{"id":901,"date":"2024-04-19T05:29:22","date_gmt":"2024-04-19T05:29:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jamawealth.com\/askguru\/?p=901"},"modified":"2026-03-02T19:29:52","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T19:29:52","slug":"is-elss-a-better-investment-than-lic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maxiomwealth.com\/askguru\/2024\/04\/19\/is-elss-a-better-investment-than-lic\/","title":{"rendered":"Is ELSS a better investment than LIC?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>There is no doubt that an <a href=\"https:\/\/maxiomwealth.com\/resources\/calculators\/elss\">ELSS<\/a> Mutual Fund is much better than an insurance policy. Let me cite the two major reasons here:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Insurance policies that mix investment with them are much more expensive. The commissions and expenses are quite high resulting in a lower net return rate.<\/li><li>ELSS has only 3 year liquidity where as many insurance policies have higher locking.&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.jama.co.in\/exit-ulip-switch-direct-mutual-funds\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Surrendering<\/a>&nbsp;the policy is not easy and you lose to costs.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>Read more:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttp:\/\/www.jama.co.in\/investment-and-insurance\/\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttp:\/\/www.jama.co.in\/how-to-invest-in-elss\/\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttp:\/\/www.jama.co.in\/ulips-vs-mutual-funds\/\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n<!-- mw-cta-block -->\n\n<div class=\"mw-cta-block\" style=\"background:#EEF3FC;border-left:5px solid #1C52A0;padding:22px 26px 20px;margin:36px 0 24px;border-radius:0 10px 10px 0;\">\n  <p style=\"margin:0 0 4px;font-size:11px;font-weight:700;color:#276FC4;letter-spacing:1px;text-transform:uppercase;\">Maxiom Wealth \u2014 Free Tool<\/p>\n  <h3 style=\"margin:0 0 10px;font-size:19px;font-weight:700;color:#113E81;line-height:1.3;\">Maximise Your \u20b91.5 Lakh 80C Tax Saving<\/h3>\n  <p style=\"margin:0 0 18px;color:#444;font-size:15px;line-height:1.65;\">ELSS is the only 80C option that also builds long-term wealth \u2014 with the shortest lock-in (3 years) and equity-level returns. See your tax saving and projected corpus with our ELSS calculator.<\/p>\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/maxiomwealth.com\/resources\/calculators\/elss\" style=\"display:inline-block;background:#1C52A0;color:#fff!important;padding:11px 22px;border-radius:6px;text-decoration:none;font-weight:600;font-size:14px;margin:0 10px 8px 0;\">Calculate ELSS Returns \u2192<\/a>\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/maxiomwealth.com\/meeting\" style=\"display:inline-block;border:2px solid #1C52A0;color:#1C52A0!important;padding:9px 22px;border-radius:6px;text-decoration:none;font-weight:600;font-size:14px;margin-bottom:8px;\">Talk to a Financial Advisor<\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There is no doubt that an ELSS Mutual Fund is much better than an insurance policy. Let me cite the two major reasons here: Insurance policies that mix investment with them are much more expensive. The commissions and expenses are quite high resulting in a lower net return rate. ELSS has only 3 year liquidity&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/maxiomwealth.com\/askguru\/2024\/04\/19\/is-elss-a-better-investment-than-lic\/\" class=\"\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Is ELSS a better investment than LIC?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26,95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-901","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-investments","category-tax-saving"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/maxiomwealth.com\/askguru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/901","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/maxiomwealth.com\/askguru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/maxiomwealth.com\/askguru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maxiomwealth.com\/askguru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maxiomwealth.com\/askguru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=901"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/maxiomwealth.com\/askguru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/901\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3767,"href":"https:\/\/maxiomwealth.com\/askguru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/901\/revisions\/3767"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/maxiomwealth.com\/askguru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=901"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maxiomwealth.com\/askguru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=901"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maxiomwealth.com\/askguru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=901"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}