Sunday, April 06, 2008

High charges of ILP policy

There are many stories about consumers who bought the ILP policy from several insurance conmpanies and agents, only to find the cash value to be so low after paying permiums for two years. Read this website to learn about the high cost:
http://www.askdrmoney.com/Ins_ILP_RP.htm

According to this survey by Dr. Money, the insurance proeuct can take away 19 months of your savings. If you save $300 a month, you will lose more than $5,000. It is a lot of hard work for you to earn this money. It is taken away to pay the insurance agent and the marketing cost of the insurance company.

You should avoid these high cost insurance products. Please help to tell your friends and relatives. They should avoid ILP policies sold by insurance agents.

It is better for you to invest in a low cost fund, such as the STI exchange traded fund (i.e. managed by StateStreets).

You can also wait for a few months, and invest in the Wealth Accumulator which will be introduced later this year. Read this FAQ:
http://www.tankinlian.com/faq/low.html
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Anonymous said...

Dear Mr Tan, i purchased an ILP as well but in the view of using it more as a insurance policy rather than investment. The rationale is simple, while the outlay maybe around 2k a year, the payout is potentially near 100k. Basically it will help to cover in case of any health issues I may face. After all, when illness strikes, 100k is not an easy sum to raise. And even saving 2k a year for 10 years in ETFs or any fund for that matter, may not attain 100k. besides what if illness strikes at year 2, one will need the amount to cover at year 2, which is time critical need?

April 17, 2008 12:06 AM

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