How to Choose a Term Life Insurance Plan | 5 Steps for Selecting Best Term Life Plan

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Term Life Insurance is a simple product. They offer a death cover and in case something happens to you, your family gets the coverage amount. However, with multiple types of plans being offered now, it can get confusing.

In this video, we tell you how you can about choosing a term life insurance plan. A step-by-step guide that covers things like till what age should you have the cover and how to evaluate add-ons.

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No. 1 – Identify your needs and the term insurance coverage you seek

Your term insurance coverage should broadly assess how many financial resources your dependents will need to have to provide for themselves if you were to meet an untimely death.

And the best way to get started on this is to grab a piece of paper and do the following –
1. Estimate your dependent family's monthly expenses and multiply it by 150 times. This multiple of 150 factors future inflation and is a good way to start the process
2. Add your liabilities on account of home loans, credit card bills, personal loans, etc.
3. Deduct any liquid assets that you already have like fixed deposits, stocks and mutual funds
4. Add your expenses planned on account of important life goals that are likely to happen in the next 15 odd years like your children's higher studies or their children’s marriage etc.
5. And finally, add the retirement corpus you want to leave for your spouse on his/her retirement

The total of all these will help you arrive at how much of the term insurance cover one should be endeavoring for.

No. 2 – Determine the tenure of your plan
Once you know how much cover you need, it's important to determine till what age you need the cover for. You don’t want the tenure to be too little as your policy might lapse before you are done with your financial obligations. You also don’t want the tenure to be too high because the premium charged from you will be high on account of the higher tenure.

A very good and scientific way of estimating the right tenure for your term insurance plan is to determine by what year will your liquid net worth i.e. the total investments you have in mutual funds, provident fund, stocks etc. after subtracting your liabilities will be more than the life insurance requirement we had calculated earlier. The age at which these two numbers coincide will be the age until which you need coverage because post that your assets will take care of your dependents upon your demise.

No. 3 – Target to achieve the highest peace-of-mind per rupee of premium paid.
The premium is one of the more important factors that need to be considered. Your goal should be to get the highest peace-of-mind per rupee of premium. The reason I use peace-of-mind rather than coverage per rupee of premium is that consumers often value some key intangibles in decision making. This can be things like the stability of the insurance provider or its reputation in the eyes of the policyholder. Since term insurance is a long term contract often running into 30 or 40 or 50 years, it is important for you to be happy with your decision of insurance provider which will be a combination of premium and your perception of the insurer.

Number 4 – Choose your add-ons wisely. Term insurance plans offer riders at reasonable costs which should certainly be considered by you even if it might not fit in your requirements. There are four major riders that are available which are –

Additional cover for death due to accident where an amount in addition to your basic death cover shall be paid if you were to die in an accident

2. Critical illness cover where a lump-sum amount is paid on the diagnosis of one of the listed critical illnesses with the life insurer

3. Waiver of premium on disability where future premiums are waived off if the policyholder is rendered permanently disabled

4. Waiver of premium upon critical illness where future premiums are waived off on diagnosis of listed critical illness.

Number 5 – Broadly look at the Claim Settlement Ratio - Claim settlement ratio attracts a lot of consumer attention as it indicates the efficiency at which the policies are being settled. So, when you see a number of 95% in the claim settlement ratio column, it means 95 out of 100 claims reported to the insurance company were settled.

A word of caution here. The claim settlement ratio is merely an indication and if this ratio is over 95% then the company has been very efficient about settling claims. You really don’t need to go much deeper into it as to see who has a 99% ratio or who has 98.5% ratio.

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One of the most underrated video. This deserves more views and likes. Beautifully explained.

RajSekharK
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He should be a teacher, if he's not then he should quit whatever he is currently doing and start teaching,
He will get "peace of mind" out of it

beingabsurd
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I saw 100+ videos, but this is best explanation
Thanks

harshthakur
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While calculating my need(cover amount) should I consider liabilities like home loan and credit card bill amount as monthly /yearly Amount?
Also, is it advisable to have multiple term insurance instead of a single policy?

manojpillai
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Thanks a lot! Can you please make a video on how to choose a mutual fund?

rkslounge
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Hi, with nearly same premium between Aegon & Endlewiss T which would be better ? With same premium Endlewiss are giving additional cover for spouse @25lakhs which is not in case of Aegon and further ET's CSR ratio is slightly better than Aegon. However looking to ongoing feedback ET is not being preferred /advised. Hence Please advise/elaborate which option would be better. Furthermore trying to find LIC techterm on line premium but site never responded. Hence how to find out its premium. Thanks!

gajendratakwale
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which is the best pay term, u get 5, 7, 9, 15, 19 n regular pay

devendrajalde
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Formula to calculate tenure & sum insured are great

mahendrajale
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*** pls reply

i am planning to buy a term insurance
and i want to pay the total premium in just 1 time payment

today, a policybazar guy called me and suggested NOT to pay the premium in 1 time
because it will be considered as an investment and not life cover
he also said you will -
1) not have tax benefits (for declaration)
2) in case of demise, the cover money (example 1CR) will be first taxed 30% then given to your family just bcoz you have paid the premium in 1 time

i kind of agree to the first point, but is point 2) correct?

i doubt him as, i know if i pay the total premium in 1 time payment, i will save money
policybazar will gain only when i pay the premium over 5-10yrs as they will get more money out of me

so is he lying for point 2) ?? or is it correct that it will be taxed 30% ??

rathiankush
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Should start the video with "what is a term insurance plan"

Not everyone knows what it even is.

Oceansta
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Incase of death of the 1cr policy holder happens within 6 months of policy starting....will the company pay full 1cr to that person or only certain amount based on pro rata

nikhilparab
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Hi you have explained everything in detail of the complex stuff in a few minutes.... very well said

ajijustu
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Awesome job. I really appreciate the information shared in this video. I hv been looking for this sort of info. Tha k you so much guys.

MuraliKrishnaGollapudi
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Such a comprehensive guide on choosing the best health insurance plan! The breakdown of the 5 steps to pick the right mediclaim policy is incredibly helpful and easy to follow. A must-watch for anyone navigating the complexities of health insurance. Clear explanations make it so accessible!

soumyaa
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Could u pls educate me if aegon is a right term insurance to buy

tanumittal
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Sir, do we require critical illness rider if we have health insurance policy covering all such illness. Will term insurance company and health insurance company pay if we claim under respective policies

ravisisodia
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Well presented.. sir can u suggest the best term insurance available in market

aswinpg
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What if I am paying Home loan EMI. Should that also be added in the Monthly expenses?

MrHitchfan
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Heard GST levied for NRI insurance premiums paid from foreign currency account. True ?

sankarvaidyanathan
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totally satisfied, knowledgeable, great job!

sudhirmahajan