Jeevan Ankur is a new life insurance plan for children launched on 23rd Jan 2012 by LIC of India. In order to take this plan, the child’s age should not be more than 17 years and the life Assured’s age should be in-between 18 years to 50 years. The minimum sum assured for this plan is Rs. 1 lakhs while there is no any upper limit.

Features of Jeevan Ankur

  • In this plan, the risk cover will be on the life of parent and child shall be the nominee of the policy.
  • On premature death of life assured – (a)  Sum Assured is immediately paid. (b) 10% of Sum Assured is paid every year till the maturity of policy. (c) Maturity benefit at the end of the policy term.
  • The term of the policy will be based on the age of the child at maturity time.
  • Single premium as well as regular premium is available under Jeevan Ankur plan

Benefits of Jeevan Ankur

Death Benefits

  • In the case of unfortunate death of Life Assured, i.e. parent, during the term of policy: Sum Assured is paid immediately to the nominee, i.e. child, and an income benefit equal to 10% of Sum Assured paid every year till the maturity of policy.
  • In the case of unfortunate death of child while the Life Assured is alive: The policy holder can opt another child or a person as the new nominee. The policy will continue with the same benefit payable to the new nominee.
  • In the case of unfortunate death of child after the death of Life Assured: The policy shall continue and the benefits shall be payable to the legal heir(s).

Maturity Benefits

At the end of the policy term Basic Sum Assured + the Loyalty Additions is payable as Maturity Benefit irrespective of whether the Life Insured is alive or not.

Other Optional Benefits of Jeevan Ankur

The Jeevan Ankur LIC plan provide 2 rider benefits. In order to obtain these benefits, the policy holder have to pay additional premium. The 2 rider benefits are:
  1. Accidental Benefit rider
  2. Critical Illness rider

Why you should buy Jeevan Ankur?

If you are looking for a children’s life insurance plan with strong risk coverage Jeevan Ankur is a good choice. It offers a strong risk coverage to protect a child from the financial crisis arises after the premature death of parent of the child.

Jeevan Ankur is lacking behind the other child plans when we compare the feature of survival benefits. On maturity, it just provides loyalty addition, which is not certain, along with sum assured.