On March 1, 2012 Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) has launched a new Single premium life insurance plan – LIC Jeevan Vriddhi. Lets look at the product in detail and then decide if you should invest in LIC Jeevan Vriddhi
LIC Jeevan Vriddhi: Benefits
Maturity Benefit: On maturity, the Guaranteed Maturity Sum Assured along with Loyalty Addition, if any, shall be payable.
Loyalty Addition: Depending upon the Corporations experience the policy will be eligible for Loyalty Addition on date of maturity at such rate and on such terms as may be declared by the Corporation.
Death benefit: On death, Basic Sum Assured shall be payable. The Basic Sum Assured shall be 5 times the Single Premium excluding extra premium, if any.
Eligibility Conditions And Other Restrictions:
Guaranteed Maturity Sum Assured:
Guaranteed Maturity Sum Assured for each age at entry per Rs.1000 Single Premium (exclusive of Service Tax) is as under:
Incentive For Higher Premium:
Incentive for higher single premium by way of increase in the Guaranteed Maturity Sum Assured is as under:
Loan:
Loan facility will be available under this plan, after completion of one policy year.
Surrender Value:
The policy can be surrendered for cash after the policy has run for at least one year. The minimum Guaranteed Surrender Value allowable is equal to 90% of the Single premium paid excluding extra premium, if any.
Corporation may however pay Special Surrender value as applicable on the date of surrender provided the same is higher than the Guaranteed Surrender Value.
The Special Surrender Value will be the discounted value of the Guaranteed Maturity Sum Assured as on date of surrender.
Benefit Illustrations:
LIC’s website has the illustrations where the Rs 1 lakh invested returns Rs 1,97,023 or Rs 2,21,651 at the end of the 10 year term. Take as look:
Understanding The Returns:
LIC Jeevan Vriddhi has been launched mainly for tax saving purpose.
So we look at your returns if you invest to save tax. If you are in highest tax bracket and invest Rs 1,00,000 for tax saving, you would save around Rs 30,000 as tax benefit. So effectively you invest Rs 70,000 on which you would be Rs 2,21,651 which is 100% tax free, so the net yield in this plan is more than 12%.
In the second case if you do not consider tax benefit your effective yield would come to 8%, which is not really attractive.
Also your return depends on your age at the time of investment. If you look at the graph below, you would realise the return falls down sharply after age of 35 – 36 years.
Essentially LIC Jeevan Vriddhi plan is good only if you are young and in the highest tax bracket.
Some Points of Caution:
Last and not the least – Go for something more simpler investments rather than such complicated products – Keep investments & insurance separate!
Update: Check how the tax benefit for LIC Jeevan Vriddhi changes after April 1, 2012
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Even after implementation of the DTC, Jeevan Vriddhi's returns(those who invested in this plan on or before 31 March 2012) would not be taxable, as The Principle of Estapol applies in here....So the maturity is definitely tax free under Section 10 (10)(D) and not 80C.
Thats totally true! Its only for people who put their money on or after April 1, 2012 would be denied any tax benefit on maturity
“LIC of India” when we talk about it the first thing comes in our mind is “TENSION” , I know you may shocked after reading this, Life Insurance in its modern form came to India from England in the year 1818. In India they were having monopoly and today the company has unclaimed fund of nearly 30000 crore Rs. “Shocked” Yes its true and the reason behind is this that the sensation of the Insurance is nearly 35% and the rest never get any claim. Same thing was happened with me, even I have filed a online review in the http://www.consumercourt.in/life-insurance/17906-complaint-against-lic-india.html . I know they don’t have any problem with all these online reviews. Finally I decided to switch over to some other Insurance company.
Grt anlaysis!
Thanks!
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Have you invested in any such plans from LIC?