UIN: 130L100V03
1. Free Look Period
If Policyholder disagrees with any of the terms and
conditions of the Policy, there is an option to return the
original Policy along with a letter stating reason/s within 15
days of receipt of the Policy in case of offline Policy and
within 30 days of receipt of the Policy in case of electronic
Policy & policy sourced through distance marketing (i.e.
online sales). The Policy will accordingly be cancelled and
the Company will refund the premium amount paid by the
Policyholder excluding the Proportionate risk premium for
the period on cover and the medical expenses incurred by
the insurer and stamp duty charges.
In addition to this, the Company shall also be entitled to
repurchase the units at the price of the units on the date of
cancellation.
All rights under this Policy shall stand extinguished
immediately on cancellation of the Policy under the free look
option.
If the Policy is opted through Insurance Repository (IR), the
computation of the said Free Look Period will be as stated
below:-
For existing e-Insurance Account: Computation of the said
Free Look Period will commence from the date of delivery of
the e mail confirming the credit of the Insurance Policy by
the IR.
For New e-Insurance Account: If an application for e-
Insurance Account accompanies the proposal for insurance,
the date of receipt of the ‘welcome kit’ from the IR with the
credentials to log on to the e-Insurance Account(e IA) or the
delivery date of the email confirming the grant of access to
the eIA or the delivery date of the email confirming the credit
of the Insurance policy by the IR to the eIA, whichever is
later shall be reckoned for the purpose of computation of the
free look period.
2. Discontinuance of Premium Provision
I. Discontinuance of Policy during the lock-in Period:
a) For other than single premium policies, upon expiry of
the grace period, in case of discontinuance of Policy due
to non-payment of premium, the fund value after
deducting the applicable discontinuance charges shall be
credited to the discontinued policy fund and the risk
cover and rider cover, if any, shall cease.
b) Such discontinuance charges shall not exceed the
charges, stipulated in ‘Charges’ section – Discontinuance
charges of this document. All such discontinued policies
shall be provided a revival period of three years from
date of first unpaid premium. On such discontinuance,
the Company will communicate the status of the Policy,
within three months of the first unpaid premium, to the
Policyholder and provide the option to revive the Policy
within the revival period of three years.
i. In case the Policyholder opts to revive but does not
revive the Policy during the revival period, the
proceeds of the discontinued policy fund shall be paid
to the Policyholder at the end of the revival period or
lock-in period whichever is later. In respect of revival
period ending after lock-in period, the Policy will
remain in discontinuance fund till the end of revival
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Policy Document-
Bharti AXA Life Wealth Pro
A Unit Linked, Non-Participating Individual Life Insurance Plan
period. The Fund management charges of
discontinued fund will be applicable during this period
and no other charges will be applied.
ii. In case the Policyholder does not exercise the option
as set out above, the Policy shall continue without
any risk cover and rider cover, if any, and the policy
fund shall remain invested in the discontinuance fund.
At the end of the lock-in period, the proceeds of the
discontinuance fund shall be paid to the Policyholder
and the Policy shall terminate.
iii. However, the Policyholder has an option to surrender
the Policy anytime and proceeds of the discontinued
policy shall be payable at the end of lock-in period or
date of surrender whichever is later.
c) In case of Single premium policies, the Policyholder has
an option to surrender any time during the lock-in period.
Upon receipt of request for surrender, the fund value,
after deducting the applicable discontinuance charges,
shall be credited to the discontinued policy fund.
i. Such discontinuance charges shall not exceed the
charges stipulated in ‘Charges’ – Discontinuance
charges of this document.
ii. The Policy shall continue to be invested in the
discontinued policy fund and the proceeds from the
discontinuance fund shall be paid at the end of lock-in
period. Fund management charge can be deducted
from this fund during this period. Further, no risk
cover shall be available on such policy during the
discontinuance period.
The minimum guaranteed interest rate applicable to the
‘Discontinued Policy Fund’ shall be as per the prevailing
regulations and is currently 4% p.a. The proceeds of the
discontinued policy shall be refunded only upon
completion of the lock-in period.
Proceeds of the discontinued policies means the fund
value as on the date the policy was discontinued, after
addition of interest computed at the interest rate
stipulated as above.
II. Discontinuance of Policy after the lock-in Period:
a) For other than Single Premium Policies:
i. Upon expiry of the grace period, in case of
discontinuance of Policy due to non-payment of
premium after lock-in period, the Policy shall be
converted into a reduced paid up policy with the paid-
up sum assured i.e. original sum assured multiplied
by the total number of premiums paid to the original
number of premiums payable as per the terms and
conditions of the Policy. The Policy shall continue to
be in reduced paid-up status without rider cover, if
any. All charges as per terms and conditions of the
Policy shall be deducted during the revival period.
However, the mortality charges shall be deducted
based on the reduced paid up sum assured only.
ii. On such discontinuance, the Company will
communicate the status of the Policy, within three
months of the first unpaid premium, to the
Policyholder and provide the following options:
Policy Servicing Related Aspects