenered after a minimum 3 years premiums have been paid. Surrender Value will be more than Guaranteed Surrender Value.
Guaranteed Surrender Value: Guaranteed Surrender Value will be equal to 30% of the total premiums paid (excluding the 1st year premium + all the extra premiums + accident benefit + term rider premiums).
Special Surrender Value:
If less than 4 years premiums paid - 80% of the maturity S.A.
Between 4 & less than 5 years premiums paid - 90% of maturity S.A.
If 5 years and above premiums paid - 100% of maturity S.A.

Interest from the date of first unpaid premium till the date of surrender in above 3 points. Interest to be paid is taken in whole months and fraction of a month will be ignored.
Loyality Additions, if any, valued as at 31st March, preceding the date or surrender will be paid.
Paid up Value: The policy will acquire paid-up value if atleast 3 years premium have been paid.
Partial Surrender: A portion of the policy can be surrendered and money can be received from LIC, if premiums, have been paid for a minimum of 3 years, subject to the following conditions:
The basic annual premium and all other benefits will be reduced to the extent of partial surrender.

If a policy loan is outstanding, partial surrender is not allowed.
Any no. of times, partial surrender is allowed.
There should be a gap of minimum of one year between two successive partial surrenders.
The mimum basic annual premium that can be surrender at a time is Rs.1,200/- p.a. and should be in mumtiples of Rs.600/- p.a. thereafter.
The reduced basic annual premium after surrender shouldnot be less than Rs.3,000/- p.a. for age upto 49 years and Rs.4,800/- p.a. for age 50 and above.
The accident benefit, term rider benefit and additional premium payable will also be reduced proportionately.

Restrictions
Minimum Age at Entry : 12 years
Maximum Age at Entry : 60 years
Maximum Maturity Age : 70 years
Minimum Term : 10 years
Maximum Term : 35 years
For Age 12 to 49 years : Minimum Premium is Rs.250/- p.m.
For Age 50 to 60 years : Minimum Premium is Rs.400/- p.m.
Maximum Premium : Rs. 10,000/- p.m.
Premium in multiples of Rs. 50/- p.m. thereafter
Mode of Premium : Yearly, Half-Yearly, Quarterly, Monthly
Accident Benefit & Disability is allowed (with extra premium) Standard age proof required.

Will you get complete insurance reimbursement

No, it is all subject to a deduction or depreciation at the rates mentioned below in respect of parts replaced

1 For all rubber/nylon/plastic parts 50%
2 For fiber glass components 30%
3 For all parts made of glass Nil

For all other parts depreciation will be as below
Age of the vehicle % of Depreciation
Below 6 months Nil
6-12 months 5%
1-2 Years 10%
2-3 Years 15%
3-4 Years 25%
4-5 Years 35%
5-10 Years 40%
Exceeding 10 Years 50%

Car Insurance Policy- What does it covers

Car Insurance Policy
Part1 - Loss of or damage to the vehicle insured
The company will reimburse the insured against the loss or damage to the vehicle insured for the following:
1) by fire, explosion, self ignition or lightning
2) by burglary, housebreaking or theft
3) by riot & strike
4) by earthquake
5) by flood, typhoon, hurricane, storm, tempest, inundation, cyclone
6) by accidental external means
7) by malicious act
8) by terrorist activity
9) whilst in transit by road, rail, inland-waterway, lift, elevator or air
10) by land slide, rockslide

Part II- Liability to third parties
1) Death of or bodily injury to any person including occupants carried in the vehicle (provided the occupants are not carried for hire or reward)
2) Damage to the property other than property belonging to the insured

Part III - Personal accident cover for owner diver

Due to bodily injury/death sustained by the owner-driver of the vehicle by violent accidental external and visible means which independent of any other cause shall within six calendar months of such injury results in

Nature of injury Scale of Compensation

Death 100%

Loss of two limbs or sight of two eyes or one limb & sight of one eye 100%

Loss of one limb or sight of one eye 50%

Permanent total disablement from injuries other than named above 100%

What should be the Insurance Amount

The rule of thumb in financial planning says that life cover should be worth 6-7 times of your current annual income.

If your current annual income is 4 lakh then the insurance policy should provide a cover of Rs 24 lakh.
This calls for a pure-risk policy, which offers an extensive cover at minimal cost. Hybrid investment products, with moiney back option cost several times more for the same amount of risk cover.

A term plan is the best option when the purpose is life cover.

Cheap Car Insurance

A simple way to get really cheap car insurance is to improve your car's security and safety features.
2) Install anti-theft devices.
3) If your vehicle is well-equipped with a good number of security features, you are more likely to get a discount.
4) Avoid taking small claims , this will help you in long run, No claim bonus (NCB) can go upto 50% , this will save your insurance cost.

5) Do not let your coverage lapse, even for a short time. You will end up losing your car insurance discounts, and most insurance companies do not want to insure and uninsured driver.

Are you Insured-Term Life Insurance

Have you taken enough life insurance to ensure that if you die too early your family will get a sum that will ensure that they do not have to make any adjustments in their life style?
If you died tomorrow would your spouse or family have sufficient funds to pay the mortgage, pay off credit card debts or send the children to college?

Term life is a pure risk cover which provides a tax-free death benefit to your dependents in case of your early or unfortunate demise within the term of the policy. If you do not die within the term, the policy expires and you receive nothing.

Term plans are not the favourite of many of the life advisors because they get low commission on their sale. So they do not recommend the same to their clients .

The other reason why term plans are not favorite is because its very hard for most of us to grasp the concept of insurance as purely a death cover. We still want to get something back if we do not die during the policy term.

LIC’s Jeevan Saral V/s Monthly Recurring Scheme

*This is like a Post Office’s R.D. Scheme. You can deposit Yearly, Half-yearly, Quarterly or Monthly (ECS) in LIC Scheme.

*Maturity received in LIC Scheme is Tax Free under section 10(10D) of Income Tax Act.

*You can withdraw partial or full amount if necessary after 3 years.

*The amount deposited in LIC is exempted under section 80C of Income Tax Act.
You can continue LIC Scheme after 10 years . You cannot continue Post Office Scheme after 10 years.

*In case of death 250 Times monthly premium + total premium paid (- 1st year premium & extra premium paid) + L.A., if any, payable.

*If you forget to take maturity at the end of 10 years, you can get return beyond 10 years in LIC Scheme. This is not available in Post Office Scheme.

*Age group 12 to 60 years

*This Policy has earned Golden Peacock Award.

LIC introduces scheme for the underprivileged

PUNE: The Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) has announced a special life insurance scheme for the underprivileged, those whose income patterns are highly irregular and unpredictable.

Partha Samal, senior divisional manager for LIC's Pune divisional office, told media persons on Tuesday that the scheme will offer life insurance cover of between Rs 10,000 and Rs 50,000 to persons falling in this category for a nominal premium of Rs 15 per week onwards. The scheme, targeted at the ABCD or bottom of the pyramid' population, is being introduced on the occasion of LIC's anniversary. "The person covered under this policy can pay a very small premium to get insurance protection of up to Rs 50,000," Samal said, adding that considering the nature of the policy, the corporation has decided to market it through non-governmental organisations (NGOs) working for the betterment of these people. A policy-holder under this scheme will get the amount of the accumulated premium back at the end of the policy term, Samal informed.

He said 25 NGOs have been identified by LIC for distribution of these policies. Samal said that LIC's Pune division has achieved a high 98 per cent death claim settlement ratio and claims worth Rs 260 crore (including death and maturity) were settled during the year ended March 2009.

Samal said LIC has maintained its leading position in the life insurance business with a market share of 60 per cent. The corporation has been able to attract investors to many of its guaranteed returns schemes as the interest rates on bank deposits have nose-dived, he said. Also popular is LIC's pension plan Jeevan Akshay (now in its sixth series) because of its flexibility and relevance for the investors, he stated

Claim LIC benefits from any branch by 2011

The country's largest insurer Life Insurance Corporation, has decided to operationalise a system within two years that will allow policy holders to claim benefits and pay premium at any of its over 2,100 branches.

"Premium payment can be done from anywhere in India. That's what we have done it. Now claim payment we would like to take it to any office. That's next major issue," LIC [ Get Quote ] chairman T S Vijayan told PTI.
"Once all documents are available on the net then any office can do it. As I said it depends on the completion of EDMS (Enterprise Document Management System) project which we plan to complete by 2011," he said.
It will enable LIC to extend 'AnywhereAnytime' service, he added

Self-investing vs Financial Planner

Whether to opt for the services of a financial advisor or not is another dilemma faced by investors. This dilemma has been heightened after SEBI (Securities and Exchange Board of India) has allowed investors to invest directly in mutual funds without paying entry load. Per se, investing on your own or through a financial planner is not a dilemma. It’s a decision that can be made easily based on whether you have the ability and time to define your investment objectives clearly with a financial plan on how to achieve them. Then you need access to research, which is necessary to help you select the right investment option in the right allocation. If you feel upto the task of making these decisions on your own and tracking them post-investment, then you can invest on your own. Else it is advisable to employ the services of a financial planner.

Where should I pay my premium?

Is there a way in which your premium can be paid automatically?

You can pay your life insurance premium through any of the following channels:
· Insurance offices: Main office or branch offices

· The Internet: Through banks that your insurance company has tie-ups with

· The bank: You can provide your bank with standing instructions (auto-pay) to debit your

account as and when the insurance premium becomes payable, or use phone-banking facilities

· Authorised service providers such as BillJunction.com or BillDesk.com

HEALTH PROTECTION PLUS

LIC launches a unique Health Insurance Plan “HEALTH PROTECTION PLUS”

Health is a major concern on everybody’s mind these days. With sky rocketing medicalexpenses, the possibility of any illness leading to hospitalisation or surgery is a constant source of anxiety unless the family has actively provided for funds to meet such an eventuality. Financial planning regarding Health is, therefore, very important as any emergency might force one to dip into one’s savings which would have been reserved for other goals. The purpose of health insurance is to help you in any such a situation. Most families rarely provide for health insurance, and even if they do, it is grossly inadequate.

LIC has always been sensitive to the changing needs of the Society and has respondedsuitably by introducing matching products to suit these needs. Its latest offering on Health front is “Health Protection Plus”.

LIC’s Health Protection Plus plan is a unique long term health insurance plan that offers health insurance covers for the entire family (husband, wife and the children) – Hospital Cash Benefit (HCB) and Major Surgical Benefit (MSB) along with a ULIP component (investment in the form of Units) that is specifically designed to meet Domiciliary Treatment Benefit (DTB) / Out Patient Department (OPD) expenses for the insured members.

Hospital Cash Benefit (HCB) is a daily benefit payable in case of hospitalization . It can range from Rs.250/- to Rs.2500/- for the Principal Insured (the person who proposes for insurance). For the Spouse or the children, the maximum amount of HCB is Rs.1500/-. The amount of daily benefit doubles in case of hospitalization in ICU. The IDB (Initial Daily Benefit) is applicable during the first year of risk cover. The amount of daily HCB willincrease @ 5% simple p.a. every year on policy anniversary until it hits a cap of 1.5 times the initial benefit.

Major Surgical Benefit (MSB): In the event of the insured undergoing one of the major surgeries defined in the the policy, a lump sum benefit (regardless of the actual costs incurred) equivalent to the percentage of the sum assured mentioned against that surgery will be payable. The sum assured for major surgical benefits will be 200 times of the HCB you choose.

Domiciliary Treatment Benefit (DTB): The Principal Insured can claim an amount equivalent to the actual expense he or she has incurred in respect of any domiciliary treatment or to meet the medical expenses incurred over and above the hospital cash/major surgical benefits in respect of either oneself or the others insured under the policy.

Both HCB and MSB covers are available subject to a waiting period from thecommencement of the risk cover – in respect of each insured member: No death insurance cover is available under the plan.

All eligible existing family members are to be covered at the beginning (proposal stage) itself. New members can however be added under certain specified conditions.

Modes of Payment allowed are: Yearly, Half-Yearly, & Monthly (ECS Mode only). The premiums allocated to purchase units will be strictly invested in a Health Protection Plus Fund (Income and Growth – Low Risk).

One of the important features of the Plan that makes it doubly attractive is thatthe premiums paid under the policy are eligible for Tax Rebate under Section 80(D)of Income Tax Act, 1961.

What is covered in Third party car insurance?

Third party insurance covers you against death or injury (caused by your vehicle) to pedestrians, passengers and pillion riders, occupants of other vehicles, and outsiders other than passengers. In case of commercial passenger vehicles, it insures owners against death or injury caused to the passengers by their vehicle.

What is Money Back Policy?

Unlike ordinary endowment insurance plans where the survival benefits are payable only at the end of the endowment period, money back policies provide for periodic payments of partial survival benefits during the term of the policy, of course so long as the policy holder is alive.
An important feature of this type of policies is that in the event of death at any time within the policy term, the death claim comprises full sum assured without deducting any of the survival benefit amounts, which may have already been paid as money-back components. Similarly, the bonus is also calculated on the full sum assured.

For More details visit:

http://www.insuranceindiamart.com/The_Money_Back_Insurance_Policy_20_Years.aspx

Insurance Delhi

Important facts regarding Health insurance Delhi is:

• Insurance company will not cover any illness/ailment which already existed at the time of first obtaining the insurance cover. However, some companies cover such conditions after, two or four continuous renewals; they start covering the pre-existing illness after that.
• The policy provides for reimbursement of hospitalization/ domiciliary hospitalization expenses for illness/diseases suffered or accidental injuries sustained by the insured during the policy period.
• Mediclaim covers pre-hospitalisation (30 days) and post-hospitalisation (60days) expenses also if they are connected with the sickness / accident for which the hospitalisation takes place.
• It is that condition of the patient in which he cannot be moved to the hospital or if there is no bed available in any of the hospitals, then the treatment is taken at home and if it is given like the treatment given at the hospital, then in such situation, it is reimbursable.
• Facility is a service wherein the insured can get admitted and can settle all hospitalization expenses at the time of discharge from hospital. The settlement is done directly by the insurance company, that’s why it’s a cashless facility where you are provided with the claim there and then at the time of settling the bills, the hospital directly contacts with the insurance company and settle the claim.
• A Health Card is that card which comes along with the policy which would entitle you to get cashless claim at any of the company’s network hospitals.
• Medical tests is required after 45 years of age.
• The medical check up has to be taken only once, during the inception of taking a policy and only if you are 46 years of age or above.
• The Critical Illness policy covers five major illnesses • Cancer.• Kidney failure.• Organ transplant.• Multiple sclerosis and.• Coronary artery surgery (20 percent of Sum Insured)
• As long as the policyholder was not suffering from any of the illnesses, the pre-existing illness exclusion applies to the Critical Illness policy also.
• A floater Policy is issued with a single sum insured covering number of individuals. The family is covered for a fixed amount and anyone in the family can avail of the benefit till the limit is exhausted. In short, it is one single policy which takes care of the hospitalization expenses of your entire family.
• Some plans offer a discount in premium. Others offer an increase in your benefit amount for every claim-free year.
• There should be continuous renewal of the policies. If there is a break in insurance, the insured would lose the benefits of insurance in the event of any contingency. You will be prevented from the benefits of No claim Bonus in a claim free year. Moreover you will not be covered for Pre-existing diseases.
• You are covered with the health insurance policy as long as you are in the employer’s services. If tomorrow, you change your job, then you and your family will be barred of any medical emergency arises when you have not arranged for an alternative health insurance policy. It is at this point of time that an Individual or Family Floater Health Insurance policy will come to your rescue