Jeevan Nischay Policy is to be launched by LIC

Recently, Life Insurance Corporation announced to launch Jeevan Nischay policy. It will be single premium granted plan of LIC. Jeevan Nischay policy will be very similar to Jeevan Aastha which was launched last year.

Still, the whole information has not taken place among us but LIC will declare more information about the policy soon. According to the insider’s information, an insurer would have to invest of Rs. 1 lakh for 10 years then he will get a maturity about Rs. 1.7 lakh.

Yield and additional loyalty will be declared soon after the launch of the policy. Jeevan Nischay policy will be sold for limited period till March, 2010.

Jeevan Nischay policy introduces maximum features such as single premium plan and the investment will be linked with to the extent of protection the individual already has purchased.

The ET has written, “According to sources, the main objective of the policy is to tap the maturity benefits offered under an older plan – Bima Gold, which sold more than 1 crore policies when it was launched. Jeevan Aashta had mobilised close to Rs 10,000 crore, as it offered a safe haven of guaranteed returns amidst the turmoil in the market.”

Jeevan Nischay policy will cover “the mandatory five times of the premium amount for the first year of insurance. For subsequent years, the sum insured will be equivalent to the premium paid.” The news was also published in Economic Times.

Till now, one time premium policy has proved its essence. Earlier, we have seen many single premium policies by LIC and Reliance that had gotten good popularity. Now, we can assume about Jeevan Nischay policy and about its effect.

Single premium policy gives insurer independency also. Jeevan Nischay policy will be just like an investment for 10 years with insurance cover that will surly attract customers.

Guarantee Builder Launched by Bharti AXA Life

Private life insurance joint venture between Bharti Enterprises and AXA, Bharti AXA Life Insurance, launched an innovative premium guarantee product – Guarantee Builder.

Nitin Chopra who is the CEO of Bharti AXA Life said,

“This premium guarantee product addresses the needs of those traditional and new investors who are wary of market volatility – as is the case currently – but would still like to participate in the Indian growth story.”

Guarantee Builder would be a package for long-term customer to get benefit, as per the Chopra statement. Guarantee Builder will provide customers the benefit of increasing GMV (guaranteed maturity value). It is a first-of-its-kind benefit product to Indian customers.

Economic Times online news paper writes about the premium,

“GMV is the sum of the investment premiums payable over the term of the policy. Guarantee Builder provides customers the comfort of the GMV increasing by 1% each year till it reaches 115% of GMV at maturity.”

Guarantee Builder would be the new guarantee fund to Build & Protect. It will provide customers the option for the long-term to remain invested in equity up to 40%. It gives the flexible option to move out of the guarantee to switch out of Build & Protect Fund.

At the end of the 10th and 15th year a special addition of 2.5% of average policy fund value will be provided customers the benefit of wealth creation over the long-term. Guarantee Builder will provide death benefit of sum assured plus fund value. It would be with sum assured for ten times on the annual investment premium.

Latest news shows that Bharti AXA Life has also plan to invest Rs 100 crore into the life company in the July-September quarter.

Bharti AXA Life has many plan and investment option nearly to the new customers. The company is trying to invest almost all growing industries.

Life Insurance Industry Falling in Competition of General Insurance

According to the recent news, life insurance premium collection has fallen about 11.6% in the fourth quarter. In the financial year 2009 (April – March) has brought down about 6% according to the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (IRDA).

North-zonal Manager, Sanjay Kumar Jha from Bajaj Allianz said to the Economic Times, “The stock market crash in the previous fiscal led to a drop in the demand for unit-linked insurance plans, pulling down sale of new policies.” About the new premium collection ET says, “New premium collection clocked Rs 34,814.55 crore in Q4 against Rs 39,413.16 crore in the corresponding period of the previous fiscal. For the full fiscal, it stood at Rs 87,107.62 crore compared to Rs 92,988.71 crore in the previous fiscal.”

About the down it is said that the market leader LIC (Life Insurance Corporation) has gone more down about 10% whose market share was 60% to 63%. The collection has declined during the year which had been sold this year.

It is being said that LIC’s policy Jeevan Aastha premium collection would have been worse also.

Another news according to IRDA data shows that general insurance sector is in growth from 9% to 12.6%. Among the 16th non-life insurance companies only Reliance has posted negative growth in the sector.

In the other hand Birla Sun Life Insurance Rs 10,000 crore marks in Assets under Management (AUM). According to the Vikram Kotak who is the Chief Investment Officer said to the ET, “it gives us great pleasure to cross the landmark of Rs 10,000 crore of AUM and in the process registering a strong growth of 41 per cent year-on-year.”

On the analysis of Insurance sector we can say that the sector differ company to company not from policy to policy because in the one hand LIC is going down in life insurance where on the other hand BSLI is going up. Like it, in the general insurance policy all the insurance companies going up where Reliance is going down.

Renew your health insurance policies easily

Now, you can renew your health insurance policies very easily and rightfully. From June, 2009 even non-life insurance companies also will renew your health insurance. A new terms & condition announces that such rejection will be rare and exceptional now.

According to the news no insurance companies can reject renewing your health insurance policies now which you have claimed previous years or during premium renewing cover arbitrarily.

IRDA (Insurance Regulatory & Development Authority) announced in news with Hindustan Times, “ordinarily renewable except on grounds such as fraud, moral hazard or misrepresentation of facts. Specifically, renewal shall not be denied on the ground that the insured had made a claim in the previous years.”

If insurer proposed to increase your premium while renewing your insurance policy then they would have to inform you before three months for it. Along with it they would have to explain all the details with reasons.

J Hari Narayan who is the chairman of IRDA told with HT in a press, “There were several complaints from policy-holders who had claimed earlier that their insurers have refused renewing their policies next year without giving reasons for rejection.”

From now the prospects of health insurance will be upfront with all the details including all coverage. Maximum age to renew will be decided. All the details of pre-existing diseases will be in details.

It is the much comfortable news for those who have health insurance policies and those who have to renew this. We can’t say how effective it because health insurance policies are very complicated subject. In spite of the news announce that now health insurance policies will be easy and all the details will be in prospectus.

Still there is no review about the news however; we assume that soon there will be practical aspect of the news. If health insurance policies will be truth like the news then surely everyone will feel comfortable.

Jivan Anand Life Insurance Policy from LIC and My Experience

I have already told you in my previous post about my experience with corporate health insurance. Now, I want to share my own life insurance experience to you. I am 24 years old still I was not insured. Once day, I met with my teacher friend. We were talking with some different topic. Suddenly, we come to the insurance topic. He asked me about my life insurance. I told him that I don’t think about insurance and have not thought over the insurance policy.

Now, he was serious. He begins arguments with me about insurance. He gives one suitable argument that no car and motor bike run on road without insurance then you do you not think about your life insurance? “We also run on road every day then why should we don’t feel about our life insurance?”

After that logic I had no space for arguments. That time I decided to be an insured person. He was an insurance agent actually. That is why he wanted to make me insure. In spite of some reality was there. I asked him to tell me about best policy. He was my friend so he suggested for Jivan Anand Life Insurance of LIC.

He told me that JEEVAN ANAND is unique combination of ’’Whole Life’’ and ’’Endowment’’ policy. By this policy I was able to get an insurance of whole life without paying policy amount.

He told me that if you get a policy of Rs. 1 lakh then you have to pay only premium of Rs. one lakh. After that you will get endowment at the end of the selected term or on end of your life.

He told me about premium also that you are able to pay in term of yearly, half-yearly, quarterly or monthly. I saw an advertisement also nearly about Jivan Anand policy that if you take the policy then your life will be “ANAND HI ANAND”.

Now, I want to ask that let me know Jivan Anand is right for me or is there any other policy which is better for me?

Insurance policy not only for oneself but for the significant and tangible things of life

In this fast paced world where the element of uncertainty dominates the scene, it is quite a sensible thing to get an insurance policy not only for oneself but for the significant and tangible things of life. With easy premium rates and convenient policy availing procedure, one can certainly get a policy of his choice within a space of very short time.

Ramnath Kashyap is a trader who deals in the wooden decorative items. His office is located in the beautiful valleys of Kashmir from where he transports all the manufactured material to the different parts of the country, but as every body knows, Kashmir has been an active zone of terrorist activities for the past many years. Due to it many times, Mr. Kashyap’s business has suffered a lot. Twice, his office was blazed off, by these sadistic social elements, due to which he suffered a big loss worth in crores. Not only the monetary loss but his inability to supply the orders also robbed him of his goodwill in the market resulting in leaving an indelible stain on his business profile. But not any more, as of now Mr. Kashyap has a general insurance policy by his side. This policy guards him from the loss occurred due to such incidents. General insurance policy in today’s time holds a lot of significance for the people of society, which chiefly includes business class people.

Speaking more elaborately on the topic of ‘general insurance’. It is a concept in the insurance domain that covers all the intangible aspects of life except the life itself which is covered under the title ‘life insurance’ policies. Under a general insurance policy, a person gets a cover against all kinds of uncouth jolts orchestrated by man (whether intentionally or unintentionally) or by the nature. Thus, a general insurance policy offers guard to the subscriber against all kinds of perils such as burglary, fire accidents etc. As said earlier, it even shields the person from the atrocities of nature in the form of floods, Tsunami and even earthquake. Earthquake which is one of the widespread phenomenons around the earth has been an event that has propelled the popularity of this policy. Not only the damage caused by earthquake but incidents like the recent Orissa floods and not to forget the destructive Tsunami tide which hit the Indian shores in 2006, has been the chief contributors in spurring the demand levels for general insurance domain. Normally, a general insurance policy is for a maximum tenure of one year. An ideal proposition for the likes of traders and for the families, it is one aspect of insurance where people can get their personal assets and other accessories insured. For people who are into business profession, it can work wonders by providing insurance for stock of raw material, insurance of office and other business related commodities.

However, after the recent Mumbai attacks, there has been a steep hike in the demand levels of the general insurance policy. The reason, well it is because, these incidents have been an eye-opener for people living in metropolitan who until now were thinking that terrorism is restricted to the border-aligned areas. But the 26/11 attacks certainly proved that the nemesis of terrorism is finally sprouting in the urban areas too, which accounts for the steep hike. With the introduction of terror based general insurance policy, majority of the people both from the middle class section as well as from the business class are not shying away from the idea of buying the policy.