Monday, 5 October 2015

Life Insurance Riders & their Benefits


Life Insurance is a vast subject and it is very important to understand every aspect of it. It’s a complex financial product and in reality the base product is not enough to cover and the complexity in Life Insurance Plans, hence Life Insurance Rider and their benefits and required.
Riders are the additional coverage to your basic Life Insurance Policy, understanding the rider and attaching it to your basic plan as per life insurance coverage needs helps one to secure families from all eventualities. These supplementary benefits come at very nominal cost.

1). Waiver of Premium Benefit Rider
We very well understand that a dreaded disease or accidental disability or even death can rob us of regular earnings for ourselves or our family. Such dreadful situations can take a toll on our long term financial goals due to want of funds. An life insurance plans in place would definitely take care of the immediate crisis. But, how do we provide for our long term goals?
We at Bajaj Allianz Life Insurance understand the need-come what may! Bajaj Allianz Life Insurance Waiver of Premium Benefit Rider (WOP) provides you the benefit of waiver of all future premiums payable under the policy on the earlier occurrence of untimely death, accidental permanent total disability or critical illness

2). Accidental Death and Total/ Partial Disability Benefit Rider
In case of death due to accident, rider sum assured and basic sum assured will be given the nominee of Life Insurance Policy holder. Accidents are unfortunate and can happen with anyone leaving the loved ones affecting family economically and emotionally. Thus this rider is very crucial.  It may happen that the insured would be disabled for life then he is entitled to get survival benefit which will be calculated as a percentage of the rider sum assured in line to the severity of the disability.
3). Family Income Benefit Rider
We work hard and earn to fulfill all our family’s needs. We are, to a large extent, dependent on our income to financially secure our families. But, what if an unfortunate event like death, accidental disability or critical illness hampers our income flow?
We understand this concern and present
Family Income Benefit Rider (FIB) which guarantees security of income to your family in case of such unfortunate events. Making sure your family is financially protected always for a worry free life.

4). Return of Premium Rider
Return of Premium rider is a valuable add-on to a term life insurance policy. A conventional term plan pays out nothing in case the insured outlives the policy term. However, with ROP rider, the insured gets entitled to receive a survival benefit. The sum of all the premiums paid over the term is paid back to the insured.
5). Critical Illness Benefit Rider
Our life’s objectives and future plans get impacted when an unfortunate event like a critical illness strikes. Such emergencies require lump-sum money to overcome the financial trauma.
We understand this concern, and present Bajaj Allianz Life Insurance Critical Illness Benefit Rider (CI), which protects you financially in case of occurrence of a critical illness; so that money is available to you when you need it the most.
Disclaimer
The information being provided under this section ‘Investor Education’ is for the sole purpose of creating awareness about Life Insurance and for their understanding, in general. The views being expressed only constitute opinions and therefore cannot be considered as guidelines,
Recommendations or as a professional guide for the readers.
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Thursday, 4 June 2015

Do I Really Need Life Insurance Plans?


How do we determine the amount of life insurance coverage that an individual client needs? This is a question that far too many Americans don’t have an answer for. Recent studies indicate that most adults lack the coverage necessary to protect their loved ones, and even worse, almost two-thirds admit that they don’t even have a personal life insurance agent to help them find the coverage they need. These days, a careful planning session that includes a survivor needs analysis is a necessity — and it isn’t being treated as such. The result? Millions of Americans are going about their everyday lives, completely oblivious to the potentially disastrous consequences their families could face if their life were cut short.
So, how much is enough?
Clients are going to ask their life insurance agents this all the time. There are well-known methods for determining client’s life insurance Plans needs, such as Capital Needs Analysis, Human Life Value, and Comprehensive Needs Analysis. The real question, though, is not the whether or not the amount of life insurance coverage is enough, but whether the coverage itself is meeting your client’s needs. During a survivor needs analysis session, some important factors individual to each client have to be considered, such as:
·         Family Size
·         Stage of Life
·         Household Income Contribution
Possibly more important, though, are the factors specific to the survivors, since any policy is about how to protect them after the loss of the insured. These factors include, but are not limited to:
·         Living Expenses
·         Immediate Cash Needs
·         Debt and Mortgage Cancellation
·         Income Replacement
·         College Funding Needs
·         Inflation and Time Value of Money
·         Taxes
·         Existing Savings Plans and Social Security
·         Fact-Finding Analysis
Part of our job at Silver Side Insurance Marketing is helping agents and clients find the insurance needs that they may have missed or overlooked, through a survivor needs analysis. These different needs can be, but are not limited to:
·         Life Insurance for Family Needs
·         Life Insurance for Business Needs
·         Buy/Sell Planning
·         Estate Planning Analysis
·         Estate Liquidity
·         Retirement Planning Needs and more

By looking at these needs, you can help your clients determine if their life Insurance Plans coverage is adequate enough to protect their loved ones in the event of their untimely passing. Different life insurance products will benefit certain clients more than others, so be sure to look at the specific products that SilverSide and our trusted insurance carrier partners offer. Watch Helen’s story and see just how SPL benefits her.


[source: http://silversideinsurance.com/do-i-really-need-life-insurance]