Entries Categorized as 'Pensions'

Low Annuity Returns in India

Date January 16, 2010

Why are annuity rates in India so crappy? (Annuity: Pay a lumpsum now and receive a fixed income for the rest of your life) This is the return for a 50-lakh rupee annuity, purchased at age 60. LIC provides an annuity that returns your entire pur…

FDs or government bonds better than “Insurance” plans

Date September 10, 2009

A twitter discussion led Ganesh Babu into writing about how insurers take you for a ride. An ad at www.simpleinsurance.in from ICICI shows you how, if you invest Rs. 2,000 per month for 20 years, you could get a pension of 15,315 per month after 30 yea…