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Bima Vistaar is a composite insurance policy offering life, health, accident and property coverage, primarily targeted at rural India. Vistaar, along with Bima Sugam, the online insurance marketplace and Bima Vaahak, the distribution channel, could transform insurance in India.
Bima Vistaar will include life cover with a premium of Rs 820, health cover at Rs 500, personal accident cover at Rs 100 and property cover at Rs 80.
ICICI Lombard General Insurance Company reported financial improvement and optimistic commentary in Q4FY24. It reported 17 per cent year-on-year (YoY) growth in Gross Written Premium (GWP) and 115 bps improvement in the Combined Ratio (COR) in FY24, and improved COR guidance with COR going from 104.5 per cent in FY23 to 103.3 per cent in FY24, 102.4 per cent in FY25 and 102.0 per cent in FY26.
In the financial year 2022-23 (FY23), India’s overall insurance penetration was down at 4 per cent from the level of 4.2 per cent in FY22, according to a Swiss Re Sigma report.
The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) has removed the age cap on buying health insurance policies, effective from April 1, 2024.