Total
individual wealth in insurance may almost double in next 5 years
Increased awareness, ease to avail
insurance through improved technology, regulatory changes, and rising
underinsured young population to catalyse the process.
Insurance
forms the third largest asset class with a 14.08% share in
total individual financial assets after direct equity and FD said india Wealth
Report 2019 by Karvy Private Wealth. Indivisual wealth
in insurance may grow at a CAGR of 14.46% in
the next 5 years from INR 36.9 trillion in FY2019 to INR
72.4 trillion in FY2024, the report
predicted.
The
report said that there is still a huge market for advisors and agents to
explore in the insurance sector. In a nation of 1.3 billion people, it is quite
suprising that our insurace coverage is as low as 20%, the report said.
Adding to it, the majority of indians are not adequately insured. This means
more than 80% of indians are yet to buy sufficient life insurance cover under
any life insuance scheme.
Going ahead, multiple growth drivers will be:
- Increased awareness about the importance of
buying an adequate insurance cover with efforts by life insurace companies
for educating indians across length and breadth of India.
- Increase availability & ease for
purchase with the use of technology for online purchase, including from
mobile applications on smartphones.
- Regulatory changes and continuition of
income tax benefits.
- Changes in demographic factors such as
growing underinsured younger population with need of child plans and older
population with need of retirement plans.
Latest News:
INR 1.01 Crore fine on Cholamandalam MS General Insurance
IRDAI
has imposed a fine of INR 1.01 crore on Cholamandalam MS General Insurance for
violation of the regulatory norms such as paying commission on ported policies
and offering discount on premium.
According
to IRDAI norms, insurers cannot pay commission to intermediary on acceptance of
a ported policy. " As portablity is an option given drictely to the
insured, there is no rule of an intermediary and hence, no commission shall be
payable by an insurer to any intermediary in the year of porting ."said IRDAI.
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