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There are no hard and fast rules, nor any easy formulae to help you decide how much life insurance cover you need. However, there is a fairly straight forward approach which each of us can follow.
Since life insurance is, first and foremost, financial security for your family, you can judge how much money your family will need incase of your premature death and build your insurance portfolio accordingly.
For instance, if you are contributing Rs.3,000 a month for meeting your family’s needs, you must have a life insurance cover of around Rs.3 lakhs. In case of the policy holder’s death the family can invest this amount in some absolutely safe investment avenue such as government bonds, which pay 12% interest. The annual interest of Rs.36,000. Additionally, the insurance portfolio could also include polices specifically earmarked for the education and marriage of your children.
Income replacement is another approach to determine how much insurance one needs. There are ways to figure it; two are discussed below: