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Bundled products like ULIPs and endowment policies mix a small life cover with a low-return savings component, which hides the true cost of each part. Evaluating the protection need and the investment goal separately shows that a pure term plan plus a separate investment usually beats the bundle on both coverage and returns.
To decide whether to exit a ULIP or endowment plan, compare two options. The first is the future value of continuing to pay premiums. The second is surrendering or making the policy paid-up and redirecting the same money into term cover plus a low-cost investment. The premiums already paid are a sunk cost and should not drive the decision; only future cash flows and surrender charges matter.
Salaried investors often buy unsuitable products because of trust in a relative or agent, fear of missing tax deadlines, and a wish for guaranteed returns, rather than because they lack information. Fixing the money relationship means spotting these emotional triggers, such as last-minute tax-saving panic in March, before the product decision is made.