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Started by : Ajay Rai, Actuary Manager, Max New York Life   09 30 2008 21:38:04 +0000
Industry : InsuranceFunctional Area : Growth(Strategy & Execution)
Keywords : Insurance Need
Activity:  155 views;  last activity : 12 10 2010 07:48:30 +0000

If you are an earning member of your family, and there are members of your family who are financially dependant on you, you need life insurance. But how much life insurance do you need?  

 
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1 Find your Human Life Value first..
2 HLV AND NO BONUS CONCEPT
3 Need $ the Family Need.
4 Need for minimum protection
5 Current income level
6 Accumulating for specific needs
7 Monthly Family Expenses
8 Find Human Value and Family future expenses

Find your Human Life Value first..

idea posted by Kaushal Sales/BD Manager, Kotak Life Insurance

It must start with find your HUMAN LIFE VALUE if you want to know how much insurance you need.

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Even though I agree with human life value, but one must also assume the capacity to pay. Say for eg. I want to cover for a crore S.A. but my annual income is around Rs.1.5 lac how is it possible? I have to cover up my basic needs and daily routine. In this case I have to contribute little towards Insurance. Many can say that to cover up life, one can pay premium for non profit plan where one can get sum assured in case of risk happens, if nothing happened he will get his premium back. In a cheaper plan one has to lose that money also that too will not cover up HLV.  In this case what is your suggestion. Based on the undecided marketing condition investment on ULIP is also not better. In India people's earning are very hard, hence they are unable to part their amount towards these kind of products.  It is imperative we should have insurance as one of the lessons in the school curriculum, then only Insurance is a most successful one.

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by Dushyant Hada, Territory Manager  | 05 03 2009 17:49:45 +0000

agree with kaushal, it must be based on human life value with consideration of additional assets available and liabilities.

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by Amit Monga, Actuary Manager, Bajaj Allianz  | 04 29 2009 05:31:26 +0000

I agree to kaushal, calculating HLV is the best way to find out the amount of insurance needed by any person. It takes into account your assets, liabilities, income and expenses to tell you what amount of money will be needed by the family members when the person is not there...

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HLV AND NO BONUS CONCEPT

idea posted by satish kumar matam DEVELOPMENT OFFICER, Life Insurance Corporation Of India

human life value is the prime concept in deciding how much insurance you need. but that concept goes bersek once you know how much premium you have to pay for securing that much sum assured. as mr.chandramouli rightly said that no body wants to loose their money in investing in non-profit plans. then there is one solution. you take one policy with highest bonus or loyalty addition and take another policy with only risk coverage. so your bonus will offset the premium on your pure risk policy and at the end of the term you will get back all your premium amount (forget that the policy has given you bonus) and also you will have higest risk coverage. or else you can take a policy which gives you higher risk with return of premiums

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Need $ the Family Need.

idea posted by Aditya Sharma Insurance Advisor/Analyst, LIC OF INDIA, ICICI LOMBARD

It is answering as what should be your salary. It depends upon person to person and their needs and the family they support. Most importantly it is the family they support. It is the family which is going to be affected by the questioned person's demise. So family needs is the point which can decide How much insurance you need?

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Mr. Vishabh,

You are right when you say a person can take insurance upto 20 times his current income. But when the question of his future expenses and future income comes, you can only make a guess. And it is a ticklish point. What should be that guess. So please tell us if you have any idea as what should be that guess.

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Need for minimum protection

idea posted by Ajay Rai Actuary Manager, Max New York Life
It is essential that a particular level of income should be maintained for the family even when its breadwinner is not around. If one also wants to provide for the future fall in the purchasing power of rupee due to inflation, one must necessarily take policies for higher amounts. No widow, they say, has ever complained that her husband bought too much insurance.
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Current income level

idea posted by Susanta Panda Actuary Manager, Bajaj Allianz

This is the most important factor for a middle class family. Payment of insurance premium results in an outflow of disposable income. You may, therefore, not like to buy too much insurance. One might have to limit the quantum of insurance keeping in mind the cash flow problems that will be created as a result of the obligation of regular payment of insurance premia.

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Accumulating for specific needs

idea posted by Vinod Chaudhary Actuary Manager, Tata Aig Insurance Solutions

If I expect to spend a particular sum of money for the education and / or wedding of my children, I will like to buy an insurance policy for a specific sum to meet such a lump sum commitment.

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Hi Vinod,

Are u talking about investment or insurance as an investment.?? Could you please elaborate on your point..

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Monthly Family Expenses

idea posted by Badarish Freelancer, Private Banking/Wealth Management
E.g:Mr.Raju aged 40,working in MNC and his wife Rekha housewife 35,their monthly house hold expenses is Rs50000/- out of which Raju spends Rs15k on himself.Raju were expected to live till 70 and his wife till 75, How much does Mr.Raju needs to be insured? Assuming money being invested in Risk free instrument yielding 7% P.A return... It is Rs5665013
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Find Human Value and Family future expenses

idea posted by vishab veer singh rana Sales Manager.Met life India

One person can take insurance of 14 times of his current income . or one can take insurance equal to his next 25-30 years expected income.

or he / she can take insurance equal to his/her families future expenses.

these are the some easy way to identify how much insurance we need to take.

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