Variant – Income Benefit
Survival Benefit:
Cash Bonus (CB): At the end of each Policy year, the non-guaranteed CB2 (if any) shall be payable. You can opt to take the CB2 in monthly instalments in which case the monthly CB will be paid-out at the end of every month, starting from the 1st month of your Policy. Also, you will have an option to Accumulate the CB2 declared in the Policy instead of receiving the pay-outs and earn Investment Return3on the Accumulated Cash Bonus2 (ACB).
Guaranteed Monthly Income (GMI): At the end of the Premium Payment Term (PPT), GMI shall be payable every month, till the end of the Policy Term. The first instalment of GMI will be paid at the end of PPT. You can opt to take GMI as annual instalments in which case the GMI will be paid-out to you at the end of each Policy year. You also have an option to Accumulate Guaranteed Monthly Income (AGMI) in the Policy, instead of receiving the pay-outs and earn Investment Return3 on the AGMI.
Cash Value (CV): If you have accumulated the CB &/or GMI, instead of receiving it as payouts, you will be entitled for Cash Value which will be total of ACB &/or AGMI including investment return3 thereon. Anytime during the Policy Term, you will have the option to withdraw the CV (partially or fully).
3Investment return on ACB and AGMI will be declared by the company every year.
2Bonuses are not guaranteed. Product features mentioned above are dependent on benefit chosen.
Maturity Benefit:
Provided the Policy is in-force and the Life Assured is alive, as on the Maturity date, Maturity Booster (50% of Sum Assured) plus Cash Value (if not fully withdrawn) plus Terminal Bonus (if any) will be paid.
Death Benefit:
If all due premiums are paid, then in case of unfortunate death of the life assured during the policy term,
- 105% of Cash Value (if not fully withdrawn) plus Terminal Bonus (if any) will be paid immediately as lump-sum and
- Sum Assured on Death# will be paid as monthly income, over a period equal to outstanding Policy Term or 12 years, whichever is lower, and the 1st installment will start from date of death. However, your nominee can opt to take the death benefit in lumpsum, at the time of intimation of death.
The Policy will terminate on the payment of full death benefit.
If you have opted for Joint Life Cover% at inception of the Policy, both you (primary life assured) and your spouse will have independent life cover (Sum Assured). Your Spouse's Sum Assured can range from 50% to 100% of your Sum Assured.
The death benefit in case of Joint Life Cover will be payable as below:
Death of Primary Life Assured - If all due Premiums are paid, then, in case of unfortunate death during the Policy term, (i) 105% of Cash Value (if not fully withdrawn) plus Terminal Bonus (if any) will be paid immediately as lumpsum and (ii) Sum Assured on Death# will be paid as monthly income@, over a period equal to outstanding Policy Term or 12 years, whichever is lower, and the 1st installment will be due from date of death. The risk cover with respect to the Primary Life Assured will terminate automatically on the date of death. However, the Policy will continue with the life cover on the Spouse and the future Premiums will be paid by the Company.
Death of Spouse - If all due premiums are paid, then in case of unfortunate death during the policy term, Sum Assured will be paid as monthly income@, over a period equal to outstanding Policy Term or 12 years, whichever is lower, and the 1st installment will start from date of death. The risk cover with respect to the spouse will terminate automatically on the date of death. However, the Policy will continue on the life of primary life assured, subject to payment of all due future premiums. In case of simultaneous death of Primary Life Assured and Spouse, the Death Benefit as mentioned above will be paid and the policy will be terminated.
@The Primary Life Assured or the nominee can opt to take the Sum Assured/Sum Assured on Death as lump-sum instead of monthly income, at the time of intimation of death.
%Primary Life Assured will have the option to discontinue the life cover (Sum Assured) on the spouse at any policy anniversary, during the PPT. The premium under the policy will be revised accordingly. Life Assured will not have an option to include the spouse again once he/she has exited the Policy.
#Sum Assured on Death is higher of the sum assured or 10 times of Annualized Premium*, further the death benefit plus Cash Bonus paid out will not be less than 105% of Total Premiums* paid.
*Annualized Premium is exclusive of extra premium, rider premium and GST/any other applicable tax levied, subject to changes in tax laws, if any. Total premium paid is the total of all regular premiums paid exclusive of extra premium, rider premium and GST/any other applicable tax levied, subject to changes in tax laws, if any. Both, the Annualized Premium and the Total Premiums paid, will be w.r.t. the life assured or primary life assured (in a joint life policy).
In Joint Life, there is no Maturity or Survival Benefit available to Spouse.
