by Boyne » Sat May 17, 2014 4:54 am
When you buy a ULIP policy, there is a charge you pay each year. It is quite steep in the first year and gradually reduces in subsequent years.
In your case, the charge in the first year was 18 per cent of his premium was taken away as charges. Now, from the balance some money would be apportioned towards providing him the life insurance benefit and balance would get invested as per his chosen allocation of 100 per cent equity. Now, you can quite clearly see that if the commission paid by the life insurance company is a per cent of the charges - then the advisors stand to gain based on the charges that you pay. Now if you are the proud owner of a ULIP - go back and check the premium you pay and find out the minimum premium that is payable for your policy. If your advisor tells you that you have done the right thing and that you just need to pay the premium for three years so on and so forth - be warned your charges are very high, the stock markets may crash - your policy can becom