Phishing Scams have become so common now a days that many of us simply ignore them, however, some who are not aware about phishing fall prey. You think you are protected, but are you really?
April 1st marks the beginning of the new financial year. The ‘infamous’ day is also the one when we ought to set clear financial plans for the next one year. We can, of course, choose to celebrate April 1 as “All Fools Day” if we continue to commit the same mistakes that we did in previous years. Instead, we should convert it to a “Smart Investor’s Day” by learning from our financial mistakes. Given below are my confessions as well as resolutions for the new financial year as a retail investor.
ULIP is an abbreviation for Unit Linked Insurance Plan. Though ULIPs were around for years, US64 from UTI for instance. ULIPs became popular in India only after the insurance sector was thrown open to private players.
Term insurance is often referred to as ‘pure insurance’. Term policies provide life insurance coverage for a specified period of time. You can typically buy term insurance for periods ranging from 1 to 30 years. If the policyholder survives the term, the risk cover comes to an end.
Your life insurance needs changes as you move from one stage to another in life. How do you assess the right insurance amount for you? Read on.
Do you have an insurance plan that is suitable for your needs? Most people go by what their insurance agents recommend. They don’t bother to check details of the product or learn more about its features.
Individuals build a corpus for various purposes like child’s education, buying a house and child’s marriage, among others. However, when it comes to accumulating a corpus for medical emergencies, individuals are not as proactive. With avenues like medical insurance on hand, individuals believe that having a medical insurance will suffice all their medical expenses. However, the reality is far from this.
