Tuesday, March 25, 2008

Terror insurance premium to dip

Insurance against panic will command a less insurance premium starting from the adjacent fiscal twelvemonth as the pool created in this regard have accumulated a big sum of money and received less claims.

General insurance companies have got agreed to cut down the insurance premium complaints for the Market Terrorism Hazard Insurance Pool to up to 0.003 per cent of the sum of money insured for assorted classes of properties, an functionary of a non-life insurer said.

The charge per unit would come up down by 0.022 per cent against the current 0.025 per cent for the sum of money sum insured per location for the industrial hazard on the place worth up to Rs 500 crore.

Property worth over Rs 500 crore and less than Rs 2,000 crore would pull 0.017 per cent insurance premium against the present 0.02 per cent under the industrial hazard category.

A place worth over Rs 2,000 crore would pull 0.013 per cent of the sum of money insured against the existent charge per unit of 0.015 per cent under industrial category, while the charge per unit for non-industrial risk have been reduced to 0.008 per cent.

"Reduction in terms and addition in pool capacity are a contemplation of success of the pool initiated after 9/11, which have shielded the Indian marketplace from international terms fluctuation," said Prudent Insurance Brokers chief executive officer Pavane Dhingra.

The determination was taken considering the claims experienced against the Terrorism Pool, he said.

All renewal or new concern may utilize revised rates on probationary basis, subject to concluding advice by Irda.

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