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Aditya Birla Sun Life Salaried Term Plan

A term plan Aditya Birla Sun Life sells only to salaried buyers, priced on the assumption that a documented salary makes you a better risk. Four plan options: plain cover, cover with premiums returned, and two that pay your family an income rather than a lump sum. Entry runs from 21 to 55 and cover ends at 75.

Read from the insurer's own policy wording and reviewed by Kshitij Jain

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01The detail

Salaried Term Plan in one table

Claim settlement ratio
98.5%FY 2024–25
95% recommended
Complaints per 10,000
2.33policies
Under 10 recommended
InsurerAditya Birla Sun Life Insurance Company Limited
Sum insuredNo stated upper limit. Higher amounts are decided case by case on your health, income and existing cover.
Entry age21 to 55 years (last birthday)
Cover runs to31 to 75 years (last birthday)

Claim settlement and complaint figures are IRDAI-published and held centrally by NYVO, not taken from the insurer's marketing.

02Cover

What Salaried Term Plan does, and what it does not

Term insurance is a narrow product, so the useful question is not how this plan scores against a benchmark – it is what it pays for and what it leaves out. Both lists come from Aditya Birla Sun Life's own documents.

What this plan does
01Priced specifically for salaried buyers, on the basis that documented income is a better risk
02Four plan options plain cover, cover with premiums returned, a fixed income, or an income that rises 5% a year
03Six limited premium terms, from 5 years to 20
04Cover is written for men, women and transgender buyers alike
05Backed by the lowest complaint volume of any major Indian life insurer
What it does not do
01Open to the self-employed or to business owners this plan is for salaried buyers only
02Entry before 21 or after 55
03Cover past 75 most of the market runs to 85
04A single-premium option
03Variants

Which variant should you take?

This plan is sold in more than one form, and the choice is made once at purchase. Picking the wrong one is not something you can quietly correct later, so it is worth a minute now.

Life CoverMost buyers

Plain cover paying a lump sum on death. The cheapest of the four and the usual starting point.

Life Cover with ROP Option

The same cover with every premium handed back if you outlive the term. At most ages it costs roughly half as much again as plain cover, and you are pre-funding the refund yourself.

Fixed Income

Pays your family a level income for ten years instead of a lump sum. A fixed payment over a decade loses real value to inflation, and your family cannot choose to invest it differently.

Increasing Income

Pays an income over ten years that rises 5% each year. It softens the inflation problem rather than solving it, and still removes your family's choice about what to do with the money.

04Exclusions

What this plan will not pay for

Every policy carries exclusions, and they are the clauses people read for the first time at claim stage. These are the ones worth knowing before you buy.

Not coveredIndicative, not exhaustive. Your policy wording is the contract.
01Suicide within 12 months of the policy starting or of its latest revival - 80% of the premiums paid is returned, provided the policy is in force.
05The honest bit

Where Salaried Term Plan falls short

No plan is right for everyone, and a page that only lists strengths is not much use to you. These are the gaps we would raise on a call before recommending it.

Worth knowing before you buyNone of these are dealbreakers on their own. They are the trade-offs this plan asks you to accept.
01You have to be salaried. If you are self-employed, run a business, or move to that in future, this plan is not open to you - and that is a real risk over a 30-year policy.
02Cover ends at 75, ten years earlier than most of the market. If you want protection into your eighties, ABSLI's own DigiShield runs to 85.
03Entry does not open until 21 and closes at 55, the narrowest window of the three ABSLI term plans we cover.
04The two income options pay your family in instalments over ten years rather than a lump sum. A fixed payment loses real value across a decade, and your family cannot invest the money on their own terms.
05The return-of-premium option costs roughly half as much again as plain cover at most ages. That gap is the price of getting your own money back later, without interest.
06Source documents

Read it from the insurer

We summarise. The policy wording is the contract, and it is the only document that settles a dispute. These links go to the insurer's own pages.

Salaried Term Plan brochure (PDF)Brochure
Salaried Term Plan on ABSLIPlan page
07Read next

Understand the terms before you commit

A plan page tells you what this policy does. These explain why each term matters and what it costs you when it is missing.

Is Salaried Term Plan the right plan for you?

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