Tuesday, July 15, 2014

Jeevan Mangal - Micro Insurance Plan

LIC’s Micro Insurance Plans are not plans but opportunities that knock on your door once in a lifetime. These plans are a perfect blend of insurance, investment and a lifetime of happiness!.

Introduction:

LIC’s New Jeevan Mangal is a protection plan with return of premiums on maturity, where you may pay the premiums either in lump sum or regularly over the term of the policy. This plan has an in-built Accident Benefit which provides for double risk cover in case of accidental death.


Benefits
  1. Maturity Benefit:
Provided the policy is inforce, on surviving to the date of maturity, “Sum Assured on Maturity” shall be payable which is equal to the total amount of premiums paid during the term of the contract (excluding the taxes and extra premium, if any)
  1. Death Benefit:
Provided the policy is inforce, the death benefit shall be payable as under:-
Death due to any reason other than accident:
For regular premium policies : “Sum Assured on Death” shall be payable which is defined as highest of 10 times of annualised premium or 105% of all the premiums paid as on date of death or Sum assured on Maturity or absolute amount assured to be paid on death where absolute amount assured to be paid on death is Sum Assured.
The premiums mentioned above exclude taxes and extra premium, if any.
For single premium policies : “Sum Assured on Death” shall be payable which is defined as higher of 125% of single premium (excluding the taxes and extra premium, if any) or absolute amount assured to be paid on death where absolute amount assured to be paid on death is Sum Assured.

Death due to accident :
An additional sum equal to Sum Assured shall also be payable.
An ‘Accident’ for the purpose of this policy is defined as “An Accident is a sudden, unforeseen andinvoluntary event caused by external, violent and visible means.

1. Eligibility Conditions and Other Restrictions:
a) Minimum age at entry : 18 years (completed)
b) Maximum age at entry : 55 years (nearest birthday)
c) Maximum age at maturity : 65 years (nearest birthday)
d) Policy Term : 10 to 15 years for regular premium.
5 to 10 years for single premium.
e) Minimum Instalment Premium : Rs 60/- under Monthly Mode
For other modes, there is no specific minimum instalment premium.
f) Minimum Sum Assured : Rs. 10,000/-
g) Maximum Sum Assured : Rs. 50,000/-
(Sum Assured shall be in multiples of Rs. 1,000/-)

2. Payment of Premiums :
The modes of premium payment allowable are Yearly, Half Yearly, Quarterly or Monthly. Single Premium mode is available for terms from 5 to 10 years.
A grace period of two calendar months but not less than 60 days will be allowed for all modes of payments.

3. Sample Premium Rates:
Following are some of the sample premium rates per Rs. 1000/- Sum Assured:
Annual Premium (in Rs.) for Rs.1000 Sum Assured:
Age
(yrs.)
Term of the Policy (years)
10
15
20
58.85
36.85
30
60.15
38.15
40
66.45
43.60
50
83.60
56.15













Single Premium (in Rs.) for Rs.1000 Sum Assured
Age
(yrs.)
Term of the Policy (years)
5
10
20
175.30
138.65
30
179.25
144.40
40
199.85
172.00
50
269.45
247.40


4. Paid-up Value:
In case of regular premium policies, if after at least three full years’ premiums have been paid in respect of this policy and any subsequent premium be not duly paid, this policy shall not be wholly void, but shall subsist as a paid-up policy. The Sum Assured on Death shall be reduced to a sum, called the Death Paid-up Sum Assured. The Death Paid-Up Sum Assured shall bear the same ratio to the Sum Assured on Death as the premiums paid bears to the total number of premiums payable.
On the Life Assured’s death prior to maturity, the Death Paid-Up Sum Assured shall be payable. On Maturity, total premiums paid less taxes and extra premium, if any, shall be payable.

5. Revival:
Subject to production of satisfactory evidence of continued insurability, a lapsed policy can be revived by paying arrears of premium together with interest within a period of two years from the date of first unpaid premium but before maturity. The rate of interest applicable will be as fixed by the Corporation from time to time.

6. Surrender Value:
The Guaranteed Surrender Value available under this plan is as under:
Single Premium policies The policy may be surrendered for cash at any time during the policy term. The Guaranteed Surrender Value shall be as under:
- Within three policy years from Date of Commencement of policy: 70% of the Single premium excluding taxes and extra premium, if any.
- Thereafter: 90% of the Single premium excluding taxes and extra premium, if any.
Regular Premium policies : The policy may be surrendered for cash provided the premiums have been paid for atleast three consecutive years. The Guaranteed Surrender Value shall be equal to Guaranteed Surrender Value factor multiplied by total premiums paid (excluding taxes and extras, if any). The Guaranteed Surrender Value factor will depend on the policy term and policy year in which the policy is surrendered and is as under:
Policy Year
Policy Term
10
11
12
13
14
15
1
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
2
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
3
30.00%
30.00%
30.00%
30.00%
30.00%
30.00%
4
50.00%
50.00%
50.00%
50.00%
50.00%
50.00%
5
50.00%
50.00%
50.00%
50.00%
50.00%
50.00%
6
50.00%
50.00%
50.00%
50.00%
50.00%
50.00%
7
50.00%
50.00%
50.00%
50.00%
50.00%
50.00%
8
65.00%
60.00%
57.50%
56.00%
55.00%
54.29%
9
80.00%
70.00%
65.00%
62.00%
60.00%
58.57%
10
80.00%
80.00%
72.50%
68.00%
65.00%
62.86%
11
80.00%
80.00%
74.00%
70.00%
67.14%
12
80.00%
80.00%
75.00%
71.43%
13
80.00%
80.00%
75.71%
14
80.00%
80.00%
15
80.00%
Corporation may, however, pay special surrender value if it is more favourable to the policyholders.

7. Loan:
No loan facility will be available under this plan.

8. Taxes:
Taxes including Service Tax, if any, shall be as per the Tax laws and the rate of tax shall be as applicable from time to time.
The amount of tax as per the prevailing rates shall be payable by the policyholder on the premiums including extra premiums, if any. The amount of Tax paid shall not be considered for the calculation of benefits payable under the plan.

9. Cooling-off period:
If the policyholder is not satisfied with the “Terms and Conditions” of the policy, the policy may be returned to the Corporation within 15 days from the date of receipt of the policy stating the reason of objections. On receipt of the same the Corporation shall cancel the policy and return the amount of premium deposited after deducting the proportionate risk premium for the period on cover and charges for stamp duty.

10. Exclusions:
a) Suicide :
Under Single Premium policies :
The policy shall be void if the Life Assured (whether sane or insane) commits suicide at any time within 12 months from the date of commencement of risk and the Corporation will not entertain any claim under this policy except to the extent of 90% of the single premium paid excluding taxes and any extra premium paid.
Under Regular Premium policies :
This policy shall be void
i. If the Life Assured (whether sane or insane) commits suicide at any time within 12 months from the date of commencement of risk and the Corporation will not entertain any claim under this policy except to the extent of 80% of the premiums paid excluding any taxes and extra premiums, if any, provided the policy is In-force.
ii. If the Life Assured (whether sane or insane) commits suicide within 12 months from date of revival, an amount which is higher of 80% of the premiums paid till the date of death (excluding any taxes and extra premiums, if any) or the surrender value, provided the policy is inforce, shall be payable. The Corporation will not entertain any other claim under this policy.

b) Accident Benefit:
The Corporation will not be liable to pay the additional sum referred if the death of the Life Assured shall:
(i) be caused by intentional self injury, attempted suicide, insanity or immorality or whilst the Life Assured is under the influence or consumption of intoxicating liquor, drug or narcotic; or
(ii) be caused by injuries resulting from taking any part in riots, civil commotion, rebellion, war (whether war be declared or not), invasion, hunting, mountaineering, steeple chasing, racing of any kind, paragliding or parachuting, taking part in adventurous sports; or
(iii) result from the Life Assured committing any breach of law with criminal intent; or

(iv) occur after 180 days from the date of accident of the Life Assured.

                                                        Refer LIC Official Document

For More Info Contact – US or

Call or SMS “Plan” to 9977143290


LIC's e-Term Plan


Key Features :
1.    Available through Online mode (www.licindia.in)
2.    Pure Term plan
3.    Differential premium rates for Smoker/Non-Smoker lives
4.    Proposal on own life ONLY will be considered
o    Death Benefit –    Sum Assured payable on death
o    Maturity Benefit – Not available

Eligibility conditions 
     Minimum Sum Assured             : Rs.25,00,000
                                                    for Smoker                                                    
                                                 :Rs.50,00,000
                                                      for Non-smoker                                                  
Maximum Sum Assured       :   No limit
Minimum age at entry          :  18 years (completed)
Maximum age at entry         :  60 years (nearest birthday)
Maximum cover                    :  75 years (nearest birthday)
Minimum policy term            :  10 years
Maximum policy term           :  35 years
Mode of payment                  :  Yearly
  

Benefits
·         LIC’s e-Term is a regular premium non-participating “on-line term assurance policy” which provides financial protection to the insured’s family in case of his/her unfortunate demise. This plan will be available through on-line application process only and no intermediaries will be involved. To purchase this plan please log on to our website www.licindia.in.
·         Under this plan, there are two categories of premium rates namely (1) Aggregate lives & (2) Non-smoker lives. For Sum Assured upto Rs. 49 lacs Aggregate category rates only would apply. For Sum Assured Rs. 50 lacs and above there is an option to choose differential premium rate for Non-smoker category. However, the application of Non-smoker rates shall be based on the findings of the Urinary Cotinine test. In all other cases the Aggregate premium rates shall be applicable.
·         Death Benefit: In case of unfortunate death of the Life Assured during the policy term Sum Assured shall be payable.
·         Maturity Benefit: On survival to the end of the policy term, nothing shall be payable.

LIC e-term

Eligibility Conditions and Other Restriction:

  • Minimum Sum Assured          :   Rs. 25,00,000 for Aggregate category
    Rs. 50,00,000 for Non-smoker category
  • Maximum Sum Assured         :   No limit
            (The Sum Assured shall be in multiples of Rs. 1, 00,000/-)
  • Minimum age at entry             :  18 years (completed)
  • Maximum age at entry            :  60 years (nearest birthday)
  • Maximum cover ceasing age             :  75 years (nearest birthday)
  • Minimum policy term              :  10 years
  • Maximum policy term            :  35 years
  • Proposal on own life only will be considered. Key Man Insurance (KMI)/Partnership/EE Cover will not be allowed.

Payment of Premiums:

Premium need to be paid annually during the policy term.
A grace period of one month but not less than 30 days from due date of premium will be allowed for payment of premiums.

Sample Premium Rates: 

The sample premium rates (exclusive of taxes) are as under:
For Aggregate category

Annualised premium rates per Rs. 1000 Sum Assured
 Age
(yrs.)
Term of the Policy (years)
10 15 20 25 30
20 0.92 0.92 0.93 1.00 1.11
30 1.10 1.20 1.39 1.66 1.97
40 2.02 2.48 3.00 3.56 4.19
50 4.86 5.72 6.73 7.90 -
For Non-smoker category

Annualised premium rates per Rs. 1000 Sum Assured
 Age
(yrs.)
Term of the Policy (years)
10 15 20 25 30
20 0.63 0.63 0.65 0.70 0.79
30 0.77 0.85 1.00 1.21 1.46
40 1.48 1.84 2.25 2.69 3.18
50 3.67 4.34 5.13 6.06 -

Revival:

If premiums are not paid within the grace period then the policy will lapse. A lapsed policy can be revived within a period of 2 consecutive years from the date of first unpaid premium but before the expiry of policy term, by paying all the arrears of premium together with interest (compounding half-yearly) at such rate as may be prevailing at the time of the payment, subject to submission of satisfactory evidence of continued insurability.
The cost of the medical reports, including special reports, if any, required for the purposes of revival of the policy, shall be borne by the Life Assured.
The Corporation reserves the right to accept at original terms, accept at revised terms or decline the revival of a discontinued policy. The revival of discontinued policy shall take effect only after the same is approved by the Corporation and is specifically communicated to the Policyholder.

Paid-up Value:

The policy shall not acquire any paid-up value.

Surrender Value:

No Surrender Value will be available under this plan.

Taxes: 

Taxes including Service Tax, if any, shall be as per the Tax laws and the rate of tax shall be as applicable from time to time.
The amount of tax as per the prevailing rates shall be payable by the Policyholder on Instalment premiums including extra premiums, if any.

Cooling-off period:

If the Policyholder is not satisfied with the “Terms and Conditions” of the policy, the policy may be returned to us within 30 days from the date of receipt of the policy bond stating the reason of objections. On receipt of the same the Corporation shall cancel the policy and return the amount of premium deposited after deducting the proportionate risk premium for the period on cover, stamp duty charges, expenses for medical examination and special reports, if any.

Exclusion:                                         "Have Doubt ?"  Contact Us

Suicide: 
This policy shall be void if the Life Assured (whether sane or insane) commits suicide at any time within 12 months from the date of commencement of risk or within 12 months from the date of revival and the Corporation will not entertain any claim under this policy except to the extent of 80% of the premiums paid till the date of death excluding any taxes, extra premium, if any, provided the policy is inforce.

How to purchase LIC’s e-Term

Step-by-step process to buy LIC’s e-TERM Online:
  • Log-on to our website (www.licindia.in) for buying this online product. Click on ‘Buy Online’.  Select e-Term.
  • Choose your desired Sum Assured and the Policy Term (the period for which you want the cover). The Sum Assured will be paid to the nominee on the unfortunate event of the death of the policy-holder.
  • Enter Basic details - Name, Age, Gender, Qualification, etc in the form displayed on your screen.
  • After filling in the details, a premium calculator will calculate the premium for the chosen parameters. The Premium will depend on the age, gender, term, sum-assured, health and tobacco-usage. Lower premium rates are applied to non-tobacco users for Sum Assured more than 50 Lakhs.
  • Premium payment mode – Annual.
  • Complete the form online with these details and pay premium online – at www.licindia.in.
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Section 45 of Insurance Act, 1938:
No policy of life insurance shall after the expiry of two years from the date on which it was effected, be called in question by an insurer on the ground that a statement made in the proposal for insurance or in any report of a medical officer, or referee, or friend of the insured, or in any other document leading to the issue of the policy, was inaccurate or false, unless the insurer shows that such statement was on a material matter or suppressed facts which it was material to disclose and that it was fraudulently made by the policyholder and that the policyholder knew at the time of making it that the statement was false or that it suppressed facts which it was material to disclose.
Provided that nothing in this section shall prevent the insurer from calling for proof of age at any time if he is entitled to do so, and no policy shall be deemed to be called in question merely because the terms of the policy are adjusted on subsequent proof that the age of the life assured was incorrectly stated in the proposal.
                                                "Have Doubt ?"  Contact Us
Prohibition of Rebates (Section 41 of INSURANCE ACT, 1938) :
(1) No person shall allow or offer to allow, either directly or indirectly, as an inducement to any person to take out or renew or continue an insurance in respect of any kind of risk relating to lives or property in India, any rebate of the whole or part of the commission payable or any rebate of the premium shown on the policy nor shall any person taking out or renewing or continuing a policy accept any rebate except such rebates as may be allowed in accordance with the published prospectuses or tables of the insurer provided that acceptance by an insurance agent of commission in connection with a policy of life insurance taking out by himself on his own life shall not be deemed to be acceptance of a rebate of premium within the meaning of this sub-section if at the time of such acceptance the insurance agent satisfies the prescribed conditions establishing that he is a bona fide insurance agent employed by the insurer.

(2) Any person making default in complying with the provision of this Section shall be punishable with a fine, which may extend to 500 rupees

LIC's Jeevan Anmol - Term Assurance Plan

LIC’s Anmol Jeevan - II is a protection plan which provides financial protection to the insured’s family in case of his/her unfortunate demise.

Benefits:

Death Benefit: In case of unfortunate death of the Life Assured during the policy term Sum Assured shall be payable.
Maturity Benefit: On survival to the end of the policy term, nothing shall be payable.

Eligibility Condition and Other Restriction
    1. Minimum Sum Assured          :   Rs. 6,00,000
    2. Maximum Sum Assured         :   Rs. 24,00,000
            (The Sum Assured shall be in multiples of Rs. 1, 00,000/-)
    1. Minimum age at entry             :  18 years (completed)
    2. Maximum age at entry            :  55 years (nearest birthday)
    3. Maximum cover ceasing age             :  65 years (nearest birthday)
    4. Minimum policy term              :  5 years
    5. Maximum policy term            :  25 years

Payment of Premiums:

Premiums can be paid regularly during the term of the policy at yearly or half-yearly intervals.  
A grace period of one month but not less than 30 days will be allowed for payment of premiums.

Sample Premium Rates: 

The sample premium rates (exclusive of taxes) are as under:
Annualised premium rates per Rs. 1000 Sum Assured
 Age
(yrs.)
Term of the Policy (years)
5 10 15 20 25
20 2.09 2.09 2.09 2.16 2.31
30 2.31 2.37 2.65 3.02 3.54
40 3.48 4.10 5.07 6.03 7.05
50 7.91 9.44 11.21 - -

 

Additional Premium:            "Have Doubt ?"  Contact Us

Additional premium for half-yearly mode: 2.0% of tabular annual premium

Revival:

If premiums are not paid within the grace period then the policy will lapse. A lapsed policy can be revived within a period of 2 consecutive years from the date of first unpaid premium but before the expiry of policy term, by paying all the arrears of premium together with interest (compounding half-yearly) at such rate as fixed by the Corporation at the time of payment, subject to submission of satisfactory evidence of continued insurability.
The cost of the medical reports, including special reports, if any, required for the purpose of revival of the policy, shall be borne by the Life Assured.
The Corporation reserves the right to accept at original terms, accept at revised terms or decline the revival of a discontinued policy. The revival of discontinued policy shall take effect only after the same is approved by the Corporation and is specifically communicated to the Policyholder.
LIC Term Plan

Paid-up Value:                        "Have Doubt ?"  Contact Us

The policy shall not acquire any paid-up value.

Surrender Value:

No Surrender Value will be available under this plan.

Taxes: 

Taxes, if any, shall be as per the Tax laws and the rate of tax shall be as applicable from time to time.
The amount of tax as per the prevailing rates shall be payable by the Policyholder on Instalment premiums including extra premiums, if any. The amount of tax paid shall not be considered for the calculation of benefits payable under the plan.

Cooling-off period:

If the Policyholder is not satisfied with the “Terms and Conditions” of the policy, the policy may be returned to us within 15 days from the date of receipt of the policy bond stating the reason of objections. On receipt of the same the Corporation shall cancel the policy and return the amount of premium deposited after deducting the proportionate risk premium for the period on cover, stamp duty charges, expenses for medical examination and special reports, if any.

Exclusion:

Suicide: 
This policy shall be void if the Life Assured (whether sane or insane) commits suicide within 12 months from the date of commencement of risk or from the date of revival, an amount equal to 80% of the premiums paid till the date of death (excluding any taxes, extra premium, if any,), provided the policy is inforce, shall be payable. The Corporation will not entertain any other claim under this policy.
Section 45 of Insurance Act, 1938:
No policy of life insurance shall after the expiry of two years from the date on which it was effected, be called in question by an insurer on the ground that a statement made in the proposal for insurance or in any report of a medical officer, or referee, or friend of the insured, or in any other document leading to the issue of the policy, was inaccurate or false, unless the insurer shows that such statement was on a material matter or suppressed facts which it was material to disclose and that it was fraudulently made by the policyholder and that the policyholder knew at the time of making it that the statement was false or that it suppressed facts which it was material to disclose.
Provided that nothing in this section shall prevent the insurer from calling for proof of age at any time if he is entitled to do so, and no policy shall be deemed to be called in question merely because the terms of the policy are adjusted on subsequent proof that the age of the life assured was incorrectly stated in the proposal.
                                          "Have Doubt ?"  Contact Us
Prohibition of Rebates (Section 41 of INSURANCE ACT, 1938) :
(1) No person shall allow or offer to allow, either directly or indirectly, as an inducement to any person to take out or renew or continue an insurance in respect of any kind of risk relating to lives or property in India, any rebate of the whole or part of the commission payable or any rebate of the premium shown on the policy nor shall any person taking out or renewing or continuing a policy accept any rebate except such rebates as may be allowed in accordance with the published prospectuses or tables of the insurer provided that acceptance by an insurance agent of commission in connection with a policy of life insurance taking out by himself on his own life shall not be deemed to be acceptance of a rebate of premium within the meaning of this sub-section if at the time of such acceptance the insurance agent satisfies the prescribed conditions establishing that he is a bona fide insurance agent employed by the insurer.

(2) Any person making default in complying with the provision of this Section shall be punishable with a fine, which may extend to 500 rupees.

                                                              More Info On LIC Official Policy Document

             For More Info Contact – US or

             Call or SMS “Plan” to 9977143290