LIC's Jeevan Azad
LIC’s Jeevan Azad is a Non-Linked, Non-Participating, Individual, Savings, Life Insurance plan which offers a combination of protection and savings. This is a Limited Premium Payment Endowment plan which provides financial support for the family in case of unfortunate death of the life assured during the policy term and also takes care of liquidity needs through loan facility. It also provides guaranteed lumpsum amount to the surviving life assured on the date of maturity.
This Plan can be purchased Offline through Licensed agents, Corporate agents, Brokers, Insurance Marketing Firms, Point of Sales Persons-Life Insurance (POSP-LI) / Common Public Service Centers (CPSC-SPV) as well as Online directly through website www.licindia.in.
1. Benefits:
Benefits payable under an in-force policy shall be as under:
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Death Benefit:
Death benefit payable on death of the life assured during the policy term after the date of commencement of risk but before the date of maturity, shall be “Sum Assured on Death” where “Sum Assured on Death” is defined as higher of ‘Basic Sum Assured’ or ‘7 times of Annualized Premium’.
This Death Benefit shall not be less than 105% of “Total Premiums Paid” upto the date of death.
Where,“Annualized Premium” shall be the premium amount payable in a year chosen by the policyholder, excluding the taxes, rider premiums, underwriting extra premiums and loadings for modal premiums, if any, and
“Total Premiums Paid” means total of all the premiums received, excluding any extra premium, any rider premium and taxes. In case LIC’s Premium Waiver Benefit Rider is opted for, in the event of death of Proposer, any subsequent Premiums which are waived shall be deemed to have been received and be included in the Total Premiums Paid.
However, in case of minor Life Assured, whose age at entry is below 8 years, on death before the commencement of Risk (as specified in Para 2 below), the Death Benefit payable shall be refund of premium(s) paid (excluding taxes, extra premium and rider premium(s), if any), without interest.
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Maturity Benefit:
On Life Assured surviving the stipulated Date of Maturity, ’Sum Assured on Maturity’ which is equal to ‘Basic Sum Assured’ shall be payable.
2. Eligibility Conditions and Other Restrictions:
| Minimum Age at Entry | : 90 days (completed) |
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| Maximum Age at Entry | : 50 years (nearer birthday) |
| : 65 years (nearer birthday) minus Policy Term in case of policies procured through POSP-LI/CPSC-SPV | |
| Minimum Age at Maturity | : 18 years (completed) |
| Maximum Age at Maturity | : 70 years (nearer birthday) |
| : 65 years (nearer birthday) in case of policies procured through POSP-LI/CPSC-SPV | |
| Policy Term | : 15 to 20 years |
| Premium Paying Term | : Policy Term minus 8 years |
| Minimum Basic Sum Assured per life* | : ₹ 2,00,000/- |
| Maximum Basic Sum Assured per life* | : ₹ 5,00,000/- |
| (Basic Sum Assured shall be in multiples of ₹ 25,000/-) | |
* The total Basic Sum Assured under all policies issued to an individual under this plan shall not exceed Rs 5 lakh.
Date of commencement of Risk:
In case the age at entry of the Life assured is less than 8 years, the risk will commence either 2 years from the date of commencement of the policy or from the policy anniversary coinciding with or immediately following the attainment of 8 years of age, whichever is earlier. For those aged 8 years or more at entry, risk will commence immediately from the date of acceptance of the risk i.e. from the Date of issuance of policy.
Date of Vesting Under the Plan:
If the policy is issued on the life of a minor, the policy shall automatically vest in the Life Assured on the policy anniversary coinciding with or immediately following the completion of 18 years of age and shall on such vesting be deemed to be a contract between the Corporation and the Life Assured.
3. Available Options:
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Optional Riders:
The following three optional riders shall be available under this plan by payment of additional premium. However, the policyholder can opt between either of the LIC’s Accidental Death and Disability Benefit Rider or LIC’s Accident Benefit Rider and/or LIC’s Premium Waiver Benefit Rider subject to the eligibility as detailed below.
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LIC’s Accidental Death and Disability Benefit Rider
This rider can be opted for under an in-force policy at any time within the premium paying term of the Base plan provided the outstanding premium paying term of the Base plan as well as the Rider is atleast 5 years. If this rider is opted for, in case of accidental death, the Accident Benefit Sum Assured will be payable in lumpsum along with the death benefit under the base plan. In case of accidental disability arising due to accident (within 180 days from the date of accident), an amount equal to the Accident Benefit Sum Assured will be paid in equal monthly instalments spread over 10 years and future premiums for Accident Benefit Sum Assured as well as premiums for the portion of Basic Sum Assured under the Base Policy which is equal to Accident Benefit Sum Assured under the policy, shall be waived. Under the policy on the life of minors, this rider will be available from the policy anniversary following completion of age 18 years on receipt of specific request.
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LIC’s Accident Benefit Rider
This rider can be opted for at any time under an in-force policy within the premium paying term of the Base plan provided the outstanding premium paying term of the Base plan as well as the Rider is atleast 5 years. The benefit cover under this rider shall be available only during the premium paying term. If this rider is opted for, in case of accidental death, the Accident Benefit Sum Assured will be payable in lumpsum along with the death benefit under the base plan. Under the policy on the life of minors, this rider will be available from the policy anniversary following completion of age 18 years on receipt of specific request.
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LIC’s Premium Waiver Benefit Rider
Under an in-force policy, this rider can be opted for on the life of Proposer of the policy, at any time coinciding with the policy anniversary but within the premium paying term of the Base Policy provided the outstanding premium paying term of the Base Policy and the rider is at least five years. Further, this rider shall be allowed under the policy wherein the Life Assured is Minor at the time of opting this rider. The Rider term shall be outstanding premium paying term of the base plan as on date of opting this rider or (25 minus age of the minor Life Assured at the time of opting this rider), whichever is lower. If the rider term plus proposer’s age is more than 70 years, the rider shall not be allowed.
If this rider is opted for, on death of proposer during the rider term, payment of premiums in respect of base policy falling due on and after the date of death till the expiry of rider term shall be waived. However, in such case, if the premium paying term of the base policy exceeds the rider term, all the further premiums due under the base policy from the date of expiry of this Premium Waiver Benefit Rider term shall be payable by the Life Assured. On non-payment of such premiums the policy would become paid-up.
The premium for LIC’s Accident Benefit Rider or LIC’s Accidental Death and Disability Benefit Rider as applicable shall not exceed 100% of premium under the base plan and the premiums under LIC’s Premium Waiver Benefit Rider shall not exceed 30% of premiums under the base plan.
Each of above Rider Sum Assured cannot exceed the Sum Assured on Death under the Base plan.
For more details on the above riders, refer to the rider brochure or contact LIC’s nearest Branch Office.
No rider shall be available in case of the policies procured through POSP-LI/CPSC-SPV.
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Settlement Option (for Maturity Benefit):
Settlement Option is an option to receive Maturity Benefit in instalments over a period of 5 years instead of lumpsum amount under an In-force as well as Paid-up policy. This option can be exercised by the Policyholder during minority of the Life Assured or by Life Assured aged 18 years and above, for full or part of Maturity proceeds payable under the policy. The amount opted for by the Policyholder/Life Assured (ie. Net Claim Amount) can be either in absolute value or as a percentage of the total claim proceeds payable.
The instalments shall be paid in advance at yearly or half-yearly or quarterly or monthly intervals, as opted for subject to minimum instalment amount for different modes of payments being as under:
Mode of Instalment Payment Minimum Instalment Amount Monthly ₹5,000/- Quarterly ₹15,000/- Half-Yearly ₹25,000/- Yearly ₹50,000/- If the Net Claim Amount is less than the required amount to provide the minimum instalment amount as per the option exercised by the Policyholder/ Life Assured, the claim proceeds shall be paid in lumpsum only.
For all the instalment payment options commencing during the 12 months’ period from 1st May to 30th April, the interest rate used to arrive at the amount of each instalment shall be annual effective rate not lower than 5 year semi-annual G-Sec rate minus 2%; where, the 5 year semi-annual G-Sec rate shall be as at last trading day of previous financial year.
Accordingly, for the 12 months’ period commencing from 1st May, 2022 to 30th April, 2023, the applicable interest rate for the calculation of the instalment amount shall be 4.84% p.a. effective.
For exercising the Settlement Option against Maturity Benefit, the Policyholder/Life Assured shall be required to exercise option for payment of net claim amount in instalments at least 3 months before the due date of maturity claim.
The first payment will be made on the date of maturity and thereafter, based on the mode of instalment payment opted for by the policyholder, every month or three months or six months or annually from the date of maturity, as the case may be.
After the commencement of Instalment payments under Settlement Option:
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If a Life Assured, who has exercised Settlement Option against Maturity Benefit, desires to withdraw this option and commute the outstanding instalments, the same shall be allowed on receipt of written request from the Life Assured. In such case, the lump sum amount which is higher of the following shall be paid and policy shall terminate,
discounted value of all the future instalments due; or
(the original amount for which Settlement Option was exercised) less (sum of total instalments already paid).
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The applicable interest rate that will be used to discount the future instalment payments shall be annual effective rate not exceeding 5 year semi-annual G-Sec rate; where, the 5 year semi-annual G-Sec rate shall be as at last trading day of previous financial year during which settlement option was commenced.
Accordingly, in respect of all the Settlement Options commenced during the 12 months’ period beginning from 1st May, 2022 to 30th April, 2023, the maximum applicable interest rate used for discounting the future instalments shall be 6.33% p.a. effective.
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After the Date of Maturity, in case of death of the Life Assured, who has exercised Settlement Option, the outstanding instalments will continue to be paid to the nominee as per the option exercised by the Life Assured and no alteration whatsoever shall be allowed to be made by the nominee.
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Option to take Death Benefit in Instalment:
This is an option to receive Death Benefit in instalments over a period of 5 years instead of lump sum amount under an In-force as well as Paid-up policy. This option can be exercised by the Policyholder during minority of the Life Assured or by Life Assured aged 18 years and above, during his/her life time; for full or part of Death benefits payable under the policy. The amount opted for by the Policyholder/Life Assured (ie. Net Claim Amount) can be either in absolute value or as a percentage of the total claim proceeds payable.
The instalments shall be paid in advance at yearly or half-yearly or quarterly or monthly intervals, as opted for, subject to minimum installment amount for different modes of payments being as under:
Mode of Instalment Payment Minimum Instalment Amount Monthly ₹5,000/- Quarterly ₹15,000/- Half-Yearly ₹25,000/- Yearly ₹50,000/- If the Net Claim Amount is less than the required amount to provide the minimum instalment amount as per the option exercised by the Policyholder/Life Assured, the claim proceeds shall be paid in lump sum only.
For all the instalment payment options commencing during the 12 months’ period from 1st May to 30th April, the interest rate used to arrive at the amount of each instalment shall be annual effective rate not lower than the 5 year semi-annual G-Sec rate minus 2%; where, the 5 year semi-annual G-Sec rate shall be as at last trading day of previous financial year.
Accordingly, for the 12 months’ period commencing from 1st May, 2022 to 30th April, 2023, the applicable interest rate for the calculation of the instalment amount shall be 4.84% p.a. effective.
For exercising option to take Death Benefit in instalments, the Policyholder during minority of the Life Assured or the Life Assured, if major, can exercise this option during his/her lifetime while in currency of the policy, specifying the net claim amount for which the option is to be exercised. The death claim amount shall then be paid to the nominee as per the option exercised by the Policyholder/Life Assured and no alteration whatsoever shall be allowed to be made by the nominee.
4. Payment of Premium:
Premiums can be paid regularly at yearly, half-yearly, quarterly or monthly intervals (monthly premiums through NACH only) or through salary deductions.
5. Grace period:
A grace period of 30 days shall be allowed for payment of yearly or half-yearly or quarterly premiums and 15 days for monthly premiums from the date of First Unpaid Premium. During this period, the policy shall be considered in-force with the risk cover without any interruption as per the terms of the policy. If the premium is not paid before the expiry of the days of grace, the Policy lapses.
The above grace period will also apply to rider premiums which are payable along with premium for Base Policy.
6. Sample Illustrative Premium:
The sample illustrative annual premiums for Basic Sum Assured (BSA) of ₹2 lakhs for Standard lives for policies to be sold through Offline (without CIS) are as under:
| Age (Nearer Birthday) | Annual Premium (in ₹) | |||||
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| Policy Term (Premium Paying Term) | ||||||
| 15(7) | 16(8) | 17(9) | 18(10) | 19(11) | 20(12) | |
| 10 | 17,679 | 15,190 | 13,279 | 11,917 | 10,692 | 9,682 |
| 20 | 17,787 | 15,288 | 13,377 | 12,015 | 10,780 | 9,771 |
| 30 | 17,846 | 15,347 | 13,446 | 12,083 | 10,858 | 9,849 |
| 40 | 18,159 | 15,670 | 13,769 | 12,436 | 11,221 | 10,231 |
| 50 | 19,208 | 16,719 | 14,837 | 13,524 | 12,328 | 11,358 |
The above premiums are exclusive of taxes.
7. Rebates:
| Mode Rebate | |
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| Yearly | 2% of Tabular Premium |
| Half-Yearly | 1% of Tabular Premium |
| Quarterly | Nil |
| Monthly (SSS) | Nil |
| High Sum Assured Rebate | |
| Basic Sum Assured (BSA) | Rebate (₹) |
| up to ₹2,75,000 | Nil |
| ₹3,00,000 to ₹3,75,000 | 0.50 ‰ of Basic Sum Assured |
| ₹4,00,000 to ₹4,75,000 | 1.50 ‰ of Basic Sum Assured |
| ₹5,00,000 | 2.00 ‰ of Basic Sum Assured |
For proposals to be completed under Online sales without any assistance of Agent / intermediary, shall be eligible for rebate on tabular premium at the following rates:
| Rebate under Online Sale | |
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| Premium Paying Term | Rate of rebate (as a percentage of tabular premium) |
| 7 to 9 years | 7.50% |
| 10 to 12 years | 10.00% |
8. Revival:
If the premiums are not paid within the grace period, then the policy will lapse. A lapsed policy can be revived, within a period of 5 consecutive years from the date of First Unpaid Premium. The revival shall be effected on payment of all the arrears of premium(s) together with interest (compounding half-yearly) at such rate as may be fixed by the Corporation from time to time and on satisfaction of Continued Insurability of the Life Assured and/or Proposer (if LIC’s Premium Waiver Benefit Rider is opted for) on the basis of information, documents and reports that are already available and any additional information in this regard if and as may be required in accordance with the Underwriting Policy of the Corporation at the time of revival, being furnished by the Policyholder/Life Assured/Proposer.
The Corporation reserves the right to accept at original terms, accept with modified terms or decline the revival of a discontinued policy. The revival of a discontinued policy shall take effect only after the same is approved, accepted and revival receipt is issued by the Corporation.
The rate of interest applicable for revival under this plan for every 12 months’ period from 1st May to 30th April shall not exceed 10 year G-Sec Rate p.a. compounding half-yearly as at the last trading day of previous financial year plus 3% or the yield earned on the Corporation’s Non-Linked Non-participating fund plus 1% whichever is higher. For the 12 months’ period commencing from 1st May, 2022 to 30th April, 2023, the applicable interest rate shall be 9.50% p.a. compounding half-yearly. The basis for determination of interest rate for policy revival is subject to change.
Revival of rider(s), if opted for, will only be considered along with revival of the Base Policy, and not in isolation.
9. Plan Procured through POSP-LI and CPSC-SPV:
This plan can be purchased through POSP-LI and CPSC-SPV. In such cases the eligibility conditions and other terms and conditions shall be as per the Guidelines, Circulars and Regulations etc. issued by the IRDAI applicable to POS Plans and POSP-LI. Currently, the following restrictions are applicable for proposal procured through POSP-LI and CPSC-SPV:
Maximum Age at Entry: 65 years (Age Nearer Birthday) minus Policy Term
Maximum Age at Maturity: 65 Years (Age Nearer Birthday)
Maximum Sum Assured on Death (per life): ₹25 Lakhs.
LIC’s Jeevan Azad plan falls under the category of Non Linked, Non Participating, Endowment category of POS-Life products if the same is purchased through POSP-LI or CPSC-SPV. The maximum allowable Sum Assured on Death to each individual in respect of all policies under all plans in this category of Non-Linked, Non-Participating, Endowment products, if purchased through POSP-LI and CPSC-SPV channel (both inclusive) shall be ₹25 lakhs.
However, the maximum allowable Sum Assured on Death to each individual will be decided as per the non-medical limits under this plan in accordance with the Underwriting policy of the Corporation subject to the Maximum Basic Sum Assured of ₹5 lakhs allowable under LIC’s Jeevan Azad plan and also within maximum allowable limit of ₹25 lakhs as explained in the preceding para.
No rider shall be available in case of the policies procured through POSP-LI/CPSC-SPV.
Key Features Document (KFD) cum Proposal Form applicable for LIC’s Jeevan Azad shall be used if the sale is initiated by POSP-LI & CPSC-SPV.
10. Paid-up Value:
If less than two full years’ premiums have been paid in respect of this policy and any subsequent premium be not duly paid, all the benefits under this policy shall cease after the expiry of grace period from the date of First Unpaid Premium and nothing shall be payable.
If, after at least two full years’ premiums have been paid and any subsequent premiums be not duly paid, this policy shall not be wholly void, but shall subsist as a paid-up policy till the end of policy term.
The Sum Assured on Death under a paid-up policy shall be reduced to such a sum, called ‘Death Paid-up Sum Assured’ and shall be equal to ‘Sum Assured on Death’ multiplied by the ratio of the total period for which premiums have already been paid bears to the maximum period for which premiums were originally payable. In case of Death of Life Assured during the policy term under a paid-up policy, ‘Death Paid-up Sum Assured’ shall be payable in lump sum and thereafter no further benefits shall be payable.
The Sum Assured on Maturity under a paid-up policy shall be reduced to such a sum called ‘Maturity Paid-up Sum Assured’ and shall be equal to Sum Assured on Maturity multiplied by the ratio of the total period for which premiums have already been paid bears to the maximum period for which premiums were originally payable. The Maturity Paid-up Sum Assured shall be payable on maturity. Rider shall not acquire any paid-up value and the rider benefits cease to apply, if policy is in lapsed condition.
11. Surrender:
The policy can be surrendered by the policyholder at any time during the policy term provided two full years’ premiums have been paid. On surrender of the policy, the Corporation shall pay the Surrender Value equal to higher of Guaranteed Surrender Value or Special Surrender Value.
The Guaranteed Surrender Value payable during the policy term shall be equal to the total premiums paid (excluding any extra premium, any premiums for rider(s), if opted for and taxes), multiplied by the applicable Guaranteed Surrender Value factor.
These Guaranteed Surrender Value factors expressed as percentages will depend on the policy term and policy year in which the policy is surrendered and are given below:
| Guaranteed Surrender Value factors applicable to total Premiums Paid | ||||||
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| Policy Term | ||||||
| Policy Year | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 |
| 1 | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% |
| 2 | 30.00% | 30.00% | 30.00% | 30.00% | 30.00% | 30.00% |
| 3 | 35.00% | 35.00% | 35.00% | 35.00% | 35.00% | 35.00% |
| 4 | 50.00% | 50.00% | 50.00% | 50.00% | 50.00% | 50.00% |
| 5 | 50.00% | 50.00% | 50.00% | 50.00% | 50.00% | 50.00% |
| 6 | 50.00% | 50.00% | 50.00% | 50.00% | 50.00% | 50.00% |
| 7 | 50.00% | 50.00% | 50.00% | 50.00% | 50.00% | 50.00% |
| 8 | 54.29% | 53.75% | 53.33% | 53.00% | 52.73% | 52.50% |
| 9 | 58.57% | 57.50% | 56.67% | 56.00% | 55.45% | 55.00% |
| 10 | 62.86% | 61.25% | 60.00% | 59.00% | 58.18% | 57.50% |
| 11 | 67.14% | 65.00% | 63.33% | 62.00% | 60.91% | 60.00% |
| 12 | 71.43% | 68.75% | 66.67% | 65.00% | 63.64% | 62.50% |
| 13 | 75.71% | 72.50% | 70.00% | 68.00% | 66.36% | 65.00% |
| 14 | 90.00% | 76.25% | 73.33% | 71.00% | 69.09% | 67.50% |
| 15 | 90.00% | 90.00% | 76.67% | 74.00% | 71.82% | 70.00% |
| 16 | 90.00% | 90.00% | 77.00% | 74.55% | 72.50% | |
| 17 | 90.00% | 90.00% | 77.27% | 75.00% | ||
| 18 | 90.00% | 90.00% | 77.50% | |||
| 19 | 90.00% | 90.00% | ||||
| 20 | 90.00% | |||||
The Special Surrender Value (SSV) is reviewable and shall be determined by the Corporation from time to time subject to prior approval of IRDAI.
No surrender value will be available on Rider(s), if any.
12. Policy Loan:
Loan shall be available under the Policy subject to the following terms and conditions, within the surrender value of the policy for such amounts and on such further terms and conditions as the Corporation may fix from time to time:
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Loan can be availed provided at least two full years’ premiums have been paid.
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The maximum Loan that can be granted shall be as under :
For in-force policies : upto 90% of Surrender Value
For paid-up policies : upto 80% of Surrender Value
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The rate of loan interest applicable for full loan term, for the loan to be availed for every 12 months’ period from 1st May to 30th April shall not exceed 10 year G-Sec Rate p.a. compounding half-yearly as at the last trading date of previous financial year plus 3% or the yield earned on the Corporation’s Non-Linked Non-participating fund plus 1%, whichever is higher. For loans sanctioned during the 12 months period commencing from 1st May 2022 to 30th April 2023, the applicable interest rate shall be 9.50% p.a. compounding half-yearly. The basis for determination of applicable loan interest for policy loan is subject to change.
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Any loan outstanding along with interest shall be recovered from the claim proceeds at the time of exit.
13. Taxes:
Statutory Taxes, if any, imposed on such insurance plans by the Government of India or any other constitutional Tax Authority of India shall be as per the Tax laws and the rate of tax as applicable from time to time.
The amount of applicable taxes, as per the prevailing rates, shall be payable by the policyholder on premium(s) (for Base Policy and Rider(s), if any) including extra premiums, if any, which shall be collected separately over and above in addition to the premium(s) payable by the policyholder. The amount of tax paid shall not be considered for the calculation of benefits payable under the plan.
Regarding Income tax benefits/implications on premium(s) paid and benefits payable under this plan, please consult your tax advisor for details.
14. Free Look Period:
If the Policyholder is not satisfied with the “Terms and Conditions” of the policy, the policy may be returned to the Corporation within 30 days from the date of receipt of the electronic or physical mode of Policy Document, whichever is earlier, stating the reason of objections. On receipt of the same, the Corporation shall cancel the policy and return the amount of premium deposited after deducting the proportionate risk premium (for Base Policy and Rider(s), if any) for the period of cover, expenses incurred on medical examination, special reports, if any and stamp duty charges.
15. Suicide Exclusion:
If the Life Assured (whether sane or insane) commits suicide at any time within 12 months from the date of commencement of risk, the nominee or beneficiary of the Life Assured shall be entitled to 80% of the total premiums paid excluding any taxes, extra premium and rider premiums , if any, provided the policy is in-force. This clause shall not be applicable in case age at entry of the Life Assured is below 8 years.
If the Life Assured (whether sane or insane) commits suicide within 12 months from date of revival, an amount which is higher of 80% of the total premiums paid till the date of death (excluding any taxes, extra premium and rider premiums , if any), or the surrender value available as on the date of death, shall be payable. The nominee or beneficiary of the Life Assured shall not be entitled to any other claim under the policy.
This clause shall not be applicable:
In case the age of the life assured is below 8 years at the time of revival; or
For a policy lapsed without acquiring paid-up value and nothing shall be payable under such policies.
16. Waiting Period:
In case the Plan is purchased through POSP-LI / CPSC-SPV, on death of the Life Assured within the first 90 days from the date of commencement of risk, the Corporation shall refund the total premiums paid, provided the policy is in-force and death is not on account of an accident. However, in case of death due to accident during waiting period Death Benefit as specified in Para 1.A above shall be payable. This clause shall not be applicable in case age at entry of the Life Assured is below 8 years.
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