Term plans are
pure risk cover policies that offer higher death benefits.
Not exact matches
There are two types of life insurance
policies, one which offers insurance and also an opportunity of building corpus (return on investment), and other
pure risk cover - only insurance.
If you survive in the
policy term period, then you will get nothing or can get your premium back which basically varies from insurer to insurer.If you are planning to buy
pure life
risk cover, then term insurance is the best and cheapest form of life insurance
policies.
Since this is a
pure risk cover and no money is kept aside for investment component, term insurance
policies provide a high amount of
cover at very low premiums.
This insurance provides
pure risk cover, and hence an assured amount of money is paid to the beneficiaries if the
policy holder dies before the term of the
policy is exhausted.
Conclusion While the overall features of the
policy are good, investors should opt for insurance only for
pure risk cover and invest the remaining investible surplus amount into other investment products like normal mutual funds or ELSS plans, instead of insurance.
Term Insurance
policy is a
pure protection plan which provides
cover against
risk of life.