Kotak Term Plan

Special savings are available for non-tobacco users and women.

Kotak Term Plan - Key Features

• Kotak Term Plan is a pure term insurance plan that offers high quality life coverage at economical rates. The insured has a choice of premium payment options; they may choose a single premium payment or regular premium payment.
•  Under regular premium payment, the policyholder may pay the premiums at yearly, half-yearly, quarterly or monthly modes.
• The policy offers further reduced rates for females and non-tobacco users.
• The policyholder may opt for additional riders that give more protection. 

Kotak Term Plan - Benefits

• One of the most important benefits of this policy is that it allows you to lead a stress-free life as your loved ones get the death benefits if you are not there with them to protect them. The Death Benefit payable is the Sum Assured minus the balance of the premium.
• If the Regular payment option is chosen, the policyholder may opt for additional protection in the form of various riders, which are as follows:
  • Under the Kotak Critical Illness rider, a portion of the Basic Sum Assured is paid in advance on the admission of a critical illness claim.
  • Under the Kotak Accidental Death Benefit rider, a lump sum benefit is given to the nominee upon the accidental death of the policyholder.
  • Under the Kotak Permanent Disability Rider, payouts are made in instalments upon an admission of the claim of disability.
  • The insured gets to avail the Tax benefits according to sections 80(C) and 10 (10 D) defined under Income Tax Act. 

Kotak Term Plan - Product Details:

Details About Premium

Kotak Term Plan - Policy Details

• Grace Period: The policyholder has about 30 days to pay the unpaid premium so as to clear all the dues. This timeframe is reduced to fifteen days in case of monthly mode.
  Policy Termination or Surrender Benefit: There is no Surrender Value for policies that are under Regular Premium payment mode. The Surrender Value is immediately available after the receipt of the Single Premium. The policy gets terminated if you fail to reinstate your policy within the revival period. Moreover, your policy also gets terminated if you avail the Death Benefit.
• Free Look Period:  After receiving the documents of the policy, you get around 15 days to thoroughly review the policy. Moreover, this period is for about 30 days if the policy was taken through distance marketing.
  The policyholder has the leverage to cancel the policy whenever they wish to. The customer gets to receive a refund of the premiums paid excluding the proportionate premium for the risk that the company bear which is inclusive of additional charges such as medical examination or stamp duty.

Inclusions

The policy gets to lapse if the policyholder does not pay all the due premiums within the Grace Period.

Riders or Add-ons

If your policy has lapsed then the policyholder submits a request for reinstatement within a timeframe of two years from the date of the first unpaid premium.

The policyholder may choose to convert the Kotak Term Plan to any other plan that is offered by the company, provided it is not a term plan, before the last five years of the policy term.

Exclusions

The term insurance cover nullifies if the insured person commits suicide just in the time span of one year of the policy or reinstatement and this does not depend on the mental condition of the insured person. The company pays back the nominee 80% of the premiums that the policyholder pays. If the policyholder commits suicide is within six months of renewal, the nominee is eligible to get the Death Benefit.

If the policyholder commits suicide within one year of reviving the policy, and if the policy was revived within 6 months from the date of first unpaid premium, the nominee gets higher of Surrender Value or 80% of the premiums paid.

Documents Required

Like every other policy, you need to have documents that are gives the insurer confirmation about your whereabouts and existence, such PAN Card, Passport or Driving License. You might also require submitting your income proof such as Form 16 or salary slips of last three months or latest ITR.

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