Public sector insurance coverage corporations sustained a complete lack of Rs 3,450 crore throughout the interval between April 2020 and September 2021, as 14.92 lakh Coronavirus pandemic-related well being claims price Rs 17,537 crore have been lodged with them until December 31, 2021.
In response to Finance Ministry sources, regardless of the burden of pandemic-related claims on state-owned insurance coverage corporations, the Rs 3,450 crore losses confronted by them between April 2020 and September 2021 (when the primary and second waves had swept the nation), have been lesser than Rs 7,552 crore price of losses which these entities had confronted throughout the pre-pandemic interval (October 2018 and March 2020).
Due to this fact the total profitability of state-owned insurance coverage entities registered an enchancment of Rs 4,101.34 crore throughout the preliminary one and a half monetary yr interval of the pandemic, regardless of absorbing the impression of the pandemic by way of Covid-related claims, sources knowledgeable.
Out of the 14.92 lakh Covid well being claims which have been filed with these public sector insurance coverage corporations until December 31, 2021, 93 per cent of those had been disposed of, they mentioned additional.
Through the interval from March 2020 to March 2022, i.e. two monetary years of 2020-21 and 2021-22, the Authorities infused Rs 17,450 crore capital into the general public sector insurance coverage corporations to enhance their solvency ratios.
Of the 4 state-run normal insurance coverage corporations solely New India Assurance Firm is listed on the inventory exchanges. The remaining three entities, particularly Oriental Insurance coverage Firm Restricted, Nationwide Insurance coverage Firm Restricted and United India Insurance coverage Firm are wholly owned by the Authorities.
In response to a PTI report quoting sources, within the present fiscal (2022-23), Authorities could infuse Rs 3,000 crore to Rs 5,000 crore further capital within the three public sector normal insurance coverage corporations primarily based on their efficiency and requirement throughout the yr.