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The company claims to process nearly 25% of India's life insurance and over 7% of the country's retail health cover. [8] Policybazaar.com has tie-ups with insurance companies that help it procure information such as prices, benefits, insurance cover, etc. directly from the insurers.
Prize indemnity insurance is indemnification insurance for a promotion in which the participants are offered the chance to win prizes.Instead of keeping cash reserves to cover large prizes, the promoter pays a premium to an insurance company, which then reimburses the insured should a prize be given away.
Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana (RSBY, literally "National Health Insurance Programme", [1]) is a government-run health insurance programme for the Indian poor. The scheme aims to provide health insurance coverage to the unrecognised sector workers belonging to the BPL category and their family members shall be beneficiaries under this scheme. [2]
By 2020 Indian Insurance is a US$280 billion industry. However, only 500 million people (36.23% of the total population of 1 billion) are covered under Mediclaim. [6] With more and more private companies in the sector, this situation is expected to grow more. ECGC, ESIC and AIC provide insurance services for niche markets.
The Oriental Life Insurance Company, the first company in India to offer life insurance coverage, was established in Kolkata in 1818 by Bipin Das Gupta. Its primary target market was India. [9] Surendranath Tagore had founded Hindustan Insurance Society around the same time, which later became the Life Insurance Corporation. [10]
India is a country with one of the lowest health insurance penetration, with only 18% of people in urban areas and 14% in rural areas covered under any kind of health insurance scheme. [9] One of the main reasons for the low penetration and coverage of health insurance is the lack of competition in the sector.
The Payment of Wages Act 1936 mandates the payment of wages on time on the last working day of every month via bank transfer or postal service. The Factories Act 1948 and the Shops and Establishment Act 1960 mandate 18 working days of fully paid vacation or earned leaves and 7 casual leaves each year to each employee, with an additional 7 fully ...
Liberty General Insurance was started in 2013 as Liberty Videocon General Insurance, a joint venture between Liberty Mutual and Videocon Group. [3] In March 2018, Videocon sold its 51.3% stake in the venture to a combination of DP Jindal (26%) and Enam Securities (25.3%), [4] and the company was renamed Liberty General Insurance Limited.