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Are you looking for a Life Cover and Investment Plan Combo?

Posted on by Aziz Ampanwala

Life is a never-ending cycle of events, some events that bring smiles on our face and others just keep us worried. Worries may somewhere also be linked to our ability to not gauge certain situations in life, those uncertainties in life when they are linked to funds which you are not capable to earn after your retirement or maybe to support your family when you are dead!

We are living in an era where everything is on our fingertips, that is what innovative technology has given to us – the convenience to control. Talking about innovative technology and control, wouldn’t it be fantastic if we could control our investments and take care of ourselves and our family’s future with an insurance plan at our convenience and minimal hassle-free process in an all-in-one plan? Let me give you a brief explanation of what I am talking about.

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Let me tell you about a proposed combination where you can invest and give yourself and your family financial protection after your death or your retirement. Sounds too good to be true, isn’t it? A perfect scheme for anyone who is looking to #InvestBefikar and grow his / her money and wants life cover / insurance.

Benefits of Investment cum Life Insurance Plan:

  • It lets your money grow while securing you as well
  • Paying one premium for protection and investment

Want to know more?

Well, Bajaj Allianz Life Insurance has been cooking up just the right combination of dual benefit plan of investment and life protection for a #JiyoBefikar life, the need of making your money grow while you pay the life insurance premium, just the right mix of pleasure for a hassle free, all-in-one plan. I have a lot more to talk about this unique customised plan in my next blog post, so kindly stay tuned till next week for more detailed look at the Bajaj Allianz Life Insurance new offering in the form of Investment cum Life Insurance plan, I am excited to share the details with you and know about your queries and questions in the comments sections below.

Bajaj Allianz Life Insurance dual benefit investment cum Insurance plan is scheduled to launch on 22nd June 2017, stay updated with our blogpost feed to get more updates about the launch and details.

If you wish to, you can check the updates and engage on the brand’s Twitter Handle @BajajAllianzLIC. You can also follow the brand on Facebook for more updates about the product.

 

 

 

Be Wise While Choosing Your Insurance Plan

Posted on by Aziz Ampanwala

Lately I have been talking about life insurance and mutual fund investments on my blog, my endeavour is to keep updating on the latest and most prominent information possible in the space of finance, investment and Insurance  to my knowledge of understanding, the purpose is to guide you accordingly to invest wisely or choose an Insurance plan.

Few days ago, I was discussing with my friends on life insurance rates and plans which are more than just conventional Life Insurance plan that could take care of investment as well with a decent return, while discussing one of my friend spoke about Edelweiss  Tokio  Insurance plans which are very beneficial when it comes to a combination of multifaceted Insurance cum Investment plan with added benefits.

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After knowing about the summary from my friend, I did a bit of research, here are the details of the Plan offered by –  Edelweiss Tokio Life, basically there are 3 Plans, which I shall be talking about :

  1. Wealth Ultima – ULIP (Unit Link Insurance Plan)
  2. GCAP (Guaranteed Return Plan)
  3. TotalSecure + (Comprehensive protection plan)

1 ) Wealth Ultima – ULIP (Unit Link Insurance Plan)

Firstly let’s talk about Wealth Ultima, This plan has 3 benefits a trio you can say, which are :

1.  SMP – Wealth accumulation

  • You can avail the option of paying your premium systematically on monthly basis, which allows you to safeguard from market fluctuations.
  • Tax Free Investment

2. STP – Wealth Preservation

In this there are few options available according to your appetite of risk:

  • Life Stage & duration based STP
  • Profit target based STP
  • Self Managed options are also available

3. Wealth Utilization :

  • Once the policy has completed 10 years , the policy holder can avail options to choose from like lumpsum amount or a set monthly installments -according to the years fixed, working as a pension plan after retirement.
  • Works as second income
  • The amount withdrawal would be Tax Free (so that’s again an added benefit)

A) Some other added benefits of this Wealth Ultima are:

  • Additions to the fund:
    • Loyalty Additions
    • Guaranteed Additions
    • Booster Additions
  • Little Champ Benefit:
    • In case of payer’s death, PV of future premiums will be funded by the Company.
    • Remaining benefits will continue as is
  • You can also change your preference of increasing or decreasing of PPT (Premium Paying Term)

2) GCAP (Guaranteed Return Plan)

The GCAP Plan insures that you get sure static return irrespective of the market behaviour, sounds tempting isn’t it.  This is a break though Plan by – Edelweiss Tokio, which is quite beneficial for people who want static return and do want to any risk involve in their investment.

Depending upon the no of years for which the plan are selected like 10, 20 or 30 years, the returns are subject to change accordingly marginally.

Listing few other rider  benefits which can be added with this plan:

  • Cover against accidents at small amounts of extra premium
  • Policy continues while eliminating the burden of premium payment in case of death, disease or disability
  • Provides income replacement to the family in your absence
  • Provides income replacement to family in incidence of critical illness

Optional with this GCAP Plan, which you can choose:

  • PWB (Payer waiver Benefit) which allows to help your child’s future, so even in your absence your child continues to enjoy the policy’s benefit without worrying about paying premium.

3) Total Secure+

TotalSecure+ is a comprehensive protection plan – Which means this is a Life Insurance with added features of choosing between Basic health cover (which covers 7 Critical Illness) and Comprehensive health cover (which covers 35 Critical Illness) so it works as a combo.

For instance if you take a life cover of 2 crores, you can choose – a Critical Illness plan of up to 1 Cr and avail the benefits.

The Premium amount will vary according to the Basic Health Cover and Comprehensive Health Cover plans.

TotalSecure+ gives you the facility to choose how to receive your benefits by providing 3 options:

LUMSUM: Takes care of immediate requirements

Monthly: Acts as income replacement by taking care of monthly expense

Combo: Takes care of immediate requirements as well as monthly

Under monthly mode, customer has option to receive monthly income for:
– 36 months – 60 months – 120 months – 180 months
Further, monthly income can be:
• Level (same monthly income for chosen period), or
• Increasing (@5% per annum compounding)

SECURE YOUR RETIREMENT WITH ONLINE TERM PLANS FROM BAJAJ ALLIANZ

Posted on by Aziz Ampanwala

What is the most rewarding thing for your family after your retirement? This is the question you should ask yourself if you haven’t . Why should you ask yourself this question? Because after you retire the most important thing in your life apart from your family support is, the support of financial security so that you can continue living your life as you have lived or had desired and #JiyoBefikar. But what are the steps you should take to secure your retirement? The best answer to that is an online term plan.

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Yes, an online term plan is the best option considering the amount of flexibility it provides and specially if you start early, could be in your late 20’s or early 30’s. If I have to suggest you one right now, it has to Bajaj Allianz Life #eTouch Online Term Plan, a three-step process to secure your future. Yes, let me take you through the features of the very simple, pure term and health cover plan from Bajaj Allianz Life to make your retirement life #JiyoBefikar:

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The first step to securing your future is gauging your Premium or amount you want to secure as term plan, so in the Bajaj Allianz Life #eTouch Online Term Plan, you can start off with as low as 50 lakhs. Who can avail this plan? Well if you are earning an amount of Rs 25,000 per month, you are eligible. This is the most basic amount I am talking about.

You have to provide your basic details such as name, email id and phone no.
The third step will give you various variants of the Bajaj Allianz Life #eTouch online term plan such as:


Shield Benefits:

  • On unfortunate demise of the life assured (the person in whose name policy has been taken), the Sum Assured on death would be paid and the policy shall terminate.
  • On the occurrence of an Accidental Total Permanent Disability of the life assured the remaining premiums under this policy would be waived off, while the other insurance benefits will continue.

Shield Plus benefits:

  • In case of an Accidental Total Permanent Disability (ATPD), the benefit payable would be:-
    Sum assured (subject to a maximum of ₹ 2 crores) will be paid as ATPD benefit the remaining premiums under this policy would be waived off, while the other insurance benefits will continue.
  • On unfortunate demise of the life assured, the Sum Assured on death would be paid and the policy will terminate. 

Shield Super benefits:

  • In case of an Accidental Total Permanent Disability (ATPD), the benefit payable would be:-

  • Sum Assured (subject to a maximum of Rs 2 crores) will be paid as ATPD benefit, the remaining premiums under this policy would be waived off, while the other insurance benefits will continue.

In case of death of the life assured due to accident, then,

  • Sum Assured on death plus an amount equal to the sum assured (subject to a maximum of ₹ 2 crores) will be paid as ADB and the policy will terminate
  • If cause of death is not an accident Sum Assured on death would be paid and the policy will terminate


Shield Supreme benefits:

  • If the life assured is diagnosed with a Critical Illness, the benefits payable would be as follows:
  • If the diagnosed CI requires Angioplasty, fixed ACI benefit of ₹ 5,00,000 will be paid. Waiver of premium (WOP) is not applicable, if Angioplasty is conducted for CI. No further ACI benefit will be paid for any future occurrence of Angioplasty. But, the policy will continue for other benefits, including remaining amount of ACI benefit for the remaining CIs covered, subject to payment of all due premium.
  1. If the Critical Illness is other than one requiring Angioplasty then,
  2. If ACI (Accelerated Critical Illness) benefit has been availed for Angioplasty, then, ACI benefit of 75% of Sum Assured, subject to maximum of ₹75,00,000, would be paid.
  3. If any prior ACI benefit for Angioplasty has been paid, then, the remaining ACI benefit would be paid, which is 75% of Sum Assured (subject to maximum of ₹75,00,000) minus ₹ 5,00,000 (paid earlier for Angioplasty)
  4. the remaining premiums under this policy will be waived off, while the other insurance benefits will continue
  • In case of an Accidental Total Permanent Disability (ATPD), the benefit payable would be:-
  • Sum Assured (subject to a maximum of Rs 2 Crores) will be paid as ATPD benefit
  • the remaining premiums under this policy would be waived off, while the other insurance benefits will continue.
  • On unfortunate demise of the life assured the beneficiary would receive the following benefit and the policy will terminate:
  • If ACI benefit has been paid earlier, then, Sum Assured on death minus the amount of ACI benefit already paid would be payable.
  • If ACI benefit has not been paid earlier, then, Sum Assured on death would be paid

All of the above plans have a Premium amount which accelerates as per the plans features and additional benefits. You can choose the policy terms from as low as 10 years and upto 29 years  and premium payment modes as per your convenience of monthly, half yearly, quarterly or yearly. I think this is a very welcome move from Bajaj Allianz Life considering and researching the payment habits of the vast and diverse Indian population.

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An another welcome move from Bajaj Allianz is an app to take care of your fitness, the B-Fitness Wellness app helps users to set and track their fitness goals along with incentives to adopt health lifestyle. Equipped with features like a food guide for Indian cuisine, a health score tracker, expert recommendations basis health score and personalized health articles curated to the user’s interests to make the app engaging. Providing a multitude of other exciting services, B-Fit is an assured and reliable app to help one achieve one’s fitness goals.

Life’s Uncertainty No More – Interesting Plans Coming Up from Bajaj Allianz

Posted on by Aziz Ampanwala

Life is full of uncertainties and even planning doesn’t work sometimes, for instance if you plan that tomorrow evening you want to go for dinner with your family, but due to some unforeseen reasons you are not able to act on the plan, that doesn’t mean your plan failed, it did because of  unforeseen reason you had to hold back, which are #IfsOfLife, similarly we should plan for ourselves or our family’s future in advance when it comes to monetarily support after we are not there for them or we have reached our retirement and are no longer earning.
There are end no of possibilities to what can be done to achieve the goal of being financial stable after 20, 30, 40 or even more years considering the #IfsOfLife, however the basic perception when it comes to securing funds for future is by saving from earning or maybe investing in gold, however there are better and more rewarding option available which are systematic and more rewarding in the longer run, any guesses? Well I am talking about LIFE INSURANCE, yes! Life insurance are well structured and have a systematic approach to meet the goal of making your family’s life secure after you are not there for them or after your retirement days.
For instance let’s talk about a lifestyle necessity such as tooth brush, right now a tooth brush costs INR 25, there are 4 member in your family and it is required to be changed after 1 month, considering that INR 100 is the cost per month, and INR 1200 annually, but have you ever thought what would be the cost of this same tooth brush after 30, 40 or 50 years? Considering the Market fluctuations and the ever growing inflation at a steady increase of 8 to 10% yearly  is observed. Considering the inflation rate the price of that tooth brush after 30 years would be, any guess? That same tooth Brush would cost you close to INR 21000. Little surprised to see these figures, aren’t you?

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Concluding from above points, I am excited to tell you that I shall be talking about Bajaj Allianz Life Insurance new Online Term Plan, this Online Term Plan is going to be launched on the 23rd of December, It is going to be a game changer in the Insurance space in the coming day, these plans wont only cover life insurance but also against disability or dreaded diseases.
Please visit @BajajAllianzLIC for updates on their upcoming product which is due to launch on 23rd December 2016.
Stay tuned for more details on my blog, for any queries please message me on the comment section below for further discussion.

Are you Post Retirement Ready

Posted on by Aziz Ampanwala

When i hear the word “Retirement” and life after that, the first thing that comes to my mind is, its too early to think on these lines, there is still time before i start planning, maybe in my mid thirty early forties, right now it’s time to enjoy life in the fast lane.

Now, you would think why we have such a mindset, well we shall rather curse our surrounding for considering the retirement scenario not that seriously and just counting on the thoughts of “Our children will take care of us” or “who knows how long i shall live”,” i rather use it when its needed”, but what they are not realizing is that if they have funds after their retirement which is accumulated in their earning phase of 30 odd years, then they could be rest assure about living a peaceful life after retirement, without worrying or depending upon their children or any third source for funds.

Every one of us has dreams to live a peaceful life after retirement, a house near the mountains or valley close to nature, roam around the globe without any hassle, play with your grandchildren and fulfill their petty needs, there are so many example and it differs from person to person on what they aspire to do after retirement.

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So, when did i realized about retirement funds? Just a week back but don’t be surprised, good folks at blogadda.com arranged a informative session on retirement mutual funds conducted by Reliance Capital management team and invited bloggers to attend and know the benefits of Retirement Mutual Funds.

Sharing some facts and figures:

* Life expectancy set to increase due to medical advancement and affordable technology, average set to increase by 70 yrs by 2050
* India is one of the lowest in terms of retirement assets at 15.1% of India’s GDP and $128 asset/capita
* A good 3/4 of Indian population lacks sufficient funds for after retirement life.
* People are not aware of Schemes related to Retirement Mutual Funds, and hence go the traditional way of FD’s and reinvesting on it, life insurance or gold investment which have a limitations such as
Taxable Income
No growth in corpus
Low ability to fight inflation
* People believe that they will plan for Retirement post the age of 40 yrs, starting early is better.

A example that will give you a fair idea on how your current retirement investment funds wont serve you enough and how mutual funds will : A illustration:

You invested Rs.5000 every month for 30 years
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HOW TO READ THE GRAPH :
If over a 30 year period, the accumulated retirement corpus was Rs. 3.46 cr from a monthly SIP of Rs. 5000 at an assumed rate of 15%, then one can withdraw an annuity of Rs. 3 Lakh per month over next 30 yrs assuming that the corpus would grow at 10% post retirement

Based on Mutual funds Retirement, 2 scheme Reliance have come up with are :
1) Wealth Creation
2) Income Generation Scheme

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Some Key features to the above schemes are Flexibility To Manage Investments, Auto transfer to move from accumulation to distribution and Systematic Transactions.

A Illustration showing ideal way for invest for Youngster

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A Illustration showing Ideal Way To Invest For Investors Nearing Retirement

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For a smoother hassle free Retirement solution for employee, Employer can enroll and deduct systematically from salary, this can be done in a monthly single credit with their Reliance Salary ADDvantage facility.

To check out more details about Mutual funds Retirement from Reliance, please visit their website for further information: Reliance Mutual Funds Retirement Scheme.

Also check out their Retirement calculator which gives you a fair idea on how much should you invest according to the inflation in coming years you wish to invest your funds for retirement.