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What is Whole Life Insurance (Suraksha)? | Postal Life Insurance | 1 Best investment cum life insurance policy

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In this blog post I will be explaining my analysis on Whole Life Insurance (Suraksha). This will be a complete guide on Whole Life Insurance (Suraksha). Please read till end of the blog post to know the complete information about this Whole Life Insurance (Suraksha). Lets get started.

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What Is Whole Life Insurance ?

Whole Life Assurance policy is also known as Suraksha . It is an investment cum life insurance policy. It is a life insurance policy where the maturity amount (sum assured amount plus accumulated bonus amount) will be paid to you when you reach 80 years of age. In case of death before the age of 80 years, the sum assured amount and any bonus accumulated till the day of your death will be paid to nominees or legal heirs.

How Does Whole Life Insurance Work?

  • Decide the Sum Assured amount and purchase the policy at a Post Office.
  • Choose one of the premium paying terms available for your age.
  • The monthly premium amount will be decided based on your age, sum assured amount and the premium paying term.
  • You need to pay the premium amount every month till the end of the premium paying term
  • The bonus amount will be accumulated every year as per the bonus rate during the premium paying term
  • When the premium paying term ends, you need not pay any premium further.
  • You’ll receive the maturity amount when you reach 80 years of your age. The maturity amount is the total of the sum assured amount and the accumulated bonus.
  • In case of death before 80 years of age, then the nominees or legal heirs will receive the entire sum assured amount and any bonus accumulated till the day of death.

Age Of Entry

You can purchase this insurance policy between 19 years and 55 years of your age.

Policy Term

This insurance policy provides flexible term periods. You can choose a policy term period from 5 years to 50 years depending on your age of entry into the policy.

Sum Assured Amount

Minimum amount – Rs. 20,000. Maximum amount – Rs. 50 Lakhs.

Bonus Rate

The current bonus rate is Rs. 76 per Rs. 1,000 Sum Assured per year. The bonus rate is not fixed and it changes from time to time as announced by the Government.

Maturity Benefit

The Maturity amount will be at 80 years of your age, then the account holders receive the maturity amount. The maturity amount is the total of the sum assured amount and the accumulated bonus amount.

Death Benefit

In case of death before 80 years of age, then the nominees or legal heirs will receive the entire sum assured amount and any bonus accumulated till the day of the death.

Medical Test

  • To purchase this policy, whether you need to undergo a medical test or not is based on the sum assured amount.
  • If the sum assured amount is Rs. 1 Lakh or lesser, then you need not undergo any medical test.
  • If the sum assured amount is more than Rs. 1 Lakh, then the medical examination is compulsory to prove that you are healthy.

Policy Conversion

You can convert this policy into Endowment Assurance (Santosh) policy after completion of 1 year and before 57 years of your age.

Loan Facility

Loan facility is available in this policy. You can apply for a loan after completion of 4 years. But, you will not get any bonus if you pledge your policy for a loan before completion of 5 years. The proportionate bonus on the reduced sum assured amount is accumulated if the policy is assigned for a loan after 5 years.

Surrender Policy

You can surrender the policy after completion of 3 years. But, you will not get any bonus if you surrender your policy before completion of 5 years. The proportionate bonus on the reduced sum assured amount is paid if the policy is surrendered after 5 years.

FAQ About Whole Life Insurance (Suraksha)

Where Can I open this Whole Life Insurance Policy

You can open your account and start investing in this whole life insurance policy only in the Post office. So please visit your Nearest Post Office to open the account and know more about this policy.

I am a NRI Can I invest in this Whole life insurance Policy

No. NRI cant invest in this policy. Please read PLI Introduction Blog post to know more about who are eligible to open this account.

My Age is 45 can I open the account in this whole life insurance Policy

Yes you can. You can purchase this insurance policy between 19 years and 55 years of your age.

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