ULIP is a hot selling insurance product these days. Unit Linked Insurance policy is an insurance policy where the funds are invested in the Capital market and the policyholder bears all the investment risks.
Insurance companies are falling over each other to bring out ULIPs in new and attractive packages, thanks to it being accepted across India in huge numbers. More than 80% of the new premium income of Insurance companies come from ULIPs today.
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But shouldn’t this product be left to Mutual Funds who have been dealing with investments in the capital market with much more transparency and disclosures?
Well, the Insurance companies have only added the insurance angle and are charging separately for that too.
Let’s look at the charges for investing in a ULIP. Generally, a Mutual Fund charges 2.5% as entry load and 1-2% as Fund Management charges.
Companies also run schemes where they take high performing advisors to Singapore, Brazil et al.
And the investors will be taken to the cleaners!!
So look befor you leap for a ULIP!!
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How could one conclude that, how much premium allocation charge should be paid. as u say it varies 5% – 70%.
I’m looking forward to takn an ULIP CAPITAL BUILDER by Max Newyork, they r asking for 30% Premium Allocation Charge. Also at last how to conclude that they r not cheating there commission from our Premium.