As there are many speculations on the car insurance premium rates, according
to the industry experts, a good driver may not get affected by the rise as the
own vehicle damage premium depends on various other variables. Car prices are
increasing with growing economy and the same is happening with the cost of car
repair making the car insurance valuable. Usually, we all take good care of our
cars but car insurance is binding by law and every car owner should be well
versed with the factors of car insurance
premium.
In the exposure draft of Insurance
Regulatory and Development Authority had proposed at least a 60 percent raise
in the car insurance premium in
third party premium for vehicles. As per the industry experts in the car
insurance segment, the raise in the car
insurance premium is not sufficient to stanch the losses in the third party
motor insurance segment. Even though insurance for own vehicle damage is
profitable, there will be hike in car
insurance premium by around 15 percent as well to counterbalance the losses
in the third party assortment.
Car insurance in India has two
constituents- one covering third party damage in terms of property and the other
covering damage of the own vehicle. The third party coverage is compulsory for
the commercial and personal vehicles and the car insurance premium in this segment is governed by Insurance
Regulatory and Development Authority. Nonetheless, insurance for one’s own
vehicle is not mandatory. There was a stiff retaliation from customers and
after getting feedback from various stakeholders, the Insurance Regulatory and
Development Authority diluted the hike to 20 percent of all vehicles. Though
the hike of 20 percent wasn’t sufficient considering the number of claims that
are being reported every year, so cutting rates of the third party cover might
be the only superlative solution to the issue.
Summary: Car insurance is set to make an impressive rise this year, with the
regulators increasing the car insurance
premium by considerable percent and insurers also planning to bring their
own rates for incisive policies.