Written by : Knowledge Centre Team
2026-03-08
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Unit linked insurance plans are very versatile when it comes to investing, especially when you want to invest with a specific purpose. You can customize your ULIP scheme as per your goal and investment horizon.
Building an income stream out of your investment corpus can be useful in many circumstances. Retirement pension, pension to a family member, or simply replacing your active income from a passive one, are few goals you can achieve.
What is the Goal?
Before we get into the type of investment we need, we need to have a clear definition of the goal. Your goal must provide a SMART description:
- Specific: There must be a number (finite) to achieve
- Measurable: The measurement unit in case of financial goals will be currency; i.e. INR in this case
- Attainable: You goal number should be humanly possible to achieve given your present situation
- Relevant: The goal should be relevant for you and your family
- Time-Bound: You should provide a definite timeline to achieve the goal
You can define an income goal using the SMART methodology like this:
- Your Present Situation: Your present income is Rs. 4 lakhs per month, and age is 30 years. Your family consists of your homemaker spouse and two school going children. Your present household expenses are Rs. 1 lakh a month.
- Your SMART Income Goal: Receive an income equivalent to Rs. 100,000, starting 30 years from now, where the income will grow as per the minimum expected inflation rate (3.5% in this case). The income should continue for a lifetime, that is till the age of 100.
Rs. 1 lakh will be close to Rs. 3 lakhs in 30 years counting in the long-term inflation of 3.5% p.a. So, in real terms, you will need a growing income with the first-year instalments at Rs. 3 lakhs a month. - Phases of the Goal: Income goals usually have two phases – accumulation and distribution. The accumulation phase is when you are investing money to build a large corpus. The distribution phase starts when you stop investing and start withdrawing money from the corpus.
Is the Goal Attainable for you?
At the nominal long-term rate of return of 8%, you will only need to invest about 11% of your monthly income to achieve the goal.
That is, by simply investing about Rs. 45,000 p.m. you can build sufficient corpus to take care of the inflation-adjusted income starting Rs. 3 lakhs p.m.
Ideal Investment for the Goal – A 30 years investment plan is a very long-term plan. If you add the distribution phase of your goal the total investment period becomes 70 years. Thus, you will need an investment option which not only allows you to invest for this long period but also, keeps your costs under control.
To summarize, here’s what you will need in your investment option for this goal:
- Long holding period - possibly for a lifetime; i.e. up to 100 years of age
- Possibility of equity exposure - The option of changing the asset allocation as the investment progresses
- The flexibility of investment modes -At least tax-exempt withdrawals, so that your income remains tax-free
Why Should You Invest in ULIP?
Unit linked insurance plans or ULIPs have features which allow it to provide you with the best of long-term investment. For our case in this article, let’s consider Promise4Growth Plus from Canara HSBC Life Insurance and see how it fits as an ideal investment for your goal:
Multiple Asset Classes - ULIP plans including Promise4Growth Plus offers four different types of investment funds. All of these funds have a different risk-return profile, which you can use for your long-term portfolio investment:
- Equity funds: High-risk-high-return but requires a longer investment period. Best for wealth generation during the accumulation phase.
- Balanced funds: A dynamic mix of equity and fixed-income investments. Carries lower risk-return than equity funds but higher than debt funds. Also, needs a long investment period.
- Debt Funds: These are long-term fixed income securities’ portfolio. These funds have a steady return profile and carry lower risk than balanced funds. However, offer lower returns than balanced and equity funds in the long run. Best for parking your accumulated corpus for the distribution phase.
- Liquid Funds: Safest of all funds, these funds offer lower returns but have almost zero return variation over a short period. This fund will be the best option to park your money you want to withdraw for the year. This fund is also useful when you are investing lump sum and you want to benefit from SIP mode of allocation to equity funds.
Automated Portfolio Management Strategies
Automated portfolio management strategies allow you to maintain your portfolio’s risk-return profile automatically and protect your accumulated corpus. The important part is you don’t have to bother about the adjustments. Once you have selected a strategy your asset allocation will be adjusted at a fixed interval automatically.
Promise4Growth Plus Plan offers the following four automated portfolio strategies:
- Systematic Transfer Option: Best when you want to invest once a year and want to allocate to equity funds. This strategy allows you to create a systematic transfer to equity funds within the ULIP once you have invested.
- Return Protector Option: Liquidates your equity portfolio’s growth and parks it in a debt fund, after the return on equity fund reaches the selected threshold. Great if you have a minimum return target from your investment.
- Auto Fund Rebalancing Option: Once you set an asset allocation ratio between equity and debt funds, this strategy helps you maintain the same allocation. The fund will rebalance your equity and debt funds once in a quarter to make sure the allocation ratio remains the same.
- Safety Switch Option: Regardless of your choice of strategy at the beginning of the investment, you should always choose this strategy, if you are investing in equity funds. This strategy works only in the last four years of your investment and moves your entire equity holding to liquid funds.
The transfer is done systematically over the last four policy years before maturity. Thus, keeping your accumulated wealth safe from market performance. - Tax-Free Systematic Withdrawals: ULIP is a life insurance policy with a lock-in period of five years. After the lock-in period, you can withdraw partially from your accumulated corpus completely tax-free. Thus, your withdrawals in the distribution phase are completely tax-free.
Also, to help you build the regular income stream without continuous effort, the Promise4Growth Plus plan offers a systematic withdrawal option. You can set your amount and frequency and the insurer will transfer the money regularly to your savings account.
Other Benefits of Using ULIP Plans
ULIPs like Promise4Growth Plus are created to meet the challenges of long-term investment goals such as the one we are unravelling here. Other benefits of using ULIPs include:
Allocation of bonus units for long-term investors
Life cover equal to the higher of:
- 105% of total premiums paid
- Sum assured under the policy (Rs. 54 lakhs in this case, which is 10 times the annual premium investment)
- Corpus value
Thus, ULIPs not only are a great instrument to build your wealth but also to build a steady stream of tax-free income.
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