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    • Insure yourself to ensure your financial freedom

      Insurance is the small price one pays for his peace of mind. With right insurance in place, even a ‘small guy‘ can take risks and achieve financial freedom.

    • Insurance is the gateway to financial freedom

      No matter how good you are with your investment management, your plan to financial freedom will be incomplete if there is no insurance in place.

    • Scenarios where your home insurance may fail you

      There are losses that the insurer will not pay for.

    • Why you should not buy life insurance for your child

      Child plans are no different from other endowment and money back policies except for their names. After deducting agent commissions and administrative charges, the premiums invested in safe debt options offer sub-optimal returns, about 6-7 per cent.

    • 6 less known benefits under your health insurance plan

      Health insurance policies offer a wider bouquet of benefits. One must be aware of these to benefit from the policy.

    • Long term two-wheeler policy: Buy once and forget for 3 years

      Basis a circular in August 2014, IRDAI, the regulatory body for insurers in India, allowed insurers to issue long term policies. The aim of the regulator was to limit the instances wherein people forget to renew their two-wheeler policies every year

    • Three must have add-ons with your term life insurance plan

      Riders are purchased additionally with a basic life insurance plan for getting additional benefits.

    • Why you should buy wedding insurance?

      Any unforeseen circumstances such as fire or cancellation of the ceremonies can leave you financially and emotionally damaged.

    • Top 10 reasons why you should buy critical illness insurance?

      Critical illness covers sold by insurance companies can offer you an array of benefits.

    • NCB: How important it is? And is it cross-verified?

      A customer is eligible to receive an NCB benefit for each claim-free year. The maximum discount that is allowed is 50% if a customer has no claim in his last five years.

    • Protect yourself financially from natural calamities

      A common and recurring belief in almost all areas struck by a natural disaster is (a) none saw it coming, and (b) none were properly insured.

    • Don‘t blame others for mis-selling! You may be mis-buying

      When you focus too much on returns on risk ignoring your requirement, there is a fair chance that you may be mis-buying.

    • Festive season? Manage your money better

      Here is how you can put your money to best use this festive season.

    • These errors may lead to rejection of life insurance claim

      It makes sense to be prudent at the time of filling the insurance application form and regularly pay premium after buying the policy.

    • How much life insurance cover you must buy?

      Many individuals take 10-15 times of their annual income as their life insurance cover. Even though this can be the starting point to take the insurance cover but this is not the right way of calculating the correct life insurance requirement.

    • Why never depend upon employer provided health insurance

      In the long term, the employer provided group health insurance exposes you to the risk of being underinsured or uninsured.

    • Super Top Up Plans: Best way to enhance health insurance cover

      Normal Health Insurance policy will pay for all your medical bills up to the insurance cover you have taken under the health insurance policy but in Super Top Up policy, it will pay only those medical bills which exceeds a pre-defined threshold limit know as Deductible

    • Is cancer cover worth buying over critical illness?

      Thus, a critical illness will not pay for any cancer treatment if it has been diagnosed at an early stage.

    • How to get yourself the right health insurance plan

      Buying the right health insurance plan may require some hard work, but it is worth the effort. Here are some factors you must keep a track of.

    • Why we are a nation of underinsured tax savers

      Tax saving and not the risk cover is the sole influencer on the insurance buying in India.

    • Do you know this about waiting period in health insurance

      Buying health insurance policy does not mean all the benefits start immediately. One has to understand the concept of waiting period.

    • How to make claims on multiple health insurance policies

      After the removal of contribution clause it is relatively easier to claim. These tips can make it simpler to claim on multiple health insurance policies.

    • Why buying personal accident cover is important?

      Accidents can cripple an individual and ruin his family‘s future. Here is how an insurance policy protects you.

    • Complete your child insurance plan with right riders

      It is better to buy some riders that offer to fortify your child plan at low cost.

    • Why you must consider buying home insurance now?

      A lot more than your lifetime savings go into building a house, and then making it a home.

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