Insurance penetration level in India stands at 3.9 %, which is below the world average of 6.3 %.
Even as motor, home, travel and personal accident covers are increasingly turning indispensible, the fact remains that
the insurance penetration level of 0.7 per cent in India is among the lowest in the world.
Insurance companies are gearing up to sell a record number of 30 crore policies through the Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana (PMSBY) this year to increase
the insurance penetration level in the country.
Not exact matches
The measure of
insurance penetration and density reflects the
level of development of the sector.
With a
penetration level of 3.3 % for life
insurance in financial year 2015, an increase in the figure is the primary reason for the RBI to allow banks to act as brokers.
It will incentivize the common people on the need of a health
insurance cover, and help boost the
penetration level
The
insurance sector in India has been showing dismal figures with
penetration levels falling over the years.
IRDA rued by stating in its yearly report (2013 - 14), «the low
penetration of non-life insurers in India is due to the low intensity of coverage at district
level in comparison to life
insurance's
penetration.»
Absence of awareness about
insurance, low
levels of financial literacy and less number of district
level private insurers is what IRDA accounts the low numbers of non-life
insurance penetration to.
Awareness
levels of
insurance and the need is significantly higher than actual
penetration.
• Demonstrated expertise in meeting periodic forecasts for finance and
insurance income
penetration levels.