Jat stir: Insurance cos asked to disburse claims to affected

Haryana government today directed insurance companies to disburse claims within 15 days to those whose properties were damaged in the incidents of arson and violence during the Jat agitation.
Directions in this regard were given by Haryana Finance Secretary Sanjeev Kaushal today at a meeting held with representatives of general insurance companies including National Insurance, Oriental Insurance, New India Assurance and United India Insurance, a government statement said.
Representatives of insurance companies said they would make sincere efforts to settle all claims.
They said people, whose property including malls, shops and commercial establishments were damaged, should intimate officials of insurance companies concerned so that surveyor can assess the damage.

Surveyors should be first allowed to make an assessment of losses by surveying damaged shops or outlets and clicking photos before owners bring any change in the property, insurance companies said.
Affected businessmen should make available documents like copy of FIR, policy certificate, accounts bill, purchase and sales bill, bank statements, documents pertaining to stock to surveyors in order to get claims settled faster, they said.