Life insurance comprises a wide range of products associated with different kinds of premium modes. Too many choices at times make our task of selecting the right insurance policy more difficult. We find a kind of solace in transferring our investment worries to the agents who are better trained and specialise in helping out with life policy selections. These agents are trained executives who sell their insurance products to you after understanding your needs and concerns and provide the right kind of service as per your requirement. But in doing so, at times they make a world of promises to convince you which may not hold true. It is not always that you will find an agent on whom you can rely completely. So it is advised to be thoroughly convinced by asking the following questions for a smooth investment planning process.
1. How reachable are you?
With internet playing a crucial role today, making it utmost convenient for you to see and shop for products online, the dependency on human interface has relatively reduced. In just a click you can access a broad information source related to the insurance type, premium payments, features, benefits and more. The life insurance category is no exception. Every life insurance company today has a website for reference regarding its products and they expect you to visit their website to acquire knowledge on their product. But in case if you are not net savvy you can always address you needs to an agent and get personal attention to your queries. But the agent must be easily accessible and ever ready to drop by to help you out.
2. How frequent communications between us will take place?
It is a wrong conception that your relation with your insurance agent will end once the deal has been done. The most important fact is that your insurance requirements will change with important milestones in your life and this will directly reflect on your policy and in such scenarios, changes will be required in your policy. It is better to initiate a dialogue with your agent and make points clear right in the beginning that he/she should be willing to help and guide with changing situations and look after your needs in different scenarios.
3. Can you explain the product to me in a simple manner?
Insurance terms and jargons are not understandable to the common man. Your insurance agent will have a clear knowledge about them. So while your agent explains the policy to you, try to understand the product, terms and finer details which you and the beneficiaries can now understand properly and in simpler words.
4. What are the charges involved in the policy?
Seek complete information from your agent to disclose all the charges and the additional fees involved in the insurance policy. Life insurance policies generally involve multiple costs and charges that must be declared upfront to the person opting for a policy. There is the basic premium allocation charge, administration fees, mortality charges, fund management charges etc. The agent should be able to explain about all the charges that a policy might attract.
5. How to make claim on the policy?
Your policy may carry information as to who will be the contact point or what is the timeline within which the claim has to be made. But clarify it from your agent and ask him to explain the details about how to make claims.

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There are many life insurance companies in India. These life insurance India companies provide different types of life insurance policies. For financial planning most people prefer ULIP plans over traditional pension plan. The ULIP plans are better because it combines regular insurance policy with child education, pension scheme & other benefits.

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