Edelweiss Tokio Life Wealthplus plan comes with zero
ULIP charges.
HDFC Click 2 Retire is an online ULIP which comes with low
ULIP charges, hence it has become popular retirement product.
Edelweiss Tokio Life Wealth Plus Plan — Zero
ULIP Charges — Should you opt?
ULIP schemes usually have lower allocation and
ULIP charges.
If not and planning to enter into ULIP, then make sure that you will keep invested for long term to reduce the effect of
these ULIP charges in long run.
In case you surrender ULIP plan in short term then you have to bear a huge loss due to these many
ULIP charges.
Generally there are various
ULIp charges for which investing in ULIP in short term can lead to less return, but in long term one can expect a moderate return of 6 % — 7 %.
IRDA has already taken some measures like imposing a cap on
ULIP charges, extending the minimum term of the policy to five years, introducing the concept of compulsory annuitisation in pension policies and fixing the maximum limit of surrender charges.
Dear Abhijit, As indicated by you, bulk of
the ULIP charges will be levied upfront in the initial few years.
Also
ULIPs charges are mandated to be evenly distributed during the lock in period.
At present, most
Ulips charge high costs in the first two to three years, thereby reducing the amount actually invested.
Not exact matches
Second,
ULIPs had a very high cost structure including sales commissions of upto 80 % and high surrender
charges.
If it is a
ULIP, there will be not surrender
charges.
You mean to say that
charges in MFs are lesser than
ULIPs?
The only drawback i found in
ULIP's is some Administratve
charges / Mortality
charges etc. but in lieu of this, they are keeping you insured as well.
Regarding
ULIPS, since they have done with 8 years by now, most of the mortality
charges have come down & presently they have given the 8 % of returns & expecting them to be at least at 9 % over long term,
Dear Prashant, Why do you want to pay the additional
charges in a
ULIP plan, when MFs are available at NIL entry load??
A lot of
ULIP plans do not feature fund allocation fees or policy administration
charges.
It may however be noted that the mortality fees that are
charged by
ULIPs result in decrease of the policy holder's net investment.
ULIPs are not so transparent and are inundated with complicated fees and
charges.
If the mortality fees are not added, then the yearly
charges of certain
ULIPs come to be less than 1.7 percent.
ULIPs before 2010 came with surrender fees; the new
ULIP plans however do not feature any surrender
charges after completion of the lock - in period.
All the products competing with
ULIPs for investors have used the high
charges associated with
ULIP plans as an advantage point to promote their own investment instruments.
A few
charges that are levied are not a part of the NAV but are incurred due to cancellation of
ULIP units.
Dear Jessi, Normally in any
ULIP, in the initial years, lot of
charges will be deducted from the premiums paid by policy holders.
If MF company is
charging on the entire corpus (and not on the fund investment of given period) and if insurance company is not
charging like that... then don't you think that
ULIP would be a better choice.
Dear Saurabh, You need to check out the expense ratio of funds Vs total
charges levied by an
ULIP scheme (premium allocation
charges, fund management
charges, admin
charges etc.,) Also, mutual funds have more liquidity, options to select, more transparent... So, on any given day, I prefer to invest in mutual funds to
ULIPs.
For the longest time it was perceived that
ULIPs have high allocation
charges, which are detrimental to the net returns.
For instance, many
ULIPs offered a maximum of four free switches in a year, post which there would be a switching
charge.
The
charge structure of
ULIPs makes them a very complex product.
IRDA has also put cap on surrender
charges levied on
ULIPs.
Insurance regulator IRDA, which has won its turf war with market watchdog SEBI over regulation of
ULIPs, is expected to tighten norms for these schemes, including commission
charges, to make them attractive for investors.
The liabilities taken to calculate the
ULIP NAV include fund management
charges, current liabilities, provisions and service tax.
Now low cost
ULIPs have
charges much lower than before and are affordable to all.
Proper information and knowledge about
charges helps to filter and choose the right
ULIP plan.
Though both
ULIPs and Mutual Funds are exposed to market risks, these products differ on various aspects like liquidity,
charges (mortality
charges, fund management
charges and policy administration
charges) etc..
At present, several insurance firms have cut commissions and other
charges, and as a result, some of the
ULIPs launched in recent years are cheaper than mutual funds.
HDFC Life Click2Invest
ULIP: The highlight of this online unit linked insurance plan is that it comes with zero policy allocation and zero policy administration
charges.
When you decide to buy
ULIPS online, you make a huge saving as no
charges are incurred for premium allocation, policy administration and discontinuance, except fund management
charges.
Reality: Because of the high premium allocation and fund management
charges, many people consider
ULIPs as a costly investment instrument.
ULIPs do have certain
charges associated with them, which can be sub-divided into multiple categories.
ULIP plans mostly involve a premium allocation
charge, which have been capped at 1.35 % by the IRDA.
have been led to believe that a
ULIP plan is an expensive investment product due to
charges like those towards premium allocation, fund management among other.
In
ULIP, premiums you pay are invested in debt and equity instruments, chosen by you, after deducting allocation and other
charges.
A good
ULIP will invest your entire premium without deducting any premium allocation
charge.
While the low
charges of our Unit Linked Insurance Plans (
ULIPs) make them attractive, the main advantage is the seamless and tax - efficient transfer from debt to equity funds, and vice versa.
Thanks to the changes made,
ULIPs now have a very low
charge structure which maximizes returns.
In the earlier version, the expense ratio for
Ulips was 3 - 5 %, with
charges as high 60 % on the first year's premium.
Charges under a
ULIP are in the form of Premium Allocation
charge, fund management
charge, mortality
charge, administrative
charge, etc..
Compare the
charges of all the
ULIP plans before you finalize.