Kotak e-Term Plan
Kotak e-Term Plan provides a high level of protection to your loved ones in your absence.
Kotak Guaranteed Savings Plan
Kotak Guaranteed Savings Plan is a savings and protection plan that helps you achieve long-term financial goals and provides an insurance cover against any eventuality.
Kotak E-Invest
Kotak e-Invest plan is a complete Unit-Linked Insurance Plan that can be customized as per your goals and needs.
Kotak Health Shield
Kotak Health Shield Plan helps secure your finances in sudden medical expenses such as Cardiac, Liver, Neuro, and Cancer (all early and significant illness stages/conditions of cancer), along with offering protection for personal accidents - in case of accidental death or disability.
Kotak Lifetime Income Plan
Kotak Lifetime Income Plan gives you the security of your income continuing throughout your life and in your absence throughout your spouse's lifetime!
ULIP, or Unit Linked Insurance plan refers to an insurance plan that offers dual benefits, including an investment plan to fulfil your long-term goals and a life cover to financially protect your family during an unfortunate event. The premium amount that is paid towards ULIP is divided into two parts.
A part of it is contributed to your life cover, and the remaining is invested in the fund of your choice. ULIPs make inflation-beating returns on your investment possible when continued until the end of the policy term. However, it can also act as an interim source of funds if you face a financial shortfall during the policy period. You can redeem some of the units accumulated in your fund before the policy end date. This partial withdrawal facility helps you avoid digging into your savings, taking expensive loans, or having to sell your assets. One unique advantage of the ULIP plan is that you can take out a part of your accumulated fund value before the policy matures.
Now that you know what is policy withdrawal, let’s dive deep to know the details regarding how to withdraw ULIP policy and what are the limitations.
A part of the premium you pay for your ULIP provides a life insurance cover. The insurer invests the remaining amount in the financial instruments you select as per your capacity to bear market fluctuations. The pooled investment from all investors in a ULIP is divided into units. A price is assigned to each unit, known as the Net Asset Value (NAV). It is the price at which investors can purchase and sell ULIP units. The NAV goes up when the value of the underlying funds increases.
Based on the premium you pay; units are assigned to you. You can encash some of those units after the first five years from the ULIP start date, the lock-in period. The amount you receive depends on the total NAV of the number of units redeemed.
A fixed premium needs to be paid if you invest in a ULIP. A part of the premium is used for providing coverag Replacement of income e, while the remaining part is invested in various capital market funds.
Part of the premium that gets invested is further divided into units. ULIP partial withdrawal allows you to redeem some of those units in case of any emergency.
The worth of your investment, the fund value, gets reduced by the amount withdrawn. Moreover, your life cover amount is also lowered by a sum proportionate to the encashed amount. The coverage remains reduced for two years from the withdrawal date. Hence, in case of an unfortunate event during this interval, your nominee will receive a reduced payout.
However, the amount payable to your nominee is restored to the original sum assured after two years. But your fund value after these two years will depend on the prevailing NAV and the premiums you invest.
While planning to buy ULIP, it is advisable to check different plans that provide maximum benefits. In addition, various factors like stability, customer service quality, the reputation of the brand being opted for, etc., must be considered that can help the policyholder’s family financially during any unfortunate incident.
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Partial withdrawals can help you tide over financial crunches. But it affects the monetary benefit your loved ones are entitled to receive. Moreover, the returns you can expect at the end of the investment period also take a hit. Hence, financial experts advise against ULIP partial withdrawal unless it is an absolute emergency in order to avail the benefit of long-term capital growth.
Ref. No. KLI/22-23/E-BB/492
