Sequentially, the premium income of non-life insurers was up 20 per cent, after a slump of 28 per cent in May
The cumulative premium till January 2021 rose by 1.91 per cent to Rs 1,40,999.04 crore; stand-alone health insurers witnessed 8.04 per cent increase at Rs 12,108.73 cr
Under Section 80D, one can get tax deduction of up to Rs 25,000 for health insurance premiums for individuals below 60 years
In the first five month of FY20, the firms had seen 14 per cent growth in premiums.
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
Women power will be steering forward two of the three beleaguered government owned non-life insurers, said industry officials
Development is a sign that things are picking up after govt decided to gradually unlock because life companies had seen their NBP decline 32.6% and 25.4% in April and May, respectively
Notably, the boards of the three firms had approved the merger in January and had appointed management consultant firm EY to chalk the road map for the exercise last year
However, it said specific cases would be considered on merit
Intense competition, frequency of catastrophes and higher claims are some of the reasons behind the losses.
The crop insurance segment has seen negative growth for the private insurers as many have stopped underwriting crop insurance policies
The impact of increase in premiums for individual insurers will be different, depending on the kind of risk they are participating in
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
Strong individual business growth and market share gains are positives
Six standalone private health insurers registered a jump of 48 per cent in their premium income at Rs 90.3 billion last month