Non-life insurers were in the red in September also, with premium collection slipping 4.41 per cent
Industry officials are of the view that with the Covid-19 pandemic still evolving, it is difficult to predict the extent of impact on the sector.
This, despite good growth in premiums by standalone health insurers, aided by rise in demand for health plans in the country
Standalone health insurers, however, see a 38% spike in collections on the back of heavy demand for health covers
In the first five month of FY20, the firms had seen 14 per cent growth in premiums.
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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
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While initially, the claim amount was high, it has now moderated with many states prescribing a standard treatment rate for Covid-19
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Fewer claims are supposed to improve the insurers' loss ratio in the motor segment, but the industry is divided on this
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
The government infused Rs 2,500 crore in the three insurers -- National Insurance, Oriental Insurance and United India Insurance -- through first supplementary demands for grants for 2019-20 last mont
Seven stand-alone private sector health insurers collected Rs 1,258.14 crore premium during the month
All the 34 non-life insurers had collected business premium of Rs 19,141.65 crore in the same month a year ago
While the private non-life insurers saw a significant growth of 23.40%, the state-owned ones reported a marginal rise of 2.26% in the April-Nov period of 2018
As of Nov 30, 2017, the New India Assurance Co Ltd has the highest market share in the non-life insurance market at 15.6%
The month-on-month increase for May stood at 16% for entire non-life insurance industry
Gross premium income stood at Rs 10,288 cr in Feb 2017, up from Rs 7,711 cr a year ago