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Personal line InsurancesPERSONAL LINE,OTHER IMPORTANT POLICIES AND RURAL INSURANCES: All Risk Insurance Policy
Personal line policies are the policies which an individual and his family require for the coverage of the financial loss caused due to various perils.These policies relate to his personal health, property and profession. Mediclaim/Health Insurance for the expenses relating to hospitalization, Motor insurance for his car/two wheeler, Householder’s Insurance which covers the building/flat and contents of the house, Personal Accident Insurance, Shopkeeper’s Insurance for the small shopkeepers, Overseas Mediclaim Insurance for visits to abroad for business/studies/tourism, Professional Indemnity Insurance for the professionals like doctors/chartered accountants/advocates etc. are such insurance policies. Some of the other important policies which are required for the business are Burglary Insurance, Fidelity Guarantee insurance, Workmen Compensation insurance. Compulsory Public Liability insurance under the Public Liability Insurance Act 1991 is compulsorily required to be taken by the owners dealing in hazardous substances. Rural insurance policies provide the economic protection to the people/farmers living in rural areas. Kishan Package Insurance, Cattle Insurance, Agriculture pump set Insurance, Poultry Insurance, Inland Water Fish Insurance are the important policies in this portfolio. Detail list of rural policies is provided in the side link-Rural insurance. Insurance of motor tractors/trolleys owned by farmers is available under Motor Insurance and is a compulsory insurance. Personal line Non-Life insurance policies can be bought online through internet. Following is a list of Personal line Insurance Policies & respective Insurance Companies who sell these products/policies online & also renew online to the customers via their respective website. Please refer the websites of insurance companies for details of policies sold online & renewed online. Insurance customers may compare the premium rates, coverage, exclusions, terms & conditions of policies of different insurers before making a decision to buy a suitable policy:Bajaj Allianz General Insurance Company Ltd-Home Insurance Policy,Shopkeepers Insurance Policy,Office Insurance Ploicy,ICICI Lombard General Insurance Company Ltd-Home Insurance,Personal Accident Insurance,Individual Overseas Travel Insurance,Overseas Student Travel Insurance,Iffco Tokio General Insurance Company Ltd-Travel Protector Insurance,Reliance General Insurance Company Ltd-Travel Insurance:Travel Care Insurance Policy-Schengen, Travel Care Insurance Policy for Individuals & Families, Travel Care Insurance Policy-Asia, Travel Care Insurance Policy for Students,Royal Sundaram Alliance Insurance Company Ltd-Travel Shield Online,Accident Shield Online,Home Shield Online,Home Content Online,Tata AIG General Insurance Company Ltd-Travel Insurance,Accident Guard,HDFC ERGO General Insurance Company Ltd-Travel Insurance,Personal Accident Insurance,The Oriental Insurance Company Ltd-Home Insurance,Shop Insurance,Personal Accident Insurance. HOUSE HOLDERS INSURANCE POLICYHouse Holders policy is the policy which need to be taken by individuals to safeguard their house buildings and the contents their in. A Fire policy can be taken separately for the building covering fire and allied risks such as earthquake, flood etc. Alternately a package policy can be taken for both the house building and contents their in covering the fire and allied risks and a host of other risks providing an ideal package insurance for the house. The policy may have various sections combining various insurance covers which can be opted by the insured depending on his requirements and risk perception. Policy provides suitable coverage to the house bulding and contents in various sections such fire, theft /burglary of the contents, TV, Computer, all risk insurance of jewellery and valuables, Machinary breakdown cover of electrical/mechanical domestic appliances such as TV, Fridge, VCR etc., loss of baggage in transit,Loss and damage to pedal cycle and Personal Accident Insurance of insured and family members, Workmen Compensation and Public Liability cover etc. Insurers may also provide the discounts in premium if more number of sections are opted. A list of the contents along with their market price shown separately is required to be furnished to the insurer with the proposal for insurance.The bills and cashmemos of the purchase of the property are required to be kept in safe custody for verification of the insurer. Insurance companies also issue House Holders Package Policies for Fire Insurance on First Loss basis. In first loss basis policies the liability of the company is is fixed and is limited to a specific sum insured irrespective of the total market value of the contents. SHOP KEEPERS INSURANCE POLICY Shop Keepers Insurance like house holders insurance can be availed either in the form of fire policy for the building only or in the form of package insurance which provides the comprehensive insurance security by combining several insurance policies in a package form. Shopkeepers package policy has various sections which can be taken by the shop owner depending on his requirements. The different sections are; fire cover for building, fire cover for contents in the shop, burglary cover for the contents, PA cover for the owner and his family and employees, machinery breakdown cover for the electronic/mechanical equipments, cover for cash in safe and in transit, public liability risk cover, Workmen compensation cover for the employees,cover for the loss & damage to sign boards, cover for breakage of plate glass, fidelity guarantee cover for the employees, loss of baggage cover during transit, etc. Insurer provides discount in premium if the no. of sections are opted more than 4 to 6.Fire coverage for building or contents is compulsory. The total market value of the contents should be declared for sum insured in the policy. Shopkeepers should keep the record of bills, cashmemos of purchases, sales of the contents for verification by the insurer Personal Accident Insurance Every year lacs of persons die or become disable and injured unfortunately in various types of accidents. Like Life Insurance policies, General Insurance companies have also come out with various types of personal accident insurance covers to provide compensation in such eventualities. However the difference is that in Life insurance policies issued by the life insurance companies the coverage is for the death due to accidental as well as natural reasons whereas in case of policies issued by General insurance companies the death is covered only due to accidental causes. The major difference is in the premium charged which is very less as compared to policies issued by Life Insurance Companies. All the accidental deaths, which are caused; for example on roads due to motor accidents, rail travel accidents, air travel accidents, drowning deaths, death caused due to fire, floods, snakebite, frostbite all are covered in the PA Policies. The PA policies provide the compensation in the following contingencies:- (1) Death only (2) Loss of two limbs, two eyes or one limb and one eye (3) Loss of one limb or one eye (4) Permanent Total Disablement (5) Permanent Partial Disablement (6) Temporary Total Disablement The PA policies can be taken in the form of different tables such as table (A) for (1) above, table (B) for (1) to (4) above, table (C) for (1) to (5) above and table (D) for (1) to (6) contingencies. The premium for the table (A) is minimum whereas premium for table (D) is charged maximum. Full sum insured is payable in case of covers mentioned in Sr. No. (1), (2) and (4) whereas 50 % sum insured is payable in Sr. No.(3) above and in case of Permanent Partial disability (5) claims the percentages of sum insured is payable depending on the disability. In the case of Temporary total disability (6) claims a fixed percentage of sum insured is paid on weekly basis till the recovery or prescribed period in the policy whichever occurs first. Sum insured can be selected up to 5 to 10 times of annual wages/income of a person or as per guide lines of insurance company Policies are available for the persons in the age group of 5 to 70 . Insurance companies provide discounts in premium if the policy is taken for all family members or for a group of persons. The percentage of discount in premium increases with the increase in the size of the group. Governments central or state, public and private sector undertakings, companies, Industries etc can take Group PA policies for the benefit of their employees. Cooperative Societies, Clubs can also take GPA policy for their members. PA policies are generally issued for one year but can be issued for more than one year at a stretch depending on the underwriting policy of the insurance company. In the event of claim immediate notice of claim is required to be given to the office of the insurance company which issued the policy. There after along with duly completed claim form, death certificate, post mortem report, copy of FIR, disability certificate given by the specialist, medical prescriptions, investigation reports, bills, cashmemos etc as applicable are required to be submitted to the insurance company at an early date.
PROFESSIONAL INDEMNITY INSURANCEProfessional Indemnity Insurance Policy is available to professionals like Doctors,Engineers,Chartered Accountants,Architects,Advocates and other professionals to cover their legal liability arising due to negligence,omissions in their professional duties.Premium is charged on the amount of legal liability sought to be covered for any one claim and for any one policy year.The discounts in premium are allowed for group policies,membership of professional associations.This policy can also be issued to the medical establishments,firms of the professionals. OTHER IMPORTANT INSURANCE POLICIESALL RISK INSURANCEAll Risk Insurance Policy covers the house holders valuables like jewellery,paintings,cameras,watches etc. for the loss or damage due to accidents,misfortune.Since the policy provides very wide coverage hence insurers prefer to issue it to known and valued clients.Proposers are required to submit a detailed list of valuables showing the market value of each article.Insured is required to keep the record of purchase; bills,cashmemos of all the articles for the verification of insurer.All Risk Insurance policy can be taken as a separate policy or as a section in house holders insurance policy. CUMPULSORY PUBLIC LIABILITY INSURANCECumpulsory Public Liability Insurance Policy covers the public liability of the insured as per The Public Liability Insurance Act 1991.The PLI Act stipulates the resposibility of the owner (who has control over the hazardous substance at the time of accident) whether he is involved in manufacuring, processing, treatment, packaging, transporting by vehicle other than railways, storage, sale, collection, use, conversion, destruction of hazardous substance is compulsorily required to take insurance policy to pay compensation to the persons handling or affected by the accidents caused due to handling of hazardous substances. The Act prescribes payment of relief towards No Fault Liability by the owner which is Rs.12500 maximum per case for reimbursement of medical expenses,Rs.25000 per case of death or total permanent disability in addtion to the medical expenses maximum Rs. 12500 if incurred,in case of permanent partial disability on the basis of percentages of disablement as certified by the physician,Rs.1000 maximum per month up to a maximum of three months for temporary partial disability,Rs.6000 maximum for damage to property of third party.The claim for the relief is received,enquired and award is made by the District Collector.The sum insured/limit of indemnity is required to be not less than the amount of paid capital (market value of all stocks and assets) of the owner,undertaking handling hazardous substances.The premium is charged on the amount of sum insured/indemnity. The insured is also required to pay equal amount in addition to the premium to the insurer to be credited to the Environment Relief Fund which is further remitted by the insurer to the concerned authority. WORKMAN COMPENSATION INSURANCEWorkman Compensation Insurance Policy covers the legal liability of the employers for payment of compensation towards its employees for the death or permanent total disability or permanent partial disability or temporary disability, personal injury due to accidents arising out of and during the course of employment as per Workmen Compensation Act 1923.Premium is charged on the total annual wages of the all the employees covered which is as per the tariff rates prescribed for various trades and industries.There is no sum insured in this policy.The medical expenses incurred by the employer during the treatment of the workman up to certain limits can also be covered under the policy on payment of additional premium.The WC Act has prescribed the amount of compensation which depends upon the age,monthly wages and type of injury caused to the workman.Minimum amount of compensation in case of death is Rs. Eighty Thousands and in case of permanent total disability it is Rs. Ninety Thousands as per WC Act.The occupational diseases caused to the workmen during and arising out of employment are also treated as accidents and make such workers elligible for compensation under the WC Act. The Workman Compensation Insurance Policy is also available to the employers to cover their legal liability under Fatal Accidents Act and common law arising out of accidents to the employees not coming under WC Act. FIDELITY GUARANTEE INSURANCEFidelity Guarantee Insurance Policy covers the financial loss of employer caused due to fraud,dishonesty of employees on its pay roll.Policy can be issued to cover the employees on individual or collective basis,named or unnamed basis,position wise or without mentioning positions of employees.Sum insured/amount of guarantee can be fixed for individual employees or a maximum sum insured/guarantee can be fixed as total liability of the company. As per policy condition the loss is covered only when the loss is reported to insurer within the period mentioned in the policy for example within one year of date of loss or date of expiry of policy or date of termination,retirement,resignation,death of employee whichever occurs first.The loss is required to have occurred within the period of policy and should have caused by the employee concerning its employment.In the event of loss the companies liability does not exceed the maximum sum insured less the amount recovered which includes the payments recoverable from the concerned employee.In the event of loss the insured is required to take all necessary action for recovery of loss from the employee.Premium is calculated upon the maximum guarantee insured and the number of employees covered.Proposal form is required to be given by the employer as well as by the employee.Insured is required to adapt proper accounting procedures and checks and keep proper and upto date records of accounts,cash,goods and stores. BURGLARY INSURANCEBurglary Insurance Policy is available for the business premises and covers the loss or damage to the insured property,goods,furniture due to burglary and house breaking of the premises.It is a condition that loss or damage is caused to the insured’s property by forcible or violent entry or exit from the premises.The policy can also cover the the cash kept in safe and the loss due to damage to insured’s property caused due to burglary.Policy does not cover the loss or damage due to theft or due to use of keys or duplicate keys.Premium rates depend upon the type of construction of building,godown,shop and its location,type of goods,type of safe where cash is kept,availability of guard for 24 hours,other measures taken by insured to prevent burglary,amount of sum insured,past claim experience.The condition of average is applicable in burglary insurance.The policy is also available on First Loss basis where the sum insured is large or where there are remote chances of total loss by burglary.The policy can also be availed on declaration basis where the value of stocks keeps on fluctuating.Loss due to fire and allied perils is not covered in burglary insurance for which a separate fire policy should be taken by the insured. Loss or damage caused by the insured’s family members or employees is also not covered in this policy.It is necessary that a proper record of insured stocks and cash in safe as well as bills of purchase and sales of stocks are kept separately in safe custody for the verification by the insurer. Rural InsuranceAs per Census of India 2001, India ’s most of the population 72.21 % (741660293) live in rural areas. Hence it is required and desirable that people and property of rural areas are provided effective insurance protection-financial security on priority by the life and non-life insurance companies in private and public sector through the insurance products designed specifically for them considering the conditions prevailing in different parts of rural India. Following are some of the important rural insurance schemes made available by non-life insurance companies in India .The salient features of some of the common schemes are mentioned here. Details of other individual rural insurance schemes and premium rates can be obtained from these non-life insurance companies which may vary from company to company. Non-life insurance companies in private sector have also introduced rural insurance schemes e.g. HDFC ERGO General insurance company’s Gramin Suraksha Bima, Parivar Suraksha Bima, Cattle insurance, Sheep & Goat insurance, Rainfall Index Insurance; Universal Sompo General Insurance Company’s Farmer,s Package Policy, Cattle insurance Policy; Bharti AXA General Insurance company’s Agriculture Pump Set Insurance Policy. CATTLE INSURANCE Cattle Insurance Policy is available for insurance of animals such as cows,buffalows,bullocks,bulls and covers the loss due to death of animals due to disease or accidents.The sum insured of each animal is fixed depending on its market value.The premium is charged as percentage of sum insured/market value of animal.Insurance can be obtained either by the owners of animals or by the banks if finance is involved.Insurance companies require a proposal form along with health certificate of animal issued by registered veterinary doctor regarding the identification,market value,health of the animal.Animal is identified by the brass button tag affixed in the ear of the animal as well as by natural distinguishing marks of animal.The market value of animal is determined keeping in view the age,milk production,breed,health of the animal.The premium of the animals financed by the banks under government schemes to the socially weaker sections is charged at comparatively lower rates.Theft of the animals is not covered in the cattle policy.At the time of claim after the death of animal,immediate intimation is required to be given to the office of insurance company by a letter and there after the claim form duly filled in alongwith the death certificate of animal issued by veterinary surgeon,postmortem examination report and ear tag of the animal is surrendered to the office of insurance company.Insurance company settles the claim for the market value or sum insured of the animal prior to the death whichever is less.In case of animals financed by banks and subsidised by government,the claim is paid for sum insured of animal. Agricultural pumpset insurance Agricultural pumpset insurance policy is available for farmers for their pump sets up to 25 HP used for agricultural purpose. Policy covers loss or damage to pump set due to mechanical, electrical breakdown, fire, lightening, burglary, riot and strike, malicious damage, terrorism. The sum insured is 100 % of cost of new pump set of similar type. There is compulsory excess on machinery breakdown claims. Flood risk can also be covered by payment of additional premium. Poultry InsurancePoultry Insurance policy insures layer birds, broiler birds and hatchery birds of well established poultry farms having good management practices, periodical vaccinations against all contagious diseases,availability of veterinary services and up to date record keeping. All birds of the farm are required to be insured and there can not be any selection.Layers and hatchery birds up to the age of 72 weeks and broiler birds up to the age of 8 weeks can be insured. Birds are covered for death due to disease or accidents. The valuation of birds is fixed as per their age week wise and this valuation table forms part of policy.The indemnity is 80 % of the sum insured.The premium is charged per bird.There is an excess clause in the policy.Proposal form along with veterinary health certificate is required for insurance and for claims with claim form veterinary death certificate and postmortem examination report of birds died is required. Minimum number of birds to be insured subject to insurance of all birds of a poultry farm is prescribed by insurance companies. Other Rural Insurance Policies offered by Public Sector Insurance Companies are:-
Micro Insurance Products (Ref:www.irdaindia.org) Following is the list of Micro Insurance products(with the name of Insurance Company) approved by IRDA. Name of the Product Name of the Insurance Company 1. Bajaj Allianz Jana Vikas Yojana Bajaj Allianz Life Insurance Co. Ltd 2. Bajaj Allianz Saral Suraksha Yojana Bajaj Allianz Life Insurance Co. Ltd 3. Bajaj Allianz Alp Nivesh Yojana Bajaj Allianz Life Insurance Co. Ltd 4. Grameen Suraksha AVIVA Life Ins. Co. India Pvt. Ltd 5. Bima Suraksha Super Birla Sun Life Insurance Co. Ltd 6. Bima Dhan Sanchay Birla Sun Life Insurance Co. Ltd 7. ICICI Pru Sarv Jana Suraksha ICICI Prudential Life Insurance Co. Ltd 8. ING Vysya Saral Suraksha ING Vysya Life Insurance Co. Ltd 9. LIC's Jeevan Madhur Life Insurance Corporation of India 10. Met Vishwas Met Life India 11. SBI Life Grameen Shakti SBI Life Insurance Co. Ltd 12. SBI Life Grameen Super Suraksha SBI Life Insurance Co. Ltd 13. Ayushman Yojana TATA AIG Life Insurance Co. Ltd 14. Navkalyan Yojana TATA AIG Life Insurance Co. Ltd 15. Sampoorn Bima Yojana TATA AIG Life Insurance Co. Ltd 16. Tata AIG Sumangal Bima Yojana TATA AIG Life Insurance Co. Ltd 17. Sahara Sahayog Sahara India Life Insurance Co. Ltd 18. Shri Sahay Shriram Life Insurance Co. Ltd. 19. Sri Sahay (AP) Shriram Life Insurance Co. Ltd. 20. IDBI Fortis Group Microsurance Plan IDBI Fortis Life Insurance Co. Ltd 21. DLF Pramerica Sarv Suraksha DLF Pramerica Life Insurance Co. Ltd 22. SUD Life Paraspar Suraksha Plan Star Union Dai-ichi Life Insurance Co
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