Child Insurance policies are a combination of life insurance and investments. In child insurance plans a small portion of the premium is goes toward the life insurance of the parent and a large portion of the premium goes towards the investments. In an unfortunate event if the parent dies within the premium paying period the policy continues and the future premiums are waived and the beneficafy ( in this case your child) gets the Sum Assured and all other Benefits, Bonus etc. at the end of the term.

You can decide the risk level of investments for your plan, A 100% Equity or a 100% Debt or a combination of both with different allocation as per your comfort level. The more equity allocation would give you a higher return but is also a bit risky in the short run. If you have a long term horizon say 10 years or so then you should go for a higher Equity allocation.

One word of caution " Please make sure that you know the expenses and other detuctable's very clearly before hand " because the early years charges are quite high in some plans and in some policies the exit years can be expensive.

Most of the insurance companies in India are offering Child Insurance Plans. If you are planning to buy a secure future of your child then atleast compare plans of 4 or 5 insurance companies and then decide, because each company will have something different to offer.

LIFE Insurance Corp.- LIC  |   ICICI Prudential Life Insurance India  |   BAJAJ Allianz Life Insurance India  |   BIRLA SUN Life Insurance India  |   TATA AIG Life Insurance India  |   HDFC Standard Life Insurance India  |   RELIANCE Life Insurance India  |   SBI Life Insurance India  |   OM KOTAK Life Insurance India  |   MAX NEW YORK Life Insurance India  |   METLIFE Insurance India  |   ING VYSYA Life Insurance India  |   AVIVA Life Insurance India  |   BHARTI AXA Life Insurance India  |   SAHARA Life Insurance India  |  

 RELIANCE General Insurance India  |   ICICI Lombard General  |   BAJAJ Allianz General Company  |   TATA AIG General Insurance  |   HDFC CHUBB General Insurance  |   IFFCO TOKYO General Company  |   ROYAL Sundaram General  |   CHOLAMANDALAM General  |   STAR Health Insurance India  |   ORIENTAL Insurance India  |   NATIONAL Insurance India  |   UNITED INDIA Insurance India  |   NEW INDIA Assurance India