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Aditya Birla Life Shield Plan

Aditya Birla Sun Life Shield Plan is an online term insurance policy d ...Read More

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Overview

Aditya Birla Sun Life Shield Plan is an online term insurance policy designed to provide comprehensive protection with its 8 plan options. The plan allows you to select the combination of payout type, protection, and payment term that suits your goals.

One of the many benefits of the plan is the ability to increase your sum insured at major life stages such as marriage, the birth of your child, and other such major life events.

Here are some key features of this plan:

  • Level Term Insurance
  • Increasing Term Insurance
  • Return of Premium
  • Decreasing Term Assurance
  • Tax Benefits
  • Increasing Term Assurance with Waiver of Premium (WOP)

Riders Associated with ABSLI Life Shield Plan

You can add the following riders to your ABSLI Life Shield Plan:

ABSLI ADD (Accidental Death and Disability)

This rider offers additional protection for accidents leading to death and disability at an affordable cost.

ABSLI Critical Illness Rider

This rider offers a lumpsum amount in case of diagnosis of any of the listed critical illnesses.

ABSLI Surgical Care Rider

This rider offers a lumpsum amount to cover surgical expenses.

Level Term Assurance

Under this option, once the sum assured value is opted by a customer, it will remain constant for the entire policy term.

Increasing Term Assurance

You can choose to enhance your sum assured at inception by 5% or 10% per annum as per your requirements. Every year, your sum assured value will increase by either 5% or 10% as per your selection at the time of policy purchase, at no additional premium charges.

Return of Premium

Under this plan option, the sum assured chosen by the customer will remain constant for the entire policy term. If the life insured survives till the maturity date, the plan shall return all the premiums paid to the insured life.

Exclusions

  • Death occurred due to a pandemic is not covered by the company.
  • Death caused due to any type of adventure sports.
  • Death by consumption of any type of drugs and alcohol.
  • Death due to any pre-existing disease that isn't mentioned during the start of the policy.
  • If the policyholder commits suicide within the first 12 months of purchasing the policy, then no death benefits are paid to their nominee. Either premiums paid to date or the surrender value of the policy, whichever is higher, is paid to them.

Death Benefit

Upon the unfortunate demise of the life insured during the policy tenure, the ABSLI Life Shield term plan offers a death benefit among the highest of the following: 10 times the annual premium, 105% of the total premium paid, or the total sum assured on death.

Maturity Benefit

If the life insured survives the entire policy tenure, the ABSLI Life Shield term plan returns all the paid premiums, applicable only if the 'Return of Premium' option is chosen.

Tax Benefits

All the premiums paid for the ABSLI Life Shield term plan can be used for claiming tax benefits under Section 80C and Section 10(10D) of the Income Tax Act.

Eligibility Criteria for Aditya Birla Life Shield Plan

Entry age
Entry age
Minimum Age: 1 year, Maximum Age: 65 years
Maturity age
Maturity age
Maximum Maturity Age: 85 years
Policy term
Policy term
Minimum term: 10 years, Maximum term: 55 years
Sum assured
Sum assured
Base Sum Assured: 25 Lacs to no limit
Policy loan
Policy loan
The policy loan is not available under ABSLI Life Shield Plan.
Payment Modes
Payment Modes
Annual, half-yearly, quarterly & monthly

Pros & cons

A quick honest summary — the strengths and the trade-offs.

Pros

  • 105% of total death benefit
  • Tax benefits as per law
  • Return of premium

Cons

  • No policy loan

Video reviews

Walkthroughs from the PolicyX team — pros, cons, real claim experiences and who should buy.

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Who can buy this plan

Eligibility criteria pulled straight from the policy wording.

Min entry age: 1 year
Max entry age: 65 years
Min. sum assured: 25 Lac
Max. sum assured: No limit
Premium payment term: Regular/Limited

Frequently Asked Questions

The 4 most-asked questions about Aditya Birla Life Shield Plan, answered.

Yes. Many people buy term cover equal to the outstanding loan plus family expenses.
It depends on the variant selected. Pure protection variants focus on life cover, while return of premium variants may pay back eligible premiums on survival till maturity.
Certain variants may provide life-stage benefit options to enhance coverage after major life events.
Many insurers allow NRI applicants, subject to eligibility and country-specific rules.

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