Recently one
young lady came to me asking for a job in my team. But unfortunately she didn’t
qualify. But she was desperate to get this job. Why she lost her husband. Her
husband had an insurance but not according to the need. Therefore what’s a
comprehensive life insurance? A comprehensive life insurance should cover three
aspects.
1.
Total
Health Cover
2.
Total
Life Cover
3.
Total
Life Saving
Total Health Insurance
Before
considering what? We should answer the question why? We are fortunate to have
good incomes, good food and great living conditions. But side effects of comfortable life are non-communicable diseases. Now we have a new threat to our
list, pandemics. It is said new
pandemics will rise every 10 years. So health expense will be a big chunk of your
budget. Financial planning is cutting expenses and saving more money. So increasing
health expense can be recovered by Health Insurance. Since we know why, now we
can go to what?
Total Health
Insurance should pay your hospital bill. It also should replace your daily
income which you lose due to hospitalization. This we call hospital cash. What
it basically does is replace your daily income.
If you earn Rs. 8000.00 per day
And if you stay in hospital for 5 days in the hospital,
It will give 8000 x 5 = Rs. 40000.00.
Then it should cover critical illness. There are certain illness
that badly affects your income and family. Many insurance companies offer this
cover with their life insurance plan. Cancer is a growing disease and non-communicable
dieses have identified as one of leading cause for death globally. So critical illness
cover will provide one time pre agreed amount if you get any of the diseases
mentioned in policy document.
Total Life Insurance
Life is invaluable.
We can value a car, we value a home. But life doesn’t have a value. Why then I
say Total life? It goes back to the concept of life insurance. Concept of life
insurance is to provide the income you make to the family in a time of your
death. Many of us here are familiar with bank insurance. That is request to
obtain when we secure a loan. If we die, the insurance will cover the loan
amount we obtained from bank. Same theory applies to personal life insurance.
Let me tell you a story, Mr. Ajith is a CEO of a leading FMCG company. He is around 45 and has a beautiful family with a daughter and son. He is requested to travel to Pakistan for a business meeting, by his company. So he travels, but unfortunately plane crash near Karachchi Airport. Two people survive, but not our friend. Good company he worked for handled his funeral expense also gifted Rs.500000.00 to his wife. He had a salary of Rs. 500000.00, life style of wife and children are shaped according to that. Now they don’t have that income. How she’s going to pay for Schools fees? How she’s going to maintain the lifestyle she always had? If Mr. Ajith had a Total Life Insurance it should provide enough money for her to maintain that life. If Mr. Ajith had a Life Insurance policy of Rs. 66700000.00 will provide the same income to his family when they deposit it in a bank at an annual interest rate of 9%.
66700000 x 9% =
6003000.00 per year
6003000 / 12 = 500250.00
But we cannot go ahead with this until we consider how much
he has to pay as monthly premium. Monthly premium should be close to 10 to 12%
of his monthly income. I have calculated his premium for this policy through my
company. It’s only Rs. 62125.00. This gives us the green light to go ahead. If
Mr. Ajith had such Insurance his beautiful family will continue the life he has
given during his life even after his death.
Total Life Saving Plan
We can continue with Mr. Ajiths story, he goes to the meeting
and came home safely lives happily until his retirement at 70. He will get 25000000
as the maturity benefit of this policy. Since he is a CEO he has other savings
and from this insurance saving he receives an income of 165000.00 per month if
he deposits the maturity benefit in a bank. We shouldn’t forget that all insurance
incomes are TAX free. Mr. Ajith can join a pension plan to this life plan and
can increase his savings that will give an equal monthly income to his present
income even after retirement. Total life saving plan should provide equal retirement
income.
All these information are based on Sri Lankan insurance
company terms, monetary values and doesn’t promote any company. Above examples
are illustrations only. Your insurance should match your income and needs and
it should be tailor made for you. If you want such plan please drop a comment
and contact me via email thilinaandradi@gmail.com
/ Phone +94778622765 (whatsapp available)


