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HDFC Life, one of India's leading private life insurance companies, offers a range of individual and group insurance solution s. It is a joint venture between Housing Development Finance Corporation Limited (HDFC), India's leading housing finance institution and Standard Life plc, the leading provider of financial services in the United Kingdom. HDFC Ltd. holds 72.43% and Standard Life (Mauritius Holding) Ltd. holds 26.00% of equity in the joint venture, while the rest is held by others. HDFC Life's product portfolio comprises solutions, which meet various customer needs such as Protection, Pension, Savings, Investment and Health. Customers have the added advantage of customizing the plans, by adding optional benefits called riders , at a nominal price. The company currently has 29 retail and 5 group products in its portfolio, along with five optional rider benefit s catering to the savings, investment, protection and retirement needs of customers. HDFC Life continues to have one of the widest reaches among new insurance companies with more than 500branches servicing customer needs in over 700 cities and towns. The company has a strong base of Financial Consultants.

Why do I need Protection Plans?

Protection Plans help you shield your family from uncertainties in life due to financial losses in terms of loss of income that may dawn upon them incase of your untimely demise or critical illness. Securing the future of one's family is one of the most importan t goals of life. Protection Plans go a long way in ensuring your family's financial independence in the event of your unfortunate demise or critical illness. They are all the more important if you are the chief wage earner in your family. No matter how much you have saved o r invested over the years, sudden eventualities, such as death or critical illness, always tend to affect your family financially apart from the huge emotional loss. For instance, consider the example of Amit who is a healthy 25 year old guy with a income of Rs. 1,00,000/ - per annum. Let's assume his income increases at a rate of 10% per annum, while the inflation rate is around 4%; this is how his income chart will loo k like, until he retires at the age of 60 years. At 50 years of age, Amit's real income would have been around Rs . 10,00,000/- per annum. However, in case of Amit's unfortunate demise at an early age of 42 years, the loss of income to his family would be nearly Rs. 5,00,0 00/- per annum.

Why do I need Retirement Plans?

Retirement Plans provide you with financial security so that when your professional income starts to ebb, you can still live with pride without compromising on your living standards. By providing you a tool to accumulate and invest your savings, these plans giv e you a lump sum on retirement, which is then used to get regular income through an annuity plan. Given the high cost of living and rising inflation, employer pensions alone are not sufficient. Pension planning has therefore become critical today. India's average life expectancy is slated to increase to over 75 years by 2050 from the present level of close to 65 years. Life spans have been increasing due to better health and sanitation conditions in the country. However, the average number of years of employment has not been rising commensurately. Th e result is an increase in the number of post-retirement years. Accordingly, it has become necessary to ensure regular income for life after retirement, so that you can live with pride and enjoy your twilight years. Priorities at different stages of life: -

Why do I need Savings & Investment Plans?

You have always given your family the very best. And there is no reason why they shouldn't get the very best in the future to o. As a judicious family man, your priority is to secure the well -being of those who depend on you. Not just for today, but also in the long term. More importantly, you have to ensure that your family's future expenses are taken care, even if something unfortunate were to happen to you. A big factor that you need to consider while building your wealth is inflation. It has a dual impact on your hard -earned savings. Inflation not only erodes your current purchasing power but also magnifies your monetary requirements for the future. Sample this: An 3 5 Year individual needs to invest Rs. 36,000/- per year with 8% returns to build a corpus of Rs. 10,00,000/ - by the age of 50 Years.

Why do I need Health Plans?

Health plans give you the financial security to meet health related contingencies. Due to changing lifestyles, health issues have acquired completely new dimension overtime, becoming more complex in nature. It becomes imperative then to have a health plan in place, which will ensure that no matter how critical your illness is, it does not impact your financial independence. In the race to excel in our professional lives and provide the best for our loved ones, we sometimes neglect the most important asset that we have - our health. With increasing levels of stress, negligible physical activity and a deteriorating environment due to rapid urbanization, our vulnerability to diseases has increased at an alarming rate.

Why do I need Childrens Plans?

Children's Plans helps you save so that you can fulfill your child's dreams and aspirations. These plans go a long way in sec uring your child's future by financing the key milestones in their lives even if you are no longer around to oversee them. As a parent, you wish to provide your child with the very best that life offers, the best possible education, marriage and life style. Most of these goals have a price tag attached and unless you plan your finances carefully, you may not be able to provide the required economic support to your child when you need it the most. For example, with the high and rising costs of education, if you ar e not financially prepared, your child may miss an opportunity of a lifetime. Today, a 2-year MBA course at a premiere management institute would cost you nearly Rs. 3,00,000/ - At a assumed 6% rate of inflation per annum, 20 years later, you would need almost Rs. 9,07,680/ - to finance your child's MBA degree. An illustration of how education expenses could rise with passing time due to inflatio n

So, how can you cope with these costs? Children's Plans help you save steadily over the long term so that you can secure your child's future needs, be it higher education, marriage or anything else. A small sum invested by you regularly can help you build a decent corpus over a period of time and go a long way in providing your child a secured financial future alongwith

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oard Members
Brief Profile of The Board of Directors

Mr. Deepak S. Parekh is the Chairman of the Company. He is also the Chairman and Director of Housing Development Finance Corporation Limited (HDFC Limited). He joined HDFC Limited in a senior management position in 1978. He was inducted as a whole-time director of HDFC Limited in 1985 and was appointed as its Chairman in 1993. Mr. Parekh is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants (England & Wales).

Mr. Keki M. Mistry joined the Board of Directors of the Company in December, 2000. He is currently the Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of HDFC Limited. He joined HDFC Limited in 1981 and became an Executive Director in 1993. He was appointed as its Managing Director in 2000. Mr. Mistry is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India and a member of the Michigan Association of Certified Public Accountants.

Ms. Renu S. Karnad is the Managing Director of HDFC Limited. She is a graduate in Law and holds a Master's degree in Economics from Delhi University. She has been employed with HDFC Limited since 1978 and was appointed as the Executive Director in 2000 and Deputy Managing Director in 2007. She is responsible for overseeing all aspects of lending operations of HDFC Limited.

Mr. David Nish joined Standard Life on 1st November 2006 as Group Finance Director and remained in that position until December 2009. He is the Chief Executive at Standard Life Plc. In 2000 he was awarded the Scottish Business Aw ards Finance Director of the Year and from 2004 to 2005 he served on the Government Employer s Pension Task Force. He is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland. He joined the Board of Directors in February 2010.

Mr. Nathan Parnaby is appointed as the Chief Executive, Europe & Asia of Standard Life in the year 2010. Nathan joined Standard Life in 1982 as Investment Manager, responsible for all UK net funds. He was appointed a Director of the Standard Life Investments board. He is a Mathematics graduate from Oxford University and the Member of the Securities Institute. He joined the Board of Directors in December 2009.

Mr. Norman K. Skeoch is currently the Chief Executive in Standard Life Investments Limited and is responsible for overseeing Investment Process & Chief Executive Officer Function. Prior to this, Mr. Skeoch was working with M/s. James Capel & Co. holding the positions of UK Economist, Chief Economist, Executive Director, Director of Controls and Strategy HSBS Securities and Managing Director International Equities. He was also responsible for Economic and Investment Strategy research produced on a worldwide basis. Mr. Skeoch joined the Board of Directors in November 2005. Mr. Skeoch is a Fellow of the Securities Institute, Fellow of the Royal Institute for the Encouragement of the Arts, Manufacture and Commer ce, BA, MA.

Mr. Gautam R. Divan is a practising Chartered Accountant and is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India. Mr. Divan was the Former Chairman and Managing Committee Member of Midsnell Group International, an International Association of Independent Accounting Firms and has authored several papers of professional interest. Mr. Divan has wide experience in auditing accounts of large public limited companies and nationalised banks, financial and taxation planning of individuals and limited companies and also has substantial experience in structuring overseas investments to and from India.

Mr. Ranjan Pant is a global Management Consultant advising CEO/Boards on Strategy and Change Managem ent. Mr. Pant, until 2002 was a Partner & Vice-President at Bain & Company, Inc., Boston, where he led the worldwide Utility Practice. He was also Director, Corporate Business Development at General Electric headquarters in Fairfield, USA. Mr. Pant has an MBA from The Wharton School and BE (Honours) from Birla Institute of Technology and Sciences.

Mr. Ravi Narain is the Managing Director & CEO of National Stock Exchange of India Limited. Mr. Ravi Narain was a member of the core team to set -up the Securities & Exchange Board of India (SEBI) and is also associated with various committees of SEBI and the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). Mr . Ravi Narain is a Cambridge Universitytrained Economist and an MBA from Wharton School, University of Pennyslvania, USA.

Mr. A. K.T. Chari has joined HDFC Standard Life as a Director on March 10, 2010. Mr. Chari has completed his Electrical Engineering from Madras University in 1962. He is associated with Infrastructure D evelopment Finance Company Ltd. (IDFC) for last 11 years. Currently he is handling project finance for infrastructure projects at IDFC. Prior to this he was associated with Infrastructure Development Bank of India (IDBI) from 1975 to 1999.

Mr. Gerald E. Grimstone was appointed Chairman of Standard Life in May 2007, having been Deputy Chairman since March 2006. He became a director of the Standard Life Assurance Company in July 2003. He is also Chairman of Candover Investments plc and was appointed as one of the UKs Business Ambassadors by the Prime Minister in January 2009. Gerry held senior positions within the Department of Health and Social Security and HM Treasury until 1986. He then spent 13 years with Schroders in London, Hong Kong and New York, a nd was Vice Chairman of Schroders worldwide investment banking activities from 1998 to 1999. He is the Alternate Director to Mr. David Nish. He has completed Master of Arts, Master of Science in Chemistry, Merton College, Oxford University and NATO-CCMS Fellowship Wolfson College, Oxford Universit