2. INTRODUCTION TO INSURANCE
Equitable transfer of the risk of a loss from one entity
to another in exchange for payment
Hedge against the risk of a contingent, uncertain
loss.
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The insured, or policyholder:
Person or entity buying the insurance policy.
The amount of money to be charged for a certain
amount of insurance coverage is called the
premium.
Risk management, the practice of appraising and
controlling risk, has evolved as a discrete field of
study and practice.
4. OVERVIEW OF INSURANCE INDUSTRY
Early methods:
By Chinese and Babylonian traders as long ago as
the 3rd and 2nd millennia BC, respectively
The Babylonians developed a system which was
recorded in the famous Code of Hammurabi, 1750 BC,
and practiced by
early Mediterranean sailing merchants
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Modern insurance:
Property insurance can be traced to the Great Fire of
London, which in 1666 devoured more than 13,000
houses.
in 1681, economist Nicholas Barbon and eleven
associates established the first fire insurance company,
the "Insurance Office for Houses", at the back of the
Royal Exchange to insure brick and frame homes.
Initially, 5,000 homes were insured by his Insurance
Office.
6. Insurability
Risk which can be insured by Insurance companies
typically shares common characteristics:-
Definite loss
Accidental loss
7. Insurance industry in India:
Insurance in India refers to the market
for insurance in India which covers both the public
and private sector organizations
IRDA is the regulatory body for insurance sector in
India
8. Industry structure
By Feb 25, 2015 Indian Insurance is a US$40.26
billion industry
Only two million people (0.2% of the total
population of 1 billion) are covered under
MediClaim.
9. LIST OF INSURANCE COMPANIES IN INDIA
General insurance companies
Public Sector
United India Insurance Comp. Ltd.
New India Assurance comp. Ltd.
National Insurance Company
The Oriental Insurance Company
Life Insurance Corporation of India
Agriculture Insurance Company of India Ltd.
10. Private Sector Co.
Bharati AXA Insurance Company
Bajaj Allianz General Insurance Company
Cholamandalam MS General Insurance Company
Future Generali Insurance Company
HDFC ERGO Insurance Company
ICICI Lombard
IFFCO Tokio
Liberty Videocon General Insurance Co Ltd
L&T Insurance Company
Magma HDI Insurance Company
Raheja QBE Insurance Company
Reliance General Insurance
Royal Sundaram Alliance General Insurance
Shriram Insurance Company
SBI General Insurance Company
Tata AIG General
Universal Sampo Insurance Company
12. Private Sector
Edelweiss Tokio Life Insurance Co. Ltd.
AEGON Religare Life Insurance
Aviva India
Bajaj Allianz Life Insurance
Kotak Mahindra Old Mutual Life Insurance
TATA AIA Life INSURANCE
Reliance Life Insurance
Star Union Dai-ichi Life Insurance
HDFC Standard Life Insurance Company Limited
IDBI Federal Life Insurance
IndiaFirst Life Insurance Company
Birla Sun Life Insurance
Max Life Insurance[2]
ICICI Prudential Life Insurance Company
Canara HSBC OBC Life Insurance Company Pvt Ltd.
BHARTI Axa life insurance company
Exide Life Insurance company Ltd
L&T general insurance co LTD
SBI Life Insurance Company
DHFL Primerica life insurance
13. Health insurance companies
Apollo Munich
Cigna TTK
ICICI Lombard
Max Bupa Health Insurance Company
Star Health and Allied Insurance
Religare health insurance
E-Meditek
Medi Assist
MD India
Medsave
Paramount Health care Services
ICICI Prudential
ICICI Lombard
Vipul Medcorp
United Health care Parekh
HDFC Ergo
Family Health Plan Ltd.
Dedicated Healthcare Services
15. Types of insurance
Auto insurance
Gap insurance
Health insurance
Accident, sickness, and unemployment
insurance
Casualty
Life
16. SWOT Analysis of Insurance Sector
STRENGTHS:
• New Products
• Business Growth
• Rise in per capita Income
• Emerging Middle Income
Group
WEAKNESS:
• Low investment
• Dominance of Public sector
• Promotion as a Barrier
• Old tariff structure
• Limited facilities
OPPORTUNITIES:
• Creation of stronger demand
• Strong future growth
• Rise in Income and Awareness
• Health insurance
Threats:
• The political environment is not
conducive to constructive change
• The dominance of entrenched
players who make industry stagnate.
• The legal framework, bureaucracy
and financial infrastructure worsen
the insurance business environment
18. Results of the Michael Porter’s Diamond
Analysis of Competiveness
Demand conditions: nature of home demand.
Factor conditions: nation’s position in factors of
production such as skilled labor force and infrastructure.
Firm strategy, structure, and rivalry: how companies
are created, organized, managed and the nature of domestic
rivalry.
Related or supporting industries (RSI): presence or
absence RSI that are internationally competitive.
Two additional variables: government and chance.
19. The development of Insurance Industry:
The development of insurance industry can be divided
into three stages:
Resumption and restoration,.
Market-oriented reform, and
Opening up and rapid growth.
20. Future prospect of Insurance Industry
Globalization has had a profound impact in shaping the
insurance industry.
The near future of insurance industry sees a significant rise in
share as more and more service providers both Indian and
global target new segments and provide low cost, flexible
solutions to customers
Over the years, verticals like manufacturing, telecom,
banking, finance and lately the retail, have been the growth
drivers for this sector. But it is very fast getting clear that the
future growth of insurance sector will be fuelled by the
verticals of change in the mind set of people towards need of
insurance for future risk minimization and coverings.
Notas do Editor
www.ibef.org/industry/insurance-sector-india.aspx
The diamond model is an economic model developed by Michael Porter in his book “The Competitive Advantage of Nations”, where he published his theory of why particular industries become competitive in particular locations. Afterwards, this model has been expanded by other scholars.