Term Plan with Return of Premium: What Benefits Does it Offer?

Term insurance plans have become very important in today's world. Who doesn't want financial security for their families? They help you to fulfil the future dreams of your family without any worry about financial resources. It enables you to keep your family needs secure even when you are not around.

What is a term Insurance plan?

A Term Insurance plan is a plan that provides coverage for a particular period of year or term. And in case of any unfortunate event with the policyholder, it provides death benefits to the beneficiaries. It also offers various benefits, such as survival benefits, maturity benefits, tax benefits, and many more. However, this can depend on the plan chosen.

Canara HSBC Life Insurance offers various term insurance plans with several benefits. You can choose any of them based on your preferences and requirements.

Types of Term Plans by Canara HSBC Life Insurance

• Select Star Term Plan

  This plan by Canara HSBC Life Insurance offers various advantages such as complete life coverage, covering a spouse in the same policy, multiple premium payments options, and many more. It also provides a return of premium benefit according to which all your premiums will be returned once you outlive the policy tenure.

Cover options under this plan are:

• Plan Option Life

  In this, the sum assured on death is payable, and the policy terminates upon payment of the benefit. However, both the life assured and spouse can be covered for the term of the contract subject to the policy's terms and conditions.

• Plan Option Life With Return of premium

  In this, the sum assured on death is payable, in case of death or on terminal illness diagnosis during the policy term. The total premium paid by you at maturity will be returned if the policy term is outlived and then the policy terminates.

• Plan Option Life Plus

  This option under iSelect Smart360 Term Plan, the sum assured on death is payable, in case of death or on terminal illness diagnosis during the policy term and the policy terminates. And the total premiums paid will be refunded on the date of maturity in case of survival till maturity, and the policy will continue to extend till you attain 99 years of age. Sum assured you would be paid in case of death or diagnosis of a terminal illness. On attaining 99 years sum assured will be paid and the policy will be terminated.

Product Parameters

Age at entry

Age at maturity

However, these options are not available if you have opted for spouse coverage.

Policy term

Premium payment term

Sum Assured

How does the plan work?

You can alter your plan according to your insurance requirements.

Life Option:

Step 1: Choose one of the Coverage Options as per your Life Insurance needs - Level or Increasing.

Step 2: Choose any of the Optional In-built Covers according to your Life Insurance needs.

Step 3: To cover spouse, choose any one of the Benefit Payout Options at the time of point of sale.

Step 4: For the Part Lumpsum and Part Monthly Income, you can select the proportion 25% / 75%, 50% / 50% and 75% / 25%.

Within Monthly Income, select level / increasing (@ 5% p.a. or @ 10% p.a.) Monthly Income and select to receive it in equal monthly instalments over 120 months or till the end of the Policy Term or 40 years, whichever is ahead.

However, only the Lump Sum option is available in the Whole Life Coverage under Life Plan Option.

Life With Return of premium

Step 1: Choose any one of the Benefit Payout Options at the time of point of sale.

Step 2: For the Part Lumpsum and Part Monthly Income, you can select the proportion 25% / 75%, 50% / 50% and 75% / 25%.

Within Monthly Income, select level / increasing (@ 5% p.a. or @ 10% p.a.) Monthly Income and select to receive it in equal monthly instalments over 120 months or till the end of the Policy Term or 40 years, whichever is ahead.

Life Plus

For the Part Lump Sum and Monthly Income, you can select the proportion 25% / 75%, 50% / 50% and 75% / 25%.

Within Monthly Income, select level / increasing (@ 5% p.a. or @ 10% p.a.) Monthly Income and select to receive it in equal monthly instalments over 120 months or till the end of the Policy Term or 40 years, whichever comes before.

Once you have personalized the plan based on your need, select other details like Sum Assured, Policy Term, Premium Payment Term, and Premium Payment Mode. Then, answer certain questions about yourself and provide other basic details.

POS - Easy Bima Plan

POS - Easy Bima Plan is a term insurance plan that provides a return of premium on the date of maturity. The advantage of choosing this plan is that it provides affordable and hassle-free protection to help you give financial security to your family's needs. Thus, a complete package to secure your family's future dreams with sufficient financial resources.

Benefits of POS - Easy Bima Plan

This plan provides various benefits as given below:

• Death Benefit Payable (Other than accidental death)

  In the case of death in the waiting term, which means 90 days from the date of commencement, you will be given a return of the total premiums paid. And in case of the waiting term that is after 90 days from the date of commencement, you will get 100 per cent of death benefits sum assured. However, on payment of death benefits, the policy will stand terminated, and no further benefits will be payable.

• The death benefit payable (in case of accidental death)

  The waiting period is not applicable in this case. In this, an accidental death benefit sum assured in addition to the death benefit sum assured will be given. After this, the policy will stand terminated, and no further benefits will be payable.

  Also, the accidental death benefit sum assured is equal to the death benefit, and for more details, you may check the terms and policies under this plan.

Return of premium on date of maturity

In case of survival till maturity, the Return of the total premiums paid shall be payable, provided the policy is still in force.

Tax benefits

According to Section 80C of Income Tax Act, 1961, you can get tax benefit on the premium paid.

How does this plan work?

This plan is quite simple, and you can customise the policy according to your financial goals and requirements. There are two steps.

Step 1: Select your sum assured.

In this, you need to ensure that your financial needs are met and accordingly choose a death benefit sum assured. However, it has to be in Rs 50,000.

Step 2: Now, select your premium payment term and policy term.

There are various premium payment terms and policy terms offered (as described below), and you can choose according to your requirements.

Age criteria

Entry age

Maturity age

Premium Payment and Policy Term

There are various options present to help you select the best term plan. You can choose according to your preferences and requirements.

Policy term - 10 years and 5 pay

Policy term - 15 years and 10 pay

Policy term - 20 years and 10 pay

Sum Assured

The minimum sum assured with this plan is Rs 50,000.

The maximum sum assured with this plan is Rs 15,00,000.

Annual Premium options

The minimum premium you can pay are as follows:

Policy Term of 10 year - 2,219

Policy Term of 15 year - 1,076

Policy Term of 20 year - 989

The maximum premium you can pay is as follows: there is no limit.

This depends on the chosen sum assured.

Premium Payment Mode And Modal Factors

It is available in annual as well as monthly mode. However, the annual premium needs to be multiplied with a factor of 0.10 to arrive at the monthly instalment premium payable.

The Bottom Line

Term insurance plans have become a necessity in today's world. They help provide you and your family with financial security to have a safe and secure future. Canara HSBC Life Insurance offers various term insurance plans that you can choose according to your preferences and requirements.