Addressing an event after launching the service, Shah said the rival ride-hailing platforms have reduced commission and are offering many other incentives, including free rides to customers, seeing the success of Bharat Taxi during the pilot operation.
'Buy early and review the sum insured regularly.'
'Combining individual or family policies with corporate cover, along with top-ups and wellness programmes, can help maintain strong health protection throughout life.'
There have been some cases where the entire family has perished or both spouses died in the crash, which are making the claims process particularly complex.
The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (Irdai) has asked at least 10 general and life insurance companies to submit a detailed road map for their listing strategies by the end of this month, according to multiple sources with direct knowledge of the matter. "The regulator met four life and six general insurers last month and asked them to provide their listing strategies by the end of February," said one of the sources.
'Opt for a minimum cover of Rs 10 lakh to Rs 15 lakh, especially in urban and metro areas.'
The National Commission ruled that the insurance policy is deemed to be automatically transferred to the purchaser when the vehicle is registered in their name.
The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (Irda) has fined 10 insurance companies, including both the insurance arms of the Bajaj Auto Group, Reliance General, United India, Iffco-Tokio, New India Assurance and Shriram Life for non-compliance with various guidelines. The violations varied from opening branch offices without seeking the regulator's permission to violation of advertisement guidelines and non-fulfilment of social sector obligations.
Having got the regulatory clearance to offer add-on insurance policies, non-life insurers are now preparing to launch the same in the coming weeks. Some of the insurers have said, however, that they need some time to launch these products. They say that, unlike commercial products which can be launched straight away, products meant for retail consumers need a certain level of preparation before they are ready for sale.
While select private insurers like ICICI Lombard, Tata AIG and IFFCO Tokio provide specialised insurance covers for 'art' items, the minimum value they look at is in excess of Rs 1 crore.
Farmers will no longer have to wait endlessly for claiming their payments from the government.
Though General Insurance Corporation of India has a majority stake of 40 per cent as the re-insurer, the rest was re-insured with global reinsurers.
Iffco Tokio General Insurance is hoping to step up growth by focusing on motor and health insurance.
First, the shock: according to a National Council of Applied Economic Research survey, of the 78 per cent Indian households aware of life insurance, only 24 per cent actually own one.
ICICI Lombard outsmarted other private general insurers in the first two months of this fiscal by mopping up Rs 10,137 crore (Rs 101.37 billion) in premium income and cornering 3.27 per cent of the market share in April-May, 2003.
Several computers, laptops, window glasses and furniture were damaged in the vandalism, an official at Koregaon police station said.
'Covid-related claims were almost 2.5 times the normal claims size.'
Currently, the Department of Agriculture runs two crop insurance schemes, one of which is weather-based.
General, life insurers with 8 & 10 yrs in biz, respectively, may have to list
Cost of the diagnostic test for Covid-19 has been fixed at Rs 4,500 per test by the government. Hospitals, however, do not think this is feasible.
Insurance experts said since it may be difficult to set a tariff or fixed rates for Covid-19 treatment, an indicative rate chart has been proposed.
The film hits theatres tomorrow, July 25.
Apart from rail mishaps, the coverage would take care of terrorist attacks and accidental fall of a passenger from a train and normal accidents, riots, robbery and dacoity
Buying medical insurance? Make sure that you know what you are getting and what you are not.
The final agriculture GDP numbers for 2016-17 are expected to be revised up, as rabi production is looking really good.
IFFCO is reaching out to the young Indian urban professional.
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