The regulator is now mulling on making
digitised policies mandatory for insurance with a premium of above Rs 50,000.
Policyholders have an option to choose to either
digitise their policy or to have it in existing format
«Though they (IRs) would
digitise policies, we do not know what the add - on services are.
Policy holders have an option to choose to either
digitise their policy or to have it in the existing format.
Policyholders have an option to choose to either
digitise their policy or to have it in the existing format.
Not exact matches
But, once the model was in place, he and his team began approaching financial institutions and
digitising their credit
policies, while also integrating with their (FIs) systems.
Not even 10 % of all
policies in the industry have been
digitised, due to resistance from both, industry players and customers
However, not even 10 per cent of the total number of
policies in the industry has been
digitised due to both the reluctance of some industry players because of costs involved and the customers, who still prefer physical
policy documentation.
S V Ramanan, chief executive officer of CAMS Repository Service (CAMSRep) said that 1,10,000
policies have been
digitised, but he added that many customers are not aware of this process.
CAMSRep, he said has
digitised 70,000
policies across 380 plus locations.
Though Irda has only allowed life insurance
policies to be
digitised first, regulatory officials added that non-life
policies like health and motor would also be allowed to be
digitised in the near future.
«If an IR offers a better price, there would a tendency to push a customer to get his / her
policy digitised with that particular entity.