Riders Meaning in Insurance - Life Insurance Riders

What are Riders in Insurance?

Riders are add-ons or additional benefits which you can opt for along with your current life insurance policy at affordable rates. Riders are valuable tools that help you expand your life insurance coverage.

What are the different life insurance riders?

Waiver of premium: It ensures that your life insurance policy stays active even if you are unable to pay your premiums. The effect of this policy would be waiving off all future premiums but the continuation of the policy benefits.

Critical illness^*: Under this rider, you pay an extra amount to get yourself covered in case you are diagnosed with any of the critical ailments mentioned in the policy document. Acting like an income replacement plan, the amount received under the rider can be used to meet both medical and household expenses. Though the critical illnesses^* covered under the policy may vary from one insurer to another, some ailments like cancer, heart attack, brain tumour, etc.; are covered under the rider.

Accidental death rider⁺: All life insurance policies cover accidental death. However, when you buy an accidental death rider, the insurer pays up to double the sum assured to your nominee in case you die in an accident.

Permanent & partial disability⁺⁺: It is helpful in case you become temporarily or permanently disabled due to an accident. In most cases, the insurer pays a certain sum assured for the next five or ten years. Also, all future premiums on the main insurance policy are waived off by the insurance company.

Income benefit rider: It offers a regular source of income to the family in case of the demise or disability of the policyholder.

Benefits of riders

Riders are an excellent solution to increase your insurance coverage without buying a new policy. Here are some of the key benefits of riders:

Extra coverage: By attaching a rider to the main insurance policy, you can enjoy comprehensive coverage. For instance, a critical illness^* rider pays a lump sum amount which can be used to deal with household expenses, loan EMIs and other financial liabilities apart from medical expenses.

Affordability: Buying a rider is much more affordable than buying a separate insurance policy. Further, there are various types of riders which one can choose from as per their needs. In this way, it becomes easy to cover oneself at an affordable cost.

Flexibility: You can add a rider to any of your insurance policies— term, ULIP, endowment, whole life— and customise your policy as per your needs.

Tax^# benefits: Riders are additions to the life insurance policies. Therefore, payments toward riders also enjoy tax^# benefits as per the prevailing tax rules.

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Disclaimer

^# Tax benefits under the policy are subject to conditions under Sections 80C, 10(10D), 115BAC and other provisions of the Income Tax Act, 1961. Goods and Services Tax and Cesses, if any, will be charged extra as per prevailing rates. Tax laws are subject to amendments made thereto from time to time. Please consult your tax advisor for details, before acting on the above.

^{^}Life Cover is the benefit payable on the death of the life assured during the policy term.

^* Critical Illness benefit under ICICI Pru Non-Linked Health Protect Rider: Critical Illness rider(CI benefit) is up to life cover value capped at 1.5 crore (Subjected to underwriting guidelines). Critical Illness Benefit (CI Benefit) is optional and is payable, on first occurrence of any of the 20 or 60 illnesses covered (Classic variant covers 20 illnesses and Comprehensive variant covers 60 illnesses). Medical documents confirming diagnosis of critical illness needs to be submitted. The benefit is payable only on the fulfillment of the definition of the diagnosed critical illness. The CI Benefit, is an additional benefit which means the policy will continue with the life cover and other riders covers even after CI Benefit is paid. The future premiums payable under the policy will reduce proportionately. To know more in about CI Benefit, terms & conditions governing it, kindly refer to rider sales brochure. CI Benefit term would be equal to policy term or 20 years or (75-Age at entry), whichever is lower

⁺ Accidental Death benefit (ADB) is up to ₹3 crores (Subject to underwriting guidelines). ADB is available in Life Plus option. In case of death due to an accident Accidental Death Benefit will be paid out in addition to Death Benefit. Accidental Death Benefit policy term will be equal to the policy term of death benefit or (85-Age at entry), whichever is lower

⁺⁺ Accidental total and permanent disability benefit option available through ICICI Pru Non-Linked Accidental Death and Disability Rider: If the life assured covered by this benefit option become totally, continuously and permanently disabled as a result of accident i.e., Accidental Total Permanent Disability and meets any of 3 clauses as defined in the policy document, the Accidental Total and Permanent Disability Sum Assured will be paid out as a lump sum to the nominee. On payment of the Accidental total and permanent disability Sum Assured to the Claimant, the benefit option will terminate and all rights, benefits and interests under the option will stand extinguished. This benefit is optional. For more details, kindly refer to the Rider policy document

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