LIFE INSURANCE | LIC’s JEEVAN SARAL | LIC SPECIAL PLAN | BENEFITS | FEATURES | BENEFIT ILLUSTRATION

Life Insurance is a contract that pledges payment of an amount to the person assured (or his nominee) on the happening of the event insured against. LIC is the biggest life insurance company in India, insuring more than 220 million lives. It has a number of interesting policies.

Today’s world is very fast paced. It is imperative that each life is insured to give an individual security as well as those who are dependent him/her or living with him/her. Along with security and insurance benefits LIC’s Special Plans are opportunities that knock on your door once in a lifetime. These plans are a perfect blend of insurance as well as investment.

BENEFITS

Death Benefit:
250 times the monthly premium together with loyalty additions, if any, and return of premiums excluding first year premiums and extra/rider premium, if any, is payable in lump sum on death of the life assured during the term of the policy.

Maturity Benefit:
The Maturity Sum Assured plus Loyalty additions, if any, is payable in a lump sum.

Supplementary/Extra Benefits:
These are the optional benefits that can be added to your basic plan for extra protection/option. An additional premium is required to be paid for these benefits.

Surrender Value:
Buying a life insurance contract is a long-term commitment. However, surrender values are available on earlier termination of the contract. The surrender value will be the greater of the guaranteed surrender value and special surrender. The plan also allows for partial surrenders.

Guaranteed Surrender Value:
The policy can be surrendered after it has been in force for at least 3 full years. The Guaranteed Surrender value will be equal to 30% of the total amount of premiums paid excluding the premiums for the first year and all the extra premiums and premiums for accident benefit / term rider.

Special Surrender Value:
80% of Maturity Sum Assured if 3 or more years’ but less than 4 years’ premiums have been paid; 90% of the Maturity Sum Assured, if 4 or more years’ but less than 5 years’ premiums have been paid and 100% of the Maturity Sum Assured, if 5 or more years’ premiums have been paid. The Maturity Sum Assured for this para will be the Maturity Sum Assured corresponding to the term for which premiums have been paid under the policy.

Corporation’s policy on surrenders:
In practice, the Corporation will pay a Special Surrender Value – which is usually higher than the Guaranteed Surrender Value. This value will depend on the duration for which premiums have been paid and the policy duration at the date of surrender. In some circumstances, in case of early termination of the policy, the surrender value payable may be less than the total premium paid.

The Corporation reviews the surrender value payable under its plans from time to time depending on the economic environment, experience and other factors.

FEATURES

LIC’s JEEVAN SARAL is an Endowment Assurance plan where the proposer has simply to choose the amount and mode of premium payment. The plan provides financial protection against death throughout the term of the plan. The death benefit is directly related to the premiums paid. The Maturity Sum Assured depends on the age at entry of the life to be assured and is payable on survival to the end of the policy term. It also offers the flexibility of term and a lot of liquidity.

Premiums:
Premiums are payable yearly, half-yearly, quarterly, or monthly through salary deductions as opted by you throughout the term of the policy or till earlier death.

Loyalty Additions:
This is a with-profits plan and participates in the profits of the Corporation’s life insurance business. It gets a share of the profits in the form of loyalty additions which are terminal bonuses payable along with death benefit or maturity benefit. Loyalty Additions may be payable from the 10th year onwards depending upon the experience of the Corporation.

BENEFIT ILLUSTRATION

Age at entry: 35 years
Policy term: 25 years
Mode of premium payment: Yearly
Amount of annual premium: Rs.4704/-

i) This illustration is applicable to a non-smoker male/female standard (from medical, life style and occupation point of view) life.

ii) The non-guaranteed benefits (1) and (2) in above illustration are calculated so that they are consistent with the Projected Investment Rate of Return assumption of 6% p.a.(Scenario 1) and 10% p.a. (Scenario 2) respectively. In other words, in preparing this benefit illustration, it is assumed that the Projected Investment Rate of Return that LICI will be able to earn throughout the term of the policy will be 6% p.a. or 10% p.a., as the case may be. The Projected Investment Rate of Return is not guaranteed.

iii) The main objective of the illustration is that the client is able to appreciate the features of the product and the flow of benefits in different circumstances with some level of quantification.

iv) Loyalty additions will depend on future profits and as such is not guaranteed.

v) The Maturity Benefit is the amount shown at the end of the policy term.

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