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Facts You Should Know Before Buying  Any Insurance Plan:

• The duty for insurance buyer (insured) and the insurance company (insured) to disclose all relevant facts.

  It is a must for insurance contract to have legal validity.

  There t property, right, interest, life or potential liability capability of being insured and it should be subject matter of insurance.

  The insured must bear a legal relationship to the subject matter such that he stands to benefit by the safety of the property, right, interest, life or freedom of liability

   It should be realized the he must stand lose by any loss, damage, injury or creation of liability.

  A person has unlimited liability of his own life.

  Spouses are presumed to have insurable interest in each other’s life.

  A person can not insure his brother; sister though may be dependent on him.

• Any application posing unreasonable risk can be declined by insurer.

Insurance regulation are governed by

1. LIC Act, 1956

   (Formation Of LIC, the exclusive amendment for special privileges for LIC on 1999.)

   IRDA (Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority Act, 1999.

   For development of Insurance sector.

   Consumer Protection Act, 1986

    The act covers private, public and cooperative sector for all good and services they render.

2. Redressal of Public grievances Rules, 1998

   ( to resolve all the complaints relating  to claims on the part of insurance company in a cost effective, efficient ad impartial manner. All insurance company will gives list of Redressal cell on their documents)

• Partial or total rejection of claim

  Dispute regarding premium paid or payable in terms of in term of policy relating to claims.

  Delay in settlement of claims

• Non Issue of any insurance documents to customer after receipt of premium.

5. Income Tax Act, 1961

Click here for more details of current tax structure and benefit available in various sections of Insurance plans and other income revenues.

Insurance plan available in market today can be of four categories

Ø      Risk Cover,

§         Protection Plan, Term Insurance

Ø      Investment

§         Whole Life Insurance §         Endowment Insurance

Ø      Health Cover Ø      Annuities

            Pension Plans

The insured’s legal heir gets the benefit of insurance amount when a person dies during the term of the policy.             The term insurance can be of following types

•                         Level Term Insurance: The premium and the Insured amount (Sum Assured) never increases or decreases through out the term of the policy.

                          Decreasing Term Insurance: The premium remains same through out the period but the benefit decreases. Persons taking mortgage loan prefer this plan.

                          Increasing Term Insurance: Both Premium and benefit increases periodically. It helps erode inflations

                          Renewable Term Insurance: Policy can be taken again without providing fresh health evidence.

                          Convertible Term Insurance: Policy holder can convert this plan to a saving plan without providing fresh health evidence.

•                         Term Insurance with Return Of premium: The premium an insured pays for term insurance return back after expiry of his term on his survival.

Find out the insurance companies providing term insurance.

These insurance police provide risk cover through out the life. See the list of Insurance plan available with different insurance companies

Endowment Insurance:

            Pure Endowment: Only if the insured survived the term the benefit will be payable. But with combination of term plan it provides benefit either on death or survives of insured. See the list of Insurance plan available with different insurance companies

Annuities starts when Life Insurance ends.  An individual or his/her dependants gets a series of periodic return from the insurer over a number of years.             Immediate Annuities: It starts as son as the it is purchased. When a person reaches his retirement age and has a lump sum to invest he prefers this plan. His legal heirs continue to get the remaining installment on death of the person who purchases the immediate annuity.             Deferred Annuity:  Individual pays premium in installments or in a single payment and the annuity start after the specified age or term.

See the list of Insurance plan available with different insurance companies

This plans offered some fixed amount to the insured if they suffered from any specified diseases. Typically they available to the main policies as Riders

1.      Critical Illness Riders. (Click to see different rider available with insurance companies.) 2.      Dreaded deases Rider (Click to see different rider available with insurance companies.) 3.      Major Surgical Assistance Benefit Rider (Click to see different rider available with insurance companies.)

4.      Accident Disability Benefit Rider (Click to see different rider available with insurance companies.

 Beside Employer- Employee, any member or subscription based groups of any kind ca be covered under Group Policy.

1.             Contributory Plans : Employee( insured) pays a share of premium

2.             Non Contributory Plans: Employee ( Insured) does not contribute to the premium.

•  EDLI: Employee Depository Linked Insurance Plan:  Contributes to PPF accounts by Employer

  Non EDLI :  Contribution increases as the wages of employee increases.

                          Group Gratuity Schemes: On attainment of retirement , cessesation of service, or on event of death, employer provide benefit to his employee by contributing on group gratuity scheme. Gratuity payment as such not come under preview of Life Insurance. But it is well marketed as Group Gratuity – cum-Life Assured Scheme. It provides employers to benefit its employee largely.

   Group Superannuation: A contribution made by company towards pension benefits of an employee

  Group Saving Linked Insurance Scheme( GSLI)

  The saving made by each contributor are return with interests at the time of retirement.  On death whatever cover was taken along with the accumulated saving returned to the heir of insured.

  Voluntary Retirement Benefit ( VRS): It is in the form of Annuity payments till the normal date of retirement.

  Group Leave Encashment scheme: It is mandated for employer to fund the liability with respect to Leave Encashment.

  Group Annuity Schemes

  Annuity taken for a group of people is called Group Annuity Schemes. The annuities will be paid to directly by the insurance companies to the pension holder.

  Group Credit Term Schemes:

• This beneficial for banks, financial institution who lend money for individual or a group.

Find the companies providing Group Insurance Policies .