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                                                                          5 5 5 5 5  The General insurance industry
               Editorial                                          3             was nationalized in 1972 and 107

                                                                                insurers were grouped and amal-
               Has trust in Insurance companies reached a                 gamated into four Companies - National
               peak under IRDAI's leadership?
               - Jagendra Kumar                                   5       Insurance Co. Ltd., The New India Assur-
                                                                          ance Co. Ltd., The Oriental Insurance
                                                                          Co. Ltd. and United India Insurance Co.
               Insurance Regulatory and Development                       Ltd. The GIC was incorporated in the
               Authority of India (Protection of Policyholders’           year 1972 and the other four compa-
               Interests) Regulations, 2017                      12
                                                                          nies became its subsidiaries. In Novem-
                                                                          ber 2000, GIC was notified as the Indian
               LIC’s Jeevan Shiromani                            18       Reinsurer, and its supervisory role over
                                                                          its subsidiaries was brought to an end.
               Bal Nivesh One Time
               from Reliance Nippon Life Insurance               22
                                                                          18 18 18 18 18  LIC’s Jeevan Shiromani plan

               New Family Income Builder                                         offers a combination of pro-
               from Aviva Life Insurance                         23              tection and savings. This plan
                                                                          is specially designed for High Net-
                                                                          worth Individuals. This plan provides
               Higher coverage, premiums to inflate crop                  financial support for the family in case
               insurance subsidy                                 24       of unfortunate death of the policy-
                                                                          holders during the policy term. Peri-
               IRDAI Circular                                    25       odic payments shall also be made on
                                                                          survival of the policyholder at speci-
                                                                          fied durations during the policy term
               LEGAL                                             29       and a lump sum payment to the sur-
                                                                          viving policyholder at the time of
               Statistics                                        32       maturity.


               Important Insurance Contacts                      35
                                                                 36 2424 2424 24  The 2017-18 subsidy bill for

               LIC News                                                         the states and the Centre due
                                                                                to the Pradhan Mantri Fasal
                                                                         Bima Yojna (PMFBY) is set to increase
               Private Life News                                 38      10-15 per cent as the scheme enters
                                                                         the second year. The farmers’ cover-
               IRDAI News                                        40      age is expected to increase by 10-15
                                                                         per cent. In several states, insurers
                                                                         have raised premium quotations by
               Glossary & Poll                                   42      five-seven per cent.





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