New business premiums of life companies rose 26% in September, with LIC leading the way
Traditionally, the second fortnight of March is the most productive period for the life insurance business as around 15-18 per cent of the entire business comes during this period
The insurer has collected about Rs 87,300 crore of renewable premium till August this year, registering a growth of 13.5 per cent over the same period of the last fiscal
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Private insurers, 23 in all, amassed NBP of Rs 7,815 cr in July, up 26% from Rs 6,197 cr a year ago
Settled 561 Covid-19 death claims amounting to Rs 26.74 crore
There was a decline of 29 per cent in individual new business premium, while individual rated premium slipped by 36 per cent
Here are the premium rates for top eight insurers offering home cover of Rs 1-crore structure, plus Rs 25 lakh on contents
With the spread of coronavirus and the subsequent lockdown imposed by the government, LIC saw its new business premium (NBP) fall 31 per cent year-on-year (YoY) in March
In the first two months in FY21, NBP of life insurers dropped almost 30%
This is because insurers are levying a nodal charge of 3-4 per cent on premium paid through instalment
Some insurers have already started increasing premiums, and others are expected to do so in the next six months
You also need to take into account exclusions and sub-limits
In FY20, premiums from LIC's pension and group schemes clocked Rs 1 trillion mark
For the month of March, the new business premiums of life insurance companies stood at Rs 25,409 crore compared to Rs 37,459 core in March 2019.
Benefits of lower claims could get offset by subdued premium collection and fixed costs
Benefits of lower claims could get offset by subdued premium collection and fixed costs
LIC has said all death claims related to Covid-19 would be treated on a par with other causes of death and payments would be made on an urgent basis