What is an Insurance Premium?

An insurance premium is the actual amount of money charged by insurance companies for active coverage. An insurance premium for the same service can vary widely among insurance providers, which is why experts strongly recommend getting several quotes before committing to an insurance policy. Insurance agents or brokers will take your basic information and calculate an insurance premium estimate based on your answers and other factors. The lowest quoted price on an insurance premium may be the better bargain, but the level of coverage may also be lower.
The cost of an insurance premium is largely based on statistics, not necessarily on individual habits or history. A 22 year old male seeking car insurance for a sports car can often anticipate a higher insurance premium than a 45 year old woman driving a mid-size sedan. Both may have excellent driving records, but the insurance company considers a younger driver in a faster car to be more at risk for accidents. Therefore, the insurance premium quotes will be noticeably different. In general, a more expensive or faster car will cost more to insure, simply because owners of those vehicles TEND to drive faster.
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ICICI Lombard presents Overseas Student Travel Insurance

ICICI Lombard provides both medical and non-medical insurance coverage through Overseas Student Travel Insurance Plan. View the benefits which can make your stay abroad a happier experience.

  • Affordable Pricing: 1/3rd the cost of similar insurance policies bought abroad.
  • Accessibility: Database of over 500 universities and issuance of instant digitally signed policy.
  • Global Tie-ups: Tie-up with UnitedHealth International, the global arm of UnitedHealth Group, one of the largest and most diverse health care companies in the United States.
  • Comprehensive Coverage: Overseas Student Travel Insurance plans introduced by ICICI Lombard cover unexpected medical and non-medical expenses during your study abroad.
  • Non-medical benefits: Covers Study Interruption and provision for a Two-way Compassionate Visit cover for parents.
  • Time saver: Saves time by enabling online extension of policy and quick cashless claim settlement through our tie-up’s with a vast network of hospitals across the globe.
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Life Insurance Company of India’s Bima Account – I policy

“LIC’s Bima Account – I ” is a simple non-linked plan under which you can be covered without undergoing any medical examination subject to certain conditions.

This plan offers you everything you think of an insurance plan should provide:

  1. Simplicity
  2. Liquidity
  3. Guaranteed minimum return
  4. No medical examination
  5. Transparent charges
  6. Risk cover

Under this plan, the premiums paid by you, after deduction of charges, will be credited to the Policyholder’s Account maintained separately for each policyholder. The risk cover will be provided by deduction of mortality charges from the Policyholder’s Account.

If all due premiums are paid, the amount held in your Policyholder’s Account will earn an annual interest rate of 6% p.a. which will be guaranteed for whole of the policy term. In addition to this guaranteed return, if all due premiums are paid, your account may earn an additional return depending upon the experience under this plan.

You will also have an option to pay additional (Top-up) premiums without any increase in risk cover.

Loan facility will also be available immediately after first policy anniversary.

PAYMENT OF PREMIUMS: You may pay premiums regularly at yearly, half-yearly, quarterly or monthly (through ECS mode only) intervals over the term of the policy.

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Insurance companies in India

The Indian insurance industry has life as well as general (non-life) insurance companies.

Life Insurance companies in India

1. Life Insurance Corporation of India

2. MetLife India Life Insurance

3. ICICI Prudential

4. Bajaj Allianz Life Insurance

5. Max New York Life Insurance

6. Sahara Life Insurance

7. TATA AIG Life Insurance

8. HDFC Standard Life

9. Birla Sunlife

10. SBI Life Insurance Company Limited

11. Kotak Life Insurance

12. Aviva Life Insurance

13. Reliance Life Insurance Company Limited

14. ING Vysya Life Insurance

15. Shriram Life Insurance

16. Bharti AXA Life Insurance Co Ltd

17. Future Generali Life Insurance Co Ltd

18. IDBI Fortis Life Insurance

19. AEGON Religare Life Insurance

20. DLF Pramerica Life Insurance

21. CANARA HSBC Oriental Bank of Commerce LIFE INSURANCE

22. Star Union Dai-ichi Life Insurance Co. Ltd.

23. IndiaFirst Life Insurance Company

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What is Insurance

Insurance is a form of risk management primarily used to hedge against the risk of a contingent, uncertain loss. Insurance is defined as the equitable transfer of the risk of a loss, from one entity to another, in exchange for payment. An insurer is a company selling the insurance; an insured, or policyholder, is the person or entity buying the insurance policy. The insurance rate is a factor used to determine the amount to be charged for a certain amount of insurance coverage, called the premium. Risk management, the practice of appraising and controlling risk, has evolved as a discrete field of study and practice.

The transaction involves the insured assuming a guaranteed and known relatively small loss in the form of payment to the insurer in exchange for the insurer’s promise to compensate (indemnify) the insured in the case of a financial (personal) loss. The insured receives a contract, called the insurance policy, which details the conditions and circumstances under which the insured will be financially compensated.

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