Life insurance, as labelled, aims to provide the life coverage to the insured person; and provides the death benefits to the beneficiaries in case of any uncertainty. However, we always seek more than what we get. Availing the life insurance has become general practice and going beyond the regular benefits, the life insurance companies have introduced several life insurance plans that are advantageous in several aspects. Saving and investment are one of the popular life insurance plans, whereas the insurance companies offer these in two types- traditional savings and investment plans, i.e. endowment plans and ULIPs.
Usually, ULIPs are considered to be the aggressive plans with more significant benefits, but there are a few charges under these plans that you need to understand first.
Policy Administration Charges
All the administration charges are levied to cover the supportive expenses. Sometimes, paperwork and medical expenses are also included.
Premium Allocation Charges
These are the primary expenses where the underwriting costs, as well as the charges for bifurcating the premiums and assigning it towards the various funds, are levied.
Fund Management Charges
Under ULIPs, the amount you pay towards the premiums is divided and utilised towards the funds as well as the insurance purpose. To manage the funds on behalf of you, the insurer levies some charges, which are also included in the premiums.
Mortality Charges
These costs are merely nothing, but the charges levied for the insurance cover than the company offers. The insurer generally analyses the documents and assumes that the life insured lives up to a particular age. By misfortune, on the early demise of the life insured, these charges are supportive for the insurer to pay the death benefits.
Fund Switching Charges
Unlike the traditional plans, ULIPs offer you not only choosing the suitable funds but also to switch between the funds within the policy tenure, if you think that the market is not performing well. For this, the insurance company levies some charges for switching the funds.
Discontinuance Charges
By any chance, if you think that the policy is not suitable for you, the insurer allows you to discontinue the policy. For this, some charges will be levied to cover the loss of premiums. The IRDAI decides these charges.
Surrender Charges
The financial emergencies are uncertain, and you may need money at any time. In such cases, if you are willing to surrender the policy and withdraw the money along with whatever corpus you have accrued, you can do it. The insurer charges surrender charges on the action based on the fund value.
All the charges mentioned above are already included in the premium amount which you pay regularly. Thus, you need not pay the fees separately.