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Unit-linked insurance plans combine life cover with market-linked investment. They are regulated by IRDAI and have a five-year lock-in.

8 storiesLatest 25 Sept 2026, 15:24 IST

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    IRDAI Life Products Master Circular 2024: Surrender Values, ULIP Payouts and Mandatory Disclosures

    How the IRDAI Life Products Master Circular 2024 fixes ULIP surrender values, the third-anniversary rule and the 90%-at-4% maturity floor, explained with worked numbers and the insurer's disclosure duties.

  2. Insurance

    The 30-Day Free-Look Window: How to Exit a Mis-Sold Insurance Policy and Get Your Refund

    IRDAI's 2024 Master Circular doubled the insurance free-look window to 30 days. Here is exactly how to cancel a mis-sold policy, what insurers can deduct, and the refund arithmetic worked out.

  3. Insurance

    What the IRDAI Protection of Policyholders Interests Regulations 2024 Mean for Free-Look and Refunds

    The IRDAI 2024 regulations give every life and health policyholder a 30-day free-look window. Here is exactly what you get refunded, what insurers keep, and why ULIP refunds differ.

  4. Insurance

    ULIP surrender value: Discontinuance charge caps and the 5-year lock-in

    ULIPs lock in for 5 years and surrender charges fall from Rs 6,000 in year 1 to nil after year 5. How IRDAI's Discontinued Policy Fund and the Budget 2024 tax rule actually work.

  5. Insurance

    Section 10(10D) life insurance maturity exemption: the 10% premium-to-sum-assured rule and the Rs 5 lakh annual-premium ULIP/non-ULIP cap

    Section 10(10D) exempts life insurance maturity proceeds only when premium-to-sum-assured ratios and the Rs 2.5 lakh ULIP and Rs 5 lakh non-ULIP annual-premium caps hold. Here is the working math.

  6. Insurance

    Free-Look Period Extended to 30 Days: IRDAI 2024 Directive, Refund Computation, and the Proposal-vs-Policy Distinction

    IRDAI's March 2024 regulations extended the free-look window to 30 days for every policy. Here is how refund computation works for ULIPs and traditional plans, plus the procedural traps that still trip up genuine cancellations.

  7. Insurance

    ULIP vs Traditional Endowment: Tax Treatment Under Finance Act 2025

    Finance Act 2025 retains both Section 10(10D) premium caps: Rs 2.5 lakh on ULIPs (Section 112A LTCG) and Rs 5 lakh on traditional plans (Section 56(2)(xiii) slab tax).