There are various types of financial risks a person may face in his entire life span. For example, a natural disaster, accident resulting in death or permanent disability, the sudden death of bread earner of the family, major or critical illness requiring huge treatment cost are some of them. All these falls under protection needs and can be taken care of through proper financial planning. In addition to above, sudden loss of a job or heavy financial loss in business, Inflation risk (reduction of actual purchasing power of available finances), Market risk, interest rate risk and reinvestment risk are various uncertain risks, which all of us face in our lives. Financial planning helps in managing and reducing the impact of these risks to a great extent.
Prevention is better than cure, so it is better to start planning.