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Canara HSBC Life Young Term Plan

Canara HSBC's term plan aimed at younger buyers, in two shapes: straightforward cover, or cover with premiums returned on survival. Entry closes at 60 rather than 65, and cover can still run to age 99. A child care benefit is available, with its own minimum term.

Read from Canara HSBC Life Insurance Company Limited's own policy wording and prospectus. Last checked against those documents on . The wording you are issued is the contract.

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01The detail

Young Term Plan in one table

Claim settlement ratio
99.3%FY 2024–25
95% recommended
Complaints per 10,000
17.67policies
Under 10 recommended
InsurerCanara HSBC Life Insurance Company Limited
Sum insuredSet at inception, subject to underwriting.
Entry age18 to 60 years. On the pay-till-60 route this drops to 55 under Life Secure and 50 under Return of Premium.
Cover runs toUp to 99 years. 80 years for a non-working spouse.

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

02Cover

What Young 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 Canara HSBC Life's own documents.

What this plan does
01Choice of straightforward cover, or cover with premiums returned on survival
02Cover can run to age 99
03Child care benefit available, with a 5-year minimum term from entry age 35
04A non-working spouse can be covered
What it does not do
01Entry to 65 this plan closes at 60
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 SecureMost buyers

Straightforward death cover. On the pay-till-60 route, entry closes at 55.

Life Secure with Return of Premium

Returns premiums on survival to maturity. On the pay-till-60 route, entry closes at 50. Costs materially more than plain cover for the same protection.

04Exclusions

Young Term Plan exclusions: what the 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 policy commencement or revival the payout is limited to a return of premiums, per the standard clause. Read the policy wording for the exact percentage.
05The honest bit

Where Young 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.
01Despite the name, entry closes at 60 two years lower than Canara HSBC's own iSelect Smart360, which takes entrants to 65. If you are over 60 this is not the plan, and the sibling product may be.
02Canara HSBC sells a very similar plan called iSelect Smart360, which takes entrants up to 65. Compare the two before choosing.
03The pay-till-60 route drops the entry ceiling to 55, or 50 with return of premium. The headline 60 does not apply to every combination.
04Return of premium costs materially more than plain cover. You are pre-paying the refund and forgoing what the difference would have earned invested.
05Cover to 99 mostly raises the premium. Term cover past your working life is rarely what a family actually needs.
06FAQs

Young Term Plan questions, answered

How much cover does Young Term Plan offer?

Set at inception, subject to underwriting.

Who can buy Young Term Plan?

Entry to Young Term Plan runs from 18 to 60 years. Cover can run to age 99, which is the maximum maturity age on this plan. What you are actually offered still depends on your income, health and any cover you already hold.

What does Young Term Plan not cover?

Like every term plan, Young Term Plan excludes suicide within 12 months of policy commencement or revival – the payout is limited to a return of premiums, per the standard clause. Read the policy wording for the exact percentage. The policy wording you are issued is the contract.

07Source 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.

Canara HSBC LifeInsurer site
08Read 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.

09Same insurer

Other Canara HSBC Life plans we have read

Canara HSBC Life files these separately, and the terms differ between them. If you are choosing within the range, compare the waiting periods and the exclusions rather than the sum insured.

Is Young Term Plan the right plan for you?

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