Increase in new business premiums of life insurance companies

Mumbai, Ta. 09 November 2020, Monday

Life insurers have seen an overall increase of 6 per cent in new business premiums in October after a 12 per cent increase in new business premiums in the September quarter.

In October of the current financial year, life insurers received a total of Rs 3 crore in new business premiums, up from Rs 121.5 crore in October last year, according to the data.

The early period of coronavirus saw a significant decline in new trade, compared to the October figure is much higher. In the first quarter of the current financial year, the new business premiums of life insurance companies fell by 12 per cent.

Life insurance corporation (LIC), a state-owned company, saw its new business premiums increase by 3 per cent to Rs 12 crore.

In October last year, the figure stood at Rs 114 crore. Private life insurers' collection of new business premiums was 4.50 per cent higher.

If we talk about the first seven months of the current financial year, 2020-21, the revenue through new business premiums increased by 3.15 per cent to Rs 1.5 trillion.

Awareness about insurance after the spread of coronavirus has led to an increase in the number of policyholders. Digitization has also made it easier for companies to sell policies.


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