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Disadvantages Of Ulips

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There are a variety of ULIP plans to choose from based on the investment objectives of the investor, his risk appetite as well as the investment horizon. Some ULIPs play it safe by allocating a larger portion of the invested capital in debt instruments while others purely invest in equity. Again, all this is totally based on the type of ULIP chosen for investment and the investor preference and risk appetite.
The existing structure of all Unit linked plans from any insurer allows two variants. But, this variation is applicable only in the event of death of the policyholder. Under one variant, called Type-I Ulips, if the individual dies during the term of the policy, the dependent or nominee receives the sum assured or the value of the …show more content…

ULIP plans are proven beneficial especially for long term period. However, if you want to terminate their policy before their termination date, then you lose your entire premiums and you will be charged a lot, which will reduce your policy amount. Therefore, the best thing is that, get an individual policy.

• More commission and charges
If we compare the ULIP plans with other insurance policies and investment plans, then their charges is too high as compared to other policies. In ULIP plans, they charge approx 40% in the form of commission, which is too huge. However, if we talk about the other policies commission rate, then they would earn only 2-5% by commissions. Therefore, here we can say that, ULIP plans is quite expensive as compared to other plans.

• Complexity
ULIPs plans are more complex as compared to Mutual Funds and other investment plans. In ULIPs funds, there are lots of charges included, which are deducted from the amount of premium. However, in case of Mutual Funds, it does not have quite a number of charges because it facilitates for only investments in stock market not for risk cover plans.

• Useless for short term

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