SBI Life Smart Scholar | Key Features | Benefits

Life begins afresh when you become a parent. It’s a joy you never felt and a feeling you never experienced. When your child takes baby steps towards you, you wonder what else bliss could be?
Amidst all this divine happiness, there’s a new sense of responsibility that fills your heart. Like you may not really believe that life’s a rose bed or a tender cushion, but you certainly want it to be for your lovely children. At SBI Life, provide you with a unique, flexible and all-encompassing solution through our SBI Life – Smart Scholar Plan.

Key Features:

• Secure your child’s future by gaining from the financial markets and much more.

• Dual protection for your family, in case you are not around –

•	Payment of base Sum Assured and
•	Inbuilt Premium Payor Waiver benefit to ensure continuance of your benefits.

• Accident Benefit which includes Accidental Death benefit and Accidental Total and Permanent Disability (Accidental TPD) benefit, is an integral part of the plan.

• Free allocation of units by way of regular Loyalty Additions, giving periodic boosts to your investments.

• Enhanced investment opportunity through 9 varied fund options including P/E Managed Fund, Index Fund & Top 300 Fund.

• Twin benefits of market linked return & insurance benefit.

• Liquidity through partial withdrawal(s).

• Tax benefits as per prevailing tax laws.

Product Snapshot:

Age at Entry *

Child: Min: 0 years

Max: 17 years

Proposer: Min: 18 years

Max: 57 years

Max. Age at Maturity

65 years

Policy Term

Min: 8 years
Max: 25 years less child’s age at entry
(On Maturity, the age of child should be between 18 to 25 years)

Premium Payment Terms (PPT)

•	Single Premium
•	5 to 25 years (subject to the limits of policy term)

Premium Amounts(x100)

Minimum:

PPT	Frequency	Minimum(Rs)
SP	Single	75,000
5 years to 7 years	Yearly	50,000
	Half Yearly	25.000
	Quarterly	12,500
	Monthly	4,500
8 years or more	Yearly	24,000
	Half Yearly	16,000
	Quarterly	10,000
	Monthly	4,000

Maximum :

No Limit

Sum Assured

For Single Premium:

Minimum	Maximum
Across all ages	Age<45 years	Age=>45 years
1.25 * SP	5 * SP	1.25 * SP

For other PPTs:

Minimum		Maximum
Age<45 years	Age=>45 years	Across all
Higher of: 10 * AP or ½ * T * AP	7 * AP	20 * AP

Partial Withdrawals

Upto 15% of Fund Value can be withdrawn each year, from 6th year onwards, subject to conditions. 1 free partial withdrawal in a policy year

Tax Benefits**

Under Sec. 80C and Sec. 10(10D) of Income Tax Act,1961

* All the references to age are age as on last birthday.

Loyalty Additions, by way of free allocation of units:

During the term of the policy loyalty units would be given for in-force policies on completion of specific durations. Loyalty additions depend on term of the policy.
The loyalty addition at relevant policy year end will be equivalent to –

1% x [Average fund value over the 1st day of the last 24 policy months]

Benefits:

• Basic Life Benefit:

• In the event of ill-timed death of life assured, a lump sum benefit equal to higher of the Sum Assured or 105% of all premiums paid till date of death will be payable.

• If on the date of death, the sum assured is less than 105% of all premiums paid, the amount in excess of the sum assured will be paid from your fund by disinvestment of units.

• In the event of death of child no sum assured is payable. Life assured will inform the Company regarding the event. In such case he/she can either continue the policy or terminate the contract. In case of termination of contract, the fund value (without any surrender charges), will be payable.

• If both the life assured and the child die during the term of the policy the policy will be automatically terminated and all due benefits will be paid along with the fund value..

• Maturity Benefit:

• On completion of the policy term, maturity benefit i.e. the fund value shall be paid to beneficiary in a lump sum or as per settlement option, if chosen.

The beneficiary will be:

The policyholder if he/she survives. OR
Child, in case of death of the life assured during the policy term.

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