Prudential Life Insurance – Alternate Ending
Whenever you think of opting for Life Insurance Policies, the general image or idea that flashes on your mind is that of a salesman trying to entice to purchase a policy under his company name. Now if you are a completely new customer and have no idea as to what kind of deal suits your need, you end up making the wrong policy. Life insurance is also used to pay death taxes and estate settlement costs, to shift wealth from one generation to another or to benefit selected charities.. Most people go in for a life insurance policy to ensure that upon his/her death, the beneficiary is financially secured. Life insurance policies are typically divided into two major types: term insurance and permanent insurance. From these two basic policies, the insurance industry has developed a number of products using the same essential principals. People on a general basis would consider a life insurance policy to have no time limits, which always isn’t the case. Lets discuss the two types of life insurance policies in detail.
Term Life Insurance: A term life insurance policy pays the beneficiary or the nominee the due amount only if the insured individual expires during the time/ tenure of the policy. No benefits are paid if the insured exists beyond the term of the policy and there is no investment or cash value feature inherent in this type of policy. For this reason, term insurance policies will carry the lowest premiums in the earlier years of the policy. However, as an individual gets older, term insurance gets more expensive. A major problem with term insurance is that with the expiry of the insurance policy, the insured would need to replace or renew the policy at a higher premium.
Permanent Life Insurance: A permanent life insurance policy, often referred to as whole life insurance, is intended to provide protection throughout the life of the insured. It is an alternative to term life insurance and the premium is a bit costlier too. This is done to maintain the premium level while the policy is in place. Moreover as the insured keeps getting older the mortality rates increases. A couple of permanent life insurance policies are the universal life insurance policy and variable life insurance policy. A universal life insurance policy provides flexibility for the insured by allowing the individual to select the premium they would like to pay. Variable life insurance is a policy in which the insured has the ability to direct the investments of the cash surrender value to achieve potentially higher returns than could otherwise be realized. If the investments perform well, the death benefit will increase.
Determining your need prior to choosing a policy is important. Insurance is basically done when you have young members in your family, there is one bread earner and insufficient savings to meet the demands of the survivors in case of a disaster. The type and amount of insurance which is being considered must also be predicated on the affordability of the premiums. A policy which is too expensive to carry may result in an early termination. The insured would then need to reapply, usually at higher costs, and potentially subject him or herself to a physical examination to determine overall health.
Going by the current premium values in the market the top 5 insurance companies would be ranked as
1) ICICI Prudential Life Insurance
2) Birla Sun Life Insurance
3) HDFC Standard Life Insurance
4) Life Insurance Corporate of India
5) Bharti-Axa Life India.
Life insurance is a very complex product and, yet, is essential for many individuals in order to protect their loved ones or meet the other needs for which it is being purchased.
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September 10th, 2009 at 4:24 am
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September 10th, 2009 at 3:27 am
Life insurance with cash value don't pay out cash value when you die! They say its a good way to build savings! How is that so if you lose it all and it doesn't go to anyone when you die? People say you can borrow it. Why do I want to borrow my own money that I paid for? Cash value = scams!
September 10th, 2009 at 4:14 am
I believe legally, you have every right to request almost all the information they have on you. Send a written request for a copy of your "files." If you need to make a change, just call customer service or your agent.
September 10th, 2009 at 10:17 am
They are probably offering you a free $1000 accidental death and dismemberment insurance policy.
They do this to get you in the door and then try to upsell you to a higher amount of coverage.
If its free just take the coverage and leave it at that.
Make sure you get the paperwork.
And know that it will ONLY pay if you accidentally die or lose a limb, which will likely never happen to you.
September 11th, 2009 at 12:34 am
Performance Summary as on 30th June '06
Scheme Performance
(1 year) Annualised
Returns
(Since
Inception) Inception
Date
(The first percentage is this years return. The second % is the annual return since it started. The date that follows is the inception date.)
Preserver * 6.03% 5.51% 17/May/04
Protector # 3.41% 8.14% 16/Nov/01
Balancer ## 15.90% 17.50% 16/Nov/01
Maximiser ^ 42.08% 32.81% 16/Nov/01
Pension Preserver * 5.99% 5.28% 17/May/04
Pension Protector # 3.41% 6.39% 31/May/02
Pension Balancer ## 16.63% 18.17% 31/May/02
Pension Maximiser ^ 42.07% 37.51% 31/May/02
InvestShield Cash # 4.40% 4.40% 04/Jan/05
InvestShield Life ** 14.42% 11.41% 04/Jan/05
InvestShield Pension ** 13.19% 10.96% 04/Jan/05
These funds have not been in effect long enough to give an accurate opinion. I like to look at 3 year, 5 year & 10 year results. You may want to look into other top ranked companies. Get quotes from other top ranked companies here:
http://www.insureme.com/landing.aspx?Refby=614505&Type=life
Take care,
Ron @ InsureMe
September 12th, 2009 at 2:35 am
Allstate is an extremely reputable company that we can safely say will be around through the generations, however prudential is a Life Insurance company. the have more ways basically to massage a policy that will cater to your exact needs. I would go with Allstate if I just wanted a regular policy and I had an incentive like getting a discount by housing all my insurance needs with one company (please know that the discount will not apply to the life policy but if you have a situation of what an insurance company would consider excessive claims the life insurance will definitely play in your favor. Prudential (if you don't have auto or home insurance) is a great choice for only LIFE.
September 12th, 2009 at 2:27 pm
It depends on if you are commercial or recreational. If you are recreational, are you instrument rated, how many hours do you log a year, how long have you been flying etc. Generally the best companies for pilots are Prudential and AIG. Talk to an independent agent who doesn't have a vested interest in which company you choose.
September 12th, 2009 at 10:01 pm
I would start with your local yellow pages, find the nearest office and ask for an agent or customer service rep to give you some information. Or try their website.
September 12th, 2009 at 11:25 pm
The Advocate is correct, but if there were any misrepresentations…the insurance company only has TWO years to act on those. If after 2 years, they have to pay according to the application. There shouldnt be a lot of red tape. A death benefit is a death benefit as long as it wasnt suicide, drugs or alcohol related, or a crime commited by the insured. Even if it is suicide..before 2 years, the premium has to be returned, and after 2 years, premium plus interest has to be paid. Has a death incurred or are you just looking at different companies??
September 13th, 2009 at 12:58 am
Private sector companies are reliable. As informed by a http://www.InsuranceMall.in expert all Insurance companies go through liquidity and solvency norms to provide coverage to us. They have huge deposits with Insurance Companies + as their Sum assured issued grows they are required to infuse more capital in the company. So they are really safe.
LIC and SBI do give a comfort factor, as this is a long term policy, but I would still recommend to make a proper cost-benefit-reliability analysis.