Hi Sreekant, Hope you are doing good, I am surprised you wrote an article
on ULIP where as if you compare Mutual Fund against ULIP, Mutual Funds always gives a better return.
The various charges
on a Ulip include:
In case of your untimely demise, your dependants will be provided with the insurance cover and / or the fund value, whichever is higher., depending
on the ULIP type.
The returns that one receives
on ULIP are primarily influenced by the stock market.
Now that you know how to calculate the payout
on a ULIP, you can make an informed decision before buying one.
However, this move by IRDA will dampen the spirits of both private sector insurance firms and investors who had betted heavily
on ULIP for their future planning.
Withdrawal In ULIP: you can withdraw your money if you need it once you had paid initial premium i.e for first 3 years, there is no surrender amount
on ULIP and you will get the market value of your investment but on the endowment plan you have to pay a high surrender charges to company which restrict the customers from withdrawing money.
Note that you only get a tax deduction
on your ULIP contribution if the sum assured (life cover) is at least 10 times the annual premium.
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If no investigation is needed
on the ULIP contracts, the value is paid to the client within the time frame of 48 hours.
Out of the premium paid
on the ULIP policy, a portion is used for providing a life insurance cover and the balance is used for investing in equity and debt instruments.
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on ULIP policy with Bajaj Allianz Life.
Again, the good news is you can avail of tax benefits under Section 80C
on your ULIP premiums.
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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.
How are the returns
on your ULIP plan?
I thought they gave me sufficient answers as I was willing to stay invested for atleast 15 yrs my current age is 31 Also want to ask should we depend on there fund manager or try ourself also as am new to all this & also can't follow market as m busy with my work currently I paid 2 lac premium in future Generalli dhan vridhi ulip Can u plz guide me as m not able to get expertise info
on this ulip
Hi Vipul, on maturity of ulip for Type 2 option
on a ulip do you get funds value + sum assured or is it only in case of death of policy holder.
IRDA has also put cap on surrender charges levied
on ULIPs.
Such rationalisation of ULIPs commissions could also help narrow the gap between it and mutual funds, he said responding to queries over how a compromise could be reached between insurance regulator IRDA and capital market watchdog SEBI
on the ULIPs issue.
LIC reported 16 % growth in individual APE on the back of 40 % growth in individual non-single ticket size, likely due to its focus
on ULIPs.
The potential returns
on ULIPs are lower since the ULIPs fall is a member of low risk products unlike a mutual fund product.
To make your life easy and get a clearer picture on the options available, let's see a ready reckoner
on ULIPs, Traditional Plans and Mutual Funds!!
The NAV is the value upon which net rates of return
on ULIPs are determined.
One of such initiative was introduced in September 2010, where the commission
on ULIPs was drastically reduced, making them a good investment option.
IRDA has also put cap on surrender charges levied
on ULIPs.
The 18 % GST
on ULIPs will be applicable only on the premium amount that is paid towards securing life coverage.
The reason is that a number of charges
on ULIPs (policy administration, premium allocation) are a percentage of the premium.
Consequently, the internal rate of return (IRR)
on ULIPs must not be lower than 7.75 % yield.
In an email interview Bismillah Chowdhary, Chief Investment Officer, Edelweiss Tokio Life Insurance shares his views
on ULIPs as a long - term investment solution and his investment philosophy
Irda had come up with new guidelines
on Ulips.
For wealth creation and getting a life cover, you can rely
on ULIPs to grow your money sustainably.
«The service tax
on Ulips has been brought to the same level as the mutual fund industry.
It has a strong product portfolio base
on ULIPS.
This is the first Ulip scheme launched by Reliance Life after the insurance regulator Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority came out with its revised guidelines
on Ulips a few months ago.
Not exact matches
(You may read my article
on — «Banks as insurance agents / brokers «-RRB- HDFC Life Pro-Growth Plus is an
ULIP (Unit Linked Insurance Plan).
What would be your take
on this situation — will it be wise to discontinue the
ULIP and focus
on MF and SIPs?
I have a situation related to a fresh
ULIP plan started February this year, and I need your opinion
on this.
It seems 10 % LTCG
on equity shares and Mutual funds investments has resulted in bringing
ULIPs on par with Mutual Funds.
ULIP on Dec - 2006 — 11K annually.
Dear Prashant, Its my pleasure to clarify your queries Expenses are built - in
ULIPs, whereas MFs do not have any expenses (Entry loads
on equity MFs).
But I am confused between 25k in LIC and 25k in ELSS /
ULIP split as I do not have any idea
on the second option.
Extra top - up contributions are also allowed in
ULIPs; whoever such additional payments are considered as single premium contributions and mortality fees are levied
on such payments.
Insurance companies have quickly made use of this opportunity and started emphasizing the fact that a new tax of 10 percent will be levied
on equity and balanced funds
on gains made, while there will be no tax
on income accrued from investments in
ULIPs.
I am still unable to decide
on what to do with a
ULIP policy I purchased in 2007.
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.
Most of the discussion so far has been
on NULIPs in contrast to older
ULIPs.
But do an «opportunity cost» analysis, means if you surrender the units of both policies and invest in Equity oriented mutual funds for long term (depends
on your financial goals), analyze if you can get decent returns over & above the expected returns from
ULIP funds.