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Premiums of non-life insurers rise 10.38% in Aug, health insurers gain most

General insurers, 25 in all, saw their premium collection go up 5.57 per cent in August 2020 to Rs 13,139.63 crore, compared to Rs 12,445.83 crore in the same period last year

Reported Covid-19 insurance claims at 192,863 worth over Rs 3,000 cr

As many as 121,739 claims settled by insurers so far, amounting to Rs 1,165.81 crore, revealed claims data of General Insurance Council

Health insurance: Irdai issues guidelines on wellness, preventive measures

Steps shall help achieve the desired objective of maintaining and improving good health and enabling affordable health insurance

Religare Health Insurance rebrands itself as Care Health Insurance

Religare Health Insurance on Tuesday said it has re-branded itself as Care Health Insurance.

Irdai urges use of video KYC with geo-tagging, live photo of customer

In January this year, RBI had allowed banks and NBFCs to complete full KYC remotely. A number of banks have rolled out this service since the RBI's nod

Unlock BFSI 2.0: Insurance reinvented itself in pandemic, says industry

Industry rapidly scaled up digital services to help customers, say speakers at Business Standard webinar 'Insured and Safe'.

Unlock BFSI 2.0: Indians learnt importance of health insurance after Covid

But the crisis has also brought in a new challenge for general insurance providers, with claims doubling every 30 days

Unlock BFSI 2.0: From push, insurance has become a 'nudge product'

While demand for insurance, especially protection products, has gone go up, affordability is an issue

Unlock BFSI 2.0: Covid-19 gave insurance chance for growth, say experts

Non-life and life insurers both have scope for growth, say industry leaders in webinar organised by Business Standard

Virgin Atlantic to offer coronavirus insurance cover to customers

Virgin Atlantic, which is set to resume its flight services to London from India from next month under the Air Bubble Agreement, said it would offer COVID-19 insurance cover to all customers.

Sales of Corona Kavach health insurance policies on rise: Max Bupa

"The initial response for Corona Kavach plan has been encouraging and we are selling between 200-300 policies every day," Ramachandran said

Compliance cost

Tax authorities must explain their data demands

Health has become biggest business in general insurance: Irdai member

The pandemic has promoted people to buy health covers, as the uncertainty around the virus and its effects are rising with the number of infections going up daily

The supply side

Govt needs to invest more in health care

As cases rise sharply, Corona Kavach policy a big hit amongst consumers

The high demand for the policy has brought cheer for insurance companies

We must 'Make for the world' as we 'Make in India': PM Modi in I-Day speech

PM Modi said that India was making enormous efforts to stand on its own feet and linked several initiatives taken recently for this effort

Quickly process claims under insurance scheme for Covid-19 workers: Centre

The Centre has asked states and Union Territories to quickly process claims under the Rs 50-lakh insurance scheme for frontline healthcare workers

Punjab to provide health insurance to all state govt employees, pensioners

The Cabinet has approved the extension of AB-SSBY for the next policy plan period from August 20, 2020 to August 19, 2021 at the tendered premium rate of Rs 1,100 per family per year.

What you need to know about Arogya Sanjeevani health insurance policy

Launched by Irdai, the plan's main objective is to make insurance more accessible, affordable and less confusing for policy buyers

Statsguru: India gets healthier, but insurance coverage still low

Richer households tend to use hospitalisation services more