The non-life insurance industry continued its strong performance with July numbers reporting 19.5 per cent growth in line with the trend seen during previous months, Care Ratings has said.Non-life insurance premium reached Rs 20,171 crore compared to Rs 16,885 crore in July 2020. The growth was driven by health and fire segments with motor segment also turning in positive numbers.Care said general insurers grew at 17.6 per cent for July which is higher than the 12.2 per cent growth witnessed in July last year. The year-to-date numbers grew at a 12.9 per cent for July versus a decline of 2.1 per cent in July FY21.The general insurance segment continues to maintain the highest share. However, its continued growth can be attributed to the health portfolio.Standalone private health issuers reported a sustained premium growth of Rs 1,753 crore in July 2021, demonstrating a growth of 27.5 per cent.A much sharper growth was observed in the YTD July FY22 numbers which reached Rs 5,976 crore ..
Sequentially, the premium income of non-life insurers was up 20 per cent, after a slump of 28 per cent in May
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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
The biggest gainers were the standalone health insurers, 6 in all, with premiums rising more than 40 per cent to Rs 1,573.96 crore
Claims have also not risen sharply both in motor and health, giving some respite to insurance companies
The motor and health segments led the decline in premiums for the industry as the month saw premium fall by 9 per cent.
Motor segment saw a 7 per cent decline in premiums, while health registered an 11 per cent decline in premiums
In absolute terms, premium collected by general insurers was close to Rs 1.89 trillion in FY20, against Rs 1.69 trillion in FY19
Usually, general insurers give 30 days for health and 90 days for auto insurance policyholders to pay renewal premiums, even after the due date has passed
Private sector non-life insurance providers collected a total premium of Rs 97,072 .18 crore
While the gross premiums underwritten by private non-life insurers grew by 17 per cent to Rs 69,488 crore, that of the state-owned non-life insurers grew by 12 per cent YoY to Rs 62,954 crore
Seven stand-alone private sector health insurers collected Rs 1,258.14 crore premium during the month
The business premium in the same month of the previous year by these 34 non-life insurance firms stood at Rs 12,903.57 crore
All the 34 non-life insurers had collected business premium of Rs 19,141.65 crore in the same month a year ago
Among these, the 25 general insurance providers had a combined premium of Rs 12,447.10 crore during the month, up by 12 per cent
The 34 non-life insurance firms had collected a premium income of Rs 11,715.05 crore in the corresponding month a year ago