IRDAI chief Ajay Seth urged insurers to target the bottom of the pyramid, where most of the growth potential lies, and to shift to a moderate-cost model delivering good quality service
General insurance premiums as well as those for standalone health insurers reported single-digit growth in the April-August period of FY26
LIC's weak performance pulls down industry APE growth, while mid-sized private insurers like Axis Max and HDFC Life expand market share
India's non-life insurance industry registered a 5.2 per cent increase year-on-year in premiums to Rs 23,422.5 crore in June 2025, according to a report released by CareEdge Ratings on Wednesday. This was lower than the 8.4 per cent growth recorded in June 2024. "The transition to the 1/n rule has impacted the industry's performance, resulting in a slowdown in health insurance growth to single digits and muted growth in the passenger vehicle (PV) segment, which was partially offset by renewals in the commercial lines," the report noted. Despite the moderation in premium growth, non-life insurance premiums crossed the Rs 3-lakh crore mark in FY25, driven by supportive regulations, rising insurtech adoption, accelerating digitalisation, and an expanding middle class, the report said. Moreover, the government's Bima Trinity push is poised to accelerate growth in the non-life insurance sector. Further, standalone health insurers are expected to maintain their dominance in the retail ..
Non-life insurance premiums rose to ₹22,126.72 crore in May 2025, with robust contributions from standalone health and specialised insurers despite regulatory format changes
In FY25, premium of non-life insurers rose to ₹3.08 trillion, marking a 6.2 per cent year-on-year (Y-o-Y) increase
Even in Q3, their premium growth slowed down to a meagre 1 per cent year-on-year
Data indicates that general insurers collected Rs 25,396.68 crore in premiums in October, reflecting a 23 per cent Y-o-Y increase
In H1, premiums of non-life insurers were up 7% Y-o-Y
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The motor insurance and health insurance segments have been driving the growth in the non-life insurance industry so far in FY25, industry experts suggested
Market share of private insurers increases to 53.79 per cent YoY
In terms of the market share, the public-sector general insurers stood at 31.76 per cent of the overall insurance industry in December 2023 as against 33.16 per cent in December 2022
The near 17 per cent fall in the premium of National Insurance Company dragged the overall premium of public sector units
The public sector non-life insurer narrowed its losses to Rs 47.12 crore in the first half of the financial year 2024 from Rs 3,586.93 crore recorded in the same period a year ago
New India Assurance Co Ltd, the largest government-owned general insurance player reported a growth of 9.67% to Rs 2421 crore while private sector insurer ICICI Lombard grew by 21% to Rs 1730 cr
Till Feb, sector sees premiums going up by 17% to Rs 2.32 trn
Demand for health and motor insurance to continue though growth may dip, say experts
In FY21, non-life insurers had settled 849,034 claims amounting to Rs 7,833 crore
The 31 non-life insurance companies had written premiums worth Rs 14,919.43 crore in November 2020