Kotak Value Protect Calculator
Kotak Value Protect Plan is modeled here as a Unit Linked Insurance Plan (ULIP) from Kotak Mahindra Life Insurance. You pay a chosen Annual Premium for a Premium Payment Term, most of it goes into a market-linked fund after charges, and the plan's defining feature is a guaranteed minimum maturity value of 101% of total premiums paid - so even if the fund underperforms, you never get back less than that floor. If the fund does well, you keep the upside above the floor.
This calculator estimates your death cover, the guaranteed floor, the projected fund value at maturity, and the effective annual yield using illustrative ULIP charge rates. It does not reproduce Kotak Life's official benefit illustration - always confirm exact figures with your policy document or a Kotak Life advisor before making a purchase decision.
Premium Payment Term and Policy Term
You can pay premiums for the same duration as the Policy Term ("Regular Pay"), or for a shorter duration ("Limited Pay") that ends 5 or 10 years before the policy matures:
| Premium Payment Option | Premium Payment Term |
|---|---|
| Regular Pay | Same as Policy Term |
| Limited Pay - 5 Years Less | Policy Term − 5 years (Policy Term must be ≥ 10 years) |
| Limited Pay - 10 Years Less | Policy Term − 10 years (Policy Term must be ≥ 15 years) |
Sum Assured on Death
In line with typical IRDAI ULIP minimum sum assured norms, the death benefit is a multiple of the Annual Premium that depends on your Age at Entry:
How the fund value builds up
Each policy year, the calculator applies charges in this order to the running fund value:
- Premium Allocation Charge - the premium added to the fund is reduced by 4% in the first year and 2% in every renewal year before it's credited.
- Mortality Charge - deducted from the fund based on the Sum at Risk (Sum Assured minus current fund value) and your age that year.
- Policy Administration Charge - a flat 0.3% of the Annual Premium, deducted every year.
- Fund Growth - the remaining fund value grows at your chosen Expected Annual Fund Growth Rate, net of a 1.35% p.a. Fund Management Charge (the IRDAI cap for ULIPs).
Guaranteed Minimum Maturity Value
Regardless of how the fund actually performs, the plan guarantees at least 101% of the total premiums you paid over the Premium Payment Term:
Total Maturity Benefit
Effective Annual Yield
The calculator treats each year's premium as an outflow and the Maturity Benefit as a single inflow in the final policy year, then solves for the internal rate of return (IRR) that makes the net present value of that cash flow series zero - this gives a more realistic annualized return than comparing the maturity value to a lump sum, since premiums are actually paid across many years rather than all upfront.
How to use this calculator
- Enter your Age at Entry.
- Enter your Annual Premium.
- Choose a Policy Term (10, 15, 20, or 25 years).
- Choose a Premium Payment Option (Regular Pay, or Limited Pay 5/10 years less than the Policy Term).
- Enter your Expected Annual Fund Growth Rate (4% to 15%).
- Submit to see the Sum Assured, guaranteed floor, projected fund value, total maturity benefit, effective annual yield, a year-by-year benefit schedule, and the plan's key features.
Worked example
Suppose you are 30 years old, pay an Annual Premium of ₹1,00,000 for a 20-year Policy Term with Regular Pay, and expect an 8% Annual Fund Growth Rate.
- Premium Payment Term: 20 years (same as Policy Term)
- Sum Assured on Death: 10 × ₹1,00,000 = ₹10,00,000
- Total Premiums Paid: 20 × ₹1,00,000 = ₹20,00,000
- Guaranteed Maturity Value: 1.01 × ₹20,00,000 = ₹20,20,000
- Projected Fund Value at Maturity (after charges and net 6.65% growth): approximately ₹40,82,372
- Total Maturity Benefit: max(₹40,82,372, ₹20,20,000) = ₹40,82,372
- Effective Annual Yield: approximately 6.96%