The higher limit will be useful for senior citizens in particular
While buying a term plan, do check how much money will be paid in lumpsum and how much of the money will come to the surviving family as a regular payout, suggests Sarbajeet K Sen.
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Add-ons such as critical illness or disability due to accident are available on payment of a little extra money, and they can take care of any unforeseen, unfortunate developments, says Santosh Agarwal
A sum insured of Rs 3 lakh to Rs 5 lakh may have been sufficient seven-eight years ago but would be inadequate today, especially for people living in metros, points out Sanjay Kumar Singh.
Experts suggest that it's best to go for the bundled product that has only one-year own damage cover.
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It might not offer adequate cover for all the costs you incur during delivery, but will give protection against unforeseen complications, says Yashish Dahiya, co-founder and CEO, Policybazaar.com
Use whole life term policies for legacy planning. By doing so, your annual outgo will come down and returns will improve, suggest Chirag Madia and Tinesh Bhasin.
Before you buy a cashless benefit plan at lower premiums, check if you can make full use of it. Most don't even exhaust the entire benefit.
With mobile data getting cheaper, insurers are introducing technologies that eases buying and lodging claims.
Critical illness plans can be bought both as a benefit cover and an indemnity cover, say experts.
Conservative investors and those in the lower tax bracket should opt for these, experts tell Sanjay Kumar Singh
If you plan to withdraw money from your corpus regularly to meet expenses, have a portfolio of stable instruments.
Don't go for family floater plans; though convenient they cost you more.
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Combination of term plans and mutual funds will provide the same benefits.
Flooding this monsoon underscores the need to buy home insurance, says Tarun Mathur.
Some insurance companies offer zone-based pricing.
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