Friday, September 4, 2009

Shriram Life disclose pension plan

Shriram Pension Plan — Shriram Life Insurance (SLIC) today launched a unit-linked premium plan —which gives clients varied options to invest their money and receive maximum returns post-retirement.

The company said in a statement here. The plan would have a unique feature of no life cover, thus providing clients who did not require further life cover (or did not qualify for life cover for medical reasons) with the option of a savings-only scheme. The plan also offers investment in low-risk funds such as Secure Plus (a debt-linked fund for those desiring stability) and Tyaseer Fund, a Shariah-friendly investment fund. Another feature under the plan is auto transfer. Under this, the risk of investing the full premium into a fund is reduced by allowing the premiums to be invested in a low-risk fund (Secure Plus) instead, and regularly transferring the money into the special investment portfolio.

Shriram Life CEO (New Channel) Gerhard Joubert said. “With this plan, we aim to provide our clients with varied options to invest their money so that they can receive maximum returns in their future,”

Joubert said. “Our product is only for pension seekers and should not be confused in any manner with a life insurance cover concept, therefore no life insurance cover is provided, it is a savings-only vehicle,”

Being a pension plan, clients will also enjoy tax benefits under section 80CCC of the Income Tax Act.

Shriram Life Insurance is a joint venture between the Shriram Group and Sanlam, a leading insurance company of South Africa.

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