26/07/2018
Why do you Need a term insurance plan ?
Term insurance is basically a pure insurance plan which gives financial protection to the family of insured. It is much like vehicle insurance where family of insured gets compensated for terminal illness/death.
Why should everyone buy a term insurance ?
Term insurance should be a compulsory as it protects the family of insured by providing financial assistance in his absence. We live in a competitive world where standard of living and expenses are increasing daily. People have huge debts and no job security plus life expectancy is also decreasing with many young people succumbing to heart attacks, cancer etc. A term insurance provides risk cover to your family by compensating for the death of insured. The family gets adequate money to cover expenses such as repaying loans and debts, child's education, marriage and other unforeseen events, it creates a reserve for providing for your family's future needs.
What benefit does one get out of buying term insurance ?
A term insurance is pure insurance product and does not give any return of money which is why the premiums are very low and sum insured is quite high. One can get a term insurance of 1 crore in premium as low as 13000 depending on his age, it can be for 30 years to 99 years. The premium increases according to age so it is best to buy term insurance as early as possible in your 20's and 30's for a long term. Some companies offer term plan for as long as 99 years. Some companies also offer return of premium which means the premium you pay for the policy will be returned back at the end of policy tenure if nothing happens to the insured.
Let us take an example of how having insurance cover helps ?
Rajesh and Ramesh are 35 years of age and both are working professionals and also taken loan for house/property.
Ramesh is having many investments in mutual funds, government bonds, PPF, Fixed deposits, Debentures but he did not feel the need to buy insurance thinking that he has enough investments.
Rajesh has smartly taken a term insurance of 5 crore apart from his investments like Ramesh.
Both work in a very stressful and competitive environment, one day both get an heart attack resulting in untimely death. Rajesh's family gets 5 crore from insurance company as he had term insurance and his family is financial secure inspite of loosing him. They have enough money to pay their debts, complete children's education and marriage, they do not need to touch other investments as insurance cover provided them enough for all future needs.
Ramesh's family on other hand had to sell all their investments to repay the loans and debts, had to liquidate all stocks, mutual funds which eroded their already made investments. The loss of Ramesh also resulting in financial loss for them leaving them with very less savings for future.
The above story clearly shows the difference between having a term insurance and not having a term insurance. In above case both had enough investments, now imagine somebody who has no investments for the future, how would his family cope with the future expenses ? Think about it, it is a matter of financial security. Insurance cover cannot bring back Ramesh or Rajesh but can compensate financially for their families which is practically required for them to survive a debt free life.
Conclusion: Always keep a term insurance plan for your family's financial security.
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