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Link motor third-party obligation to number of uninsured vehicles: Irdai

Currently, the motor third party obligation is based on the amount of premiums an insurer collects on any given year out of motor third party business.

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The working group has recommended three broad classification of vehicles – two wheelers, private cars, and others – to monitor penetration and motivate insurers to underwrite motor third party insurance.

Subrata Panda Mumbai
A working group of the insurance regulator, IRDAI, has recommended that motor third party obligation of non-life insurers be linked to the number of vehicles insured or uninsured instead of the premium derived from the segment.
 
“Motor third party insurance being an integral part of every individual vehicle, the monitoring of insurance of such vehicles (by every insurer) most appropriately should be on the basis of count of such insured vehicles rather than (indirect/derivative) evaluation of premium derived out of insurance of such vehicles”, the working group said in its report.
 
Currently, the motor third party obligation is based on