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Securing Your Future: Life Cover Strategies for Retail Investors

India CSR by India CSR
April 19, 2024
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Securing Your Future: Life Cover Strategies for Retail Investors

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Investing in your future is not only about amassing money; it means assuring your children that they will live a better life even when you are gone. Life insurance or life cover is one of the key aspects of this strategy. The unpredictable nature of life makes it one of the crucial financial products for individuals, particularly retail investors, to have a life cover. Investors, who already invest in the stock market, will see a new opportunity in investing in the Nifty Midcap 150 Momentum 50 Index as it will help them make informed decisions. The focus here is on approaches to ensuring your future.

Strategies –

Understand your needs: Evaluate the financial obligations that you have such as home loans, car loans, wedding ceremonies and children’s education. Think ahead and estimate how your family would fare in your absence and the financial implications. Make an assessment of your lifestyle like your standard of living, money for your daily expenses and your special needs. These variables enable you to get the cover value, which will ensure your family carries on with the same lifestyle and meets all its future needs if anything happens to you.

Diversify: Life insurance products are available in various types. Term plans are the simplest plans of protection with the highest coverage at the lowest premiums. Balancing insurance and savings, terminal funds deliver a payout at the end of the policy. ULIPs are coupled with life insurance and investment in market-linked funds. Various benefits and risk distribution can be offered through an investment diversification of your life insurance portfolio.

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Regular premium payments: The keeping of your policy alive is determined by timely premium payments. In case you are unable to make payments, your policy could lapse, and your family might not have life cover when they need it the most. A grace period is offered by insurers; however, consistent payments protect the policy from being cancelled for non-payment.

Adequate coverage: Assess your present obligations and liabilities, and also make a list of your family’s future financial requirements. The death claim should be large enough to cater to your debts and give your dependents financial security. According to the suggestions of industry experts, you should strive for a life cover of 10 to 15 times your income.

Review regularly: Life-changing events such as marriage, childbirth, or property ownership raise your financial obligations. These incidents should urge you to reassess your life insurance coverage. Regular assessments guarantee that your life insurance is in line with your financial obligations. 

Long-term perspective: Choose a policy that will cover you until you reach retirement age, or even beyond. It guarantees that your family receives financial assistance during your working years when they are most reliant on your income.

Riders: Riders supplement your life insurance coverage. A critical illness rider gives a lump sum payout upon diagnosis of any of the designated serious illnesses. An accidental death benefit rider provides an additional sum promised in the event of death caused by an accident. These riders broaden the extent of your life coverage.

Invest in ULIPs: They provide a unique blend of insurance and investing. A portion of the premium is used for life insurance, with the remainder invested in market-linked funds of your choosing. This combined benefit makes ULIPs an appealing choice for long-term financial goals. 

Monitor the Nifty Midcap 150 Momentum 50 Index. This index monitors the performance of 50 mid-sized enterprises with strong momentum. Monitoring it allows you to understand market trends and make more educated judgements about investing in ULIPs.

Early investment: The younger you are when you get life insurance, the cheaper the premium. Starting early also allows you to take advantage of compounding, which may help you acquire a significant corpus over time. 

Keep inflation in mind: Inflation reduces buying power. Ensure that your life insurance policy is sufficient to cover the increase in living expenditures caused by inflation. This guarantees that the life insurance plan offers appropriate financial support in the future.

Offer correct information: When purchasing insurance, offer precise information about your health and lifestyle. Any mismatch might cause issues or denials during the claim’s procedure. Accurate information allows the insurer to appropriately estimate the risk and charge a fair premium.

Nominee information: The nominee is the person who will receive the death benefit. To guarantee a seamless claim procedure, nominee data must be kept up to date. If your relationship with the candidate changes, please update the data promptly.

Consider online policies:  Online policies are likely to be cheaper since there is no need to account for overheads and agent commissions. The online platform also ensures the ease of policy comparison, purchase and claim submission. It is an easy and budget-friendly method to get the insurance cover.

Consider increasing cover with life stages: As you go on with your life, your burdens and financial obligations will expand. Be it a fresh mortgage or the birth of your child, your cover should be progressed to maintain adequacy. Most insurance companies have the option to increase their life cover automatically once specific life stage events are reached.

Tax benefits: The premiums paid for life insurance policies are eligible to be deducted under Section 80C of the Income Tax Act. The maturity proceeds and the death benefits are also tax-free under Sec. 10(10D). Hence, while saving for the future do not neglect to claim these tax breaks.

Read the policy document carefully: The policy document outlines everything about the policy including the inclusion, exclusions, terms, and conditions. By having a closer read, you can examine your insurance coverage and know what it doesn’t cover. This will be a guard against unpleasant surprises either at the time you make a claim or the time when the policy ends.

Ending note

Not only a financial decision, securing your future with life cover is also a promise to the well-being of your dependents. As retail investors, becoming conversant with the Nifty Midcap 150 Momentum 50 Index is important in making informed life cover decisions. Recollect that life insurance is not a burden, but it is an investment in a safe future. Your prudence today can ensure the financial stability of your loved ones tomorrow. Start strategising your life cover today for a worry-free tomorrow.


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