Introducing ICICI Pru Signature Pension - a Non-Participating, Linked, Pension Individual, Savings plan. This plan is specifically designed to secure your retirement by leveraging market-linked growth, helping you achieve your long-term financial goals. Ensure a comfortable and fulfilling post-retirement life for yourself and your loved ones with the ICICI Pru Signature Pension.
1. Grow your wealth:
Benefit from market-linked returns with a choice of 8 fund options and 3 portfolio strategies to enhance your retirement savings
2. Make the most of your savings:
Save in the product with a low-cost charge structure with return of premium allocation,
policy administration and mortality charges on policy vesting
3. Boost your savings:
Top-up to boost your savings and meet your evolving financial goals
4. Faster policy issuance:
Faster policy issuance provided you submit required documents and on your confirmation of good health
5. Emergency access to funds:
Flexibly withdraw from your retirement pot in case of major life events or illnesses
6. Re-plan your pension start date:
Option to defer receiving the policy proceeds on vesting till the age of 80 years and instead
continue to grow the vesting corpus
7. Optimise your tax savings:
Receive Tax benefits on premiums paid and benefits received (as per prevailing tax laws)
Minimum/Maximum age at entry (in years):
Minimum: 18 years
Maximum: 65 years
Minimum Vesting Age / Maximum Vesting Age (in years)
60 years/ 80 years
Minimum/ Maximum Policy term (in years)
Minimum: Minimum of 20 years or 80 minus Age at entry
Maximum: 62 years
If the person whose life is covered under this policy (known as the Life Assured) passes away during the Policy Term, the insurance cover amount will be paid to the Claimant, provided the policy is in-force and the monies are not in the Discontinuance Fund -Pension.
Death Benefit (life insurance benefit) payable will be the higher of
Fund Value including Top-up Fund Value (if any) as available on date of intimation of death or date of foreclosure or Vesting Date whichever is earlier, or
Minimum Death Benefit
Minimum Death Benefit will be 105% of the total premiums paid up to the date of death.
On death of the Life Assured, while monies are in the Discontinued Policy Fund, Death Benefit payable to the Claimant will be the proceeds of the Discontinuance Fund -Pension applicable to the Policy.
In the event of death of the Life Assured on the Vesting Date, then only the Vesting Benefit (if applicable) is payable to the Claimant and Death Benefit is not payable. The Claimant can receive the Death Benefit either as a lumpsum or choose to annuitize the same. Please refer Clause 8 of the Terms and Conditions mentioned below for details.
On payment of this benefit the policy will terminate and all rights, benefits and interests under the Policy will stand extinguished.
As you pay your due premiums, the premiums grow at a rate (based on the performance of the fund(s)) when allocated in your choice of fund(s).
Upon policy vesting, provided the policy has not already terminated, you will receive the following:
Fund Value including Top-up Fund Value and Pension Booster
ICICI Pru Signature Pension is a cost-effective retirement saving product. On policy vesting, you receive a Pension Booster, which shall be the sum of all premium allocation charges, policy administration charges, and mortality charges deducted (excluding taxes) till the time of vesting.
Tax benefits may be available as per prevailing tax laws. Tax benefits under the policy are subject to prevailing conditions and provisions of the Income Tax Act, 1961. Goods and Services Tax and Cesses, if any, will be charged extra as per applicable rates. The tax laws are subject to amendments made thereto from time to time. Please consult your tax advisor for details.
Freelook period: You have an option to review the Policy following receipt of Policy Document. If you are not satisfied with the terms and conditions of this policy, please return the policy document to the Company with reasons for cancellation within 30 days from the date you received it.
On cancellation of the policy during the free look period, you shall be entitled to an amount which shall be equal to non-allocated premium plus charges levied by cancellation of units plus Fund Value at the date of cancellation less proportionate risk premium for the period of cover, stamp duty expenses under the policy and expenses borne by us on medical examination, if any.
The policy will terminate on payment of this amount and all rights, benefits and interests under this policy will stand extinguished.
The grace period for payment of premium is 15 days for monthly mode of premium payment and 30 days for other modes of premium payment commencing from the premium due date. The life cover continues during the grace period. In case of Death of Life Assured during the grace period, We will pay the applicable Death Benefit. This is not applicable for Single Pay policies.
Along with the need for a corpus to take care of your retirement goals, it is also essential to have access to funds to take care of major life events and/or unplanned expenses.
This option allows you to encash up to 25% of the Fund Value including the Top-Up Fund Value (if any) any as on date of request subject to the following:
a. The first withdrawal will be permitted after completion of lock-in period, provided the monies are not in the discontinued policy fund
b. The minimum value of any partial withdrawal is
5,000.
c. The partial withdrawal amount shall not exceed 25% of the fund value as on date of request.
d. You are permitted to make a maximum of 3 partial withdrawals during the Policy Term.
e. The partial withdrawals made shall be allowed from the fund built up from the top-up premiums, if any, as long as such fund supports the partial withdrawal and subsequently, the partial withdrawals may be allowed from the fund built up from the Instalment premium.
f. The partial withdrawals shall not be allowed which would result in termination of the policy.
g. You can avail this facility for the following specific purposes only:
For higher education of the Life Assured children including a legally adopted child.
For the marriage of the Life Assureds children, including a legally adopted child.
For the purchase or construction of a residential house or flat in the life Assured's own name or in joint name with the Life Assureds legally wedded spouse. However, if the Life Assured already owns a residential house or flat (other than ancestral property), no withdrawal shall be permitted.
For treatment of critical illnesses: for the Life Assured, his/her legally wedded spouse, dependent children, including legally adopted child.
Medical and incidental expenses arising from disability or incapacitation suffered by the Life Assured.
It is recommended that you continue with your policy to avail all benefits.
During the Lock-in Period, on the receipt of intimation by Us that You wish to Surrender the Policy, the unit fund value including top-up fund value, if any, after deducting applicable discontinuance charges shall be credited to the discontinuance policy fund and risk cover and rider cover, if any, shall cease. The fund management charges of the
discontinuance fund will be applicable during this period and no other charges will be applied.
You or the Claimant, as the case may be, will be entitled to receive the Discontinued Policy Fund Value applicable to your policy, on the earlier of death of the Life Assured or the expiry of the lock-in period. Currently the lock-in period is five years from policy inception.
After completion of the Lock-in Period, on receipt of intimation by Us that You wish to Surrender the Policy, the Surrender Value shall be equal to the unit fund value including top-up fund value as on date of surrender. Surrender value can be received as per the annuitization provision mentioned in Clause 8 of the Terms & Conditions.
You can revive your policy benefits for their full value within three years from the due date of the first unpaid premium. Revival will be based on the prevailing Board approved underwriting guidelines. Revival is not applicable for Single Pay policies.
Fund Management Charge is applicable and will be adjusted from the NAV on a daily basis. This charge will be a percentage of the Fund Value. The following FMC is applicable:
Fund FMC p.a.
Pension Multi Cap Growth Fund 1.35%
Pension Opportunities Fund 1.35%
Pension Bluechip Fund 1.35%
Pension Multi Cap Balanced Fund 1.35%
Pension Income Fund 1.35%
Pension India Growth Fund 1.35%
Pension Balanced Fund 1.35%
Pension Money Market Fund 0.75%
If you stop paying any due premiums or if you surrender the policy in the first five years, the policy is said to have been discontinued and the fund value after deduction of Discontinuance Charges are moved to the Discontinuance Fund - Pension. The Fund Management Charge for this fund is 0.50% p.a.
Mortality charge is the cost of the life insurance cover and depends on your age and gender.
These charges will be levied every month by redemption of units based on the Sum at Risk.
Sum at Risk during the policy term = Highest of,
Fund Value (including Top-up Fund Value, if any),
Minimum Death Benefit
Less
Fund Value (including Top-up Fund Value, if any).
Mortality Charge will be deducted monthly by redemption of units. Mortality charges will be deducted until the earlier of date of death of the Life Assured and the end of policy term. Mortality charges deducted (if any) subsequent to the date of death shall be added back to the Fund Value as applicable for computation of death benefit payable.
Indicative annual charges per thousand life cover for a healthy male and female life are as shown below:
Age (yrs) 30 40 50
Male ( ) 0.763 1.311 3.461
Female ( ) 0.735 1.134 2.759
Policy Administration Charge will be levied at the beginning of every month by redemption of units, subject to a maximum of 500 per month for the entire policy term.
The monthly policy administration charge in this product is 0.20% of annual premium for limited pay and Rs.500 per month for single pay. Policy Administration Charge will be levied until the earlier of intimation of death of the Life Assured and the end of the policy term.
Discontinuance Charges are described below:
For Single Pay policies:
Where the policy is Discontinuance Charge
discontinued during Single premium = Rs.3,00,000 Single premium > Rs.3,00,000
the policy year
For Limited Pay policies:
Where the policy is Discontinuance Charge
discontinued during Annualized premium = Rs. 50,000 Single premium > Rs.50,000
the policy year
The RIY has been calculated after applying all the charges (except Goods & Services Tax and cesses, if any, mortality charges and rider charges, if any).
#RIY stipulated is as per IRDAI (Unit Linked Insurance Products) Regulation, 2024.
Suicide Clause: If the Life Assured commits suicide within 12 months from the date of commencement of the policy or from the date of policy revival, only the Fund Value, including Top- up Fund Value, if any, as available on the date of intimation of death or date of foreclosure / Vesting Date whichever is earlier, would be payable to the Claimant. Any charges other than Fund Management Charges and guarantee charges, if any, recovered subsequent to the date of death shall be added back to the fund value as available on the date of intimation of death or date of foreclosure/Vesting Date. There is no other exclusion applicable with respect to death other than suicide clause.
| Period | Absolute (%) | Annualised (%) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 Week | 1.2 | 0 |
| 1 Month | 2.1 | 30.1 |
| 3 Months | -1.1 | -4.3 |
| 6 Months | -1.3 | -2.5 |
| 1 Year | 4.1 | 4.1 |
| 2 Years | 0 | 0 |
| 3 Years | 0 | 0 |
| 5 Years | 0 | 0 |
| Claim Ratio | Solvency Ratio |
|---|---|
| 99% (2023-24) | 2% (March 2024) |