What are With Profit and Without Profit Plans?
Some insurers distribute profits among it policyholders every year in the form of a bonus/ profit share. An insurance policy can be “with” or “without” profit. In the former, any bonus declared is allotted to the policy and is paid at the time of maturity/ death (with the contracted amount). In a “without” profit plan, the contracted amount is paid without any profit share. The premium rate charged for a “with” profit policy is therefore higher than for a “without” profit policy. Those who assure under the `with profit’ plan get a share of the profits but these shares are not the same in the case of all such policy holders as the profits of the company are not the same from the premiums paid by the different class of policy holders. Policies of long duration give more profits to the company than the policy of short duration.
