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If your family depends on your ability to work with your body. driving, construction, farming, trade, nursing. then yes, and it is cheap. It pays a lump sum on accidental death or permanent disability and a weekly amount for temporary disablement. Life insurance pays only on death; health insurance pays only bills. Accident cover fills the gap where you survive but cannot earn.
If your family depends on your ability to work with your body. driving, construction, farming, trade, nursing. then yes, and it is cheap. It pays a lump sum on accidental death or permanent disability and a weekly amount for temporary disablement. Life insurance pays only on death; health insurance pays only bills. Accident cover fills the gap where you survive but cannot earn.
An electrician in Pathanamthitta falls from a ladder, loses the use of his right hand, and survives. No death, so life insurance pays nothing. Hospital bill ₹1.5 lakh paid by health policy. Income: zero, indefinitely. A ₹20 lakh personal accident policy costing under ₹3,000 a year would have paid a permanent disability benefit.
PA policies cover accidental death, permanent total and partial disability, and temporary total disability (weekly benefit). Premium is based on occupation risk class, not age or health. No medical examination is typical.
Occupation risk class Sum insured relative to income and debt Whether permanent partial disability is covered with a percentage table Weekly benefit for temporary disablement Exclusions (intoxication, certain sports)
Assuming life cover handles disability. It does not.
Kerala's road accident rate makes PA cover relevant to anyone who drives daily. PMSBY offers a small public accident cover at minimal cost; it is a floor, not a ceiling.
₹20 lakh PA cover for a tradesman: roughly ₹2,500–4,000/yr. Permanent loss of one hand: typically 50–60% of sum insured paid.
A desk worker with strong disability cover through an employer and ample savings has less need. The self-employed and the physically employed have the most.
Enrol in PMSBY as a floor Price a standalone PA policy at 5–10 times annual income Declare occupation accurately
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