Star Term Assurance

Star Term Assurance is a term life insurance plan from Income Insurance (NTUC Income), available to residents of Singapore. Sum insured ranges from S$100K to S$5M, eligible ages 18 to 65, and the policy is renewable & convertible. Below is our take on how it compares to other term life plans in our database — what it does well, where it lags, and the kind of policyholder it actually fits.

Annual premium starts at S$300, against a category median of S$280 across the 7 comparable term life plans we track in this country. That places Star Term Assurance in the upper-mid range on price, and the lower-mid range on coverage ceiling (maximum sum insured S$5M versus a peer median of S$5M). On the value spectrum it reads as priced near the category median.

Coverage breadth is in line with what most term plans offer: 4 core inclusions, 4 highlighted features, and 4 optional riders. Notable features called out by Income Insurance (NTUC Income) include Cooperative – social mission, Retrenchment benefit included, and Cover up to 99. On the rider side, Star Term Assurance can be extended with Critical Illness, Accident, and Disability Income — each adding to the base premium but also widening what the policy will pay out for.

Term life pricing is most sensitive to age, smoker status, and policy term, so the headline premium is illustrative only. Star Term Assurance accepts applicants aged 18–65, which sets the practical ceiling on policy term — for someone applying at 18, the longest possible cover runs through age 65. Whether the rate you get on quote will land near the illustrative minimum depends entirely on your underwriting bucket; non-smokers in the youngest cohort typically pay close to the floor, smokers and older applicants pay materially more. Income Insurance (NTUC Income)'s published claim settlement record is the metric that actually matters for term — the policy is worthless if claims are denied at maturity, and the difference between a 95% and 99% settlement ratio is the difference between routine claims paid and routine claims fought.

Where Star Term Assurance explicitly will not pay: Suicide within 1yr and Non-disclosure. These are not unusual exclusions for a term life plan, but they are the boundary of the contract — anything outside that list is in scope, anything inside is not. Read the full exclusions list before signing; every plan we have ever audited has at least one exclusion the buyer did not realise was there.

Skip if: you can find a cheaper plan with similar inclusions; you need coverage above the plan's maximum sum insured. As with any insurance decision, get a quote from Income Insurance (NTUC Income) directly to confirm the rate that actually applies to your profile — listed prices are illustrative.