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The Insurance Industry in India is going through gut wrenching times as policy paralysis,low margins,falling premiums and customer friendly policies of IRDA have hit the sector.The government has failed to increase the FDI cap on insurance investment which means that the companies face a capital crunch.Major industrial groups in India like Bharti, DLF, Relaince which had invested are trying to exit quickly though without much success.  The revenues are declining and the margins are abysmal.Insurance Industry is said to have massive potential given the fast growing GDP, increasing wealth and lack of insurance penetration.However this is a cyclical downturn for the insurance industry as it is for the whole economy. The downturn till now has not been pretty.The reasons for the down movement has been The results have been very bad for jobs in the insurance sector with employment in the private sector taking a massive hit.During 2010-11, one out of four people employed in the private life insurance sector lost their jobs in the country. For instance, total number of people employed by the top five life insurance companies as on March 31,  2011 stood at 60,215 as against 81,507 in the corresponding period last year. Also, these life…

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 The insurance premium of vehicles to be insured is based mainly on the following factors 1)    Insured Declared Value ( IDV) of the vehicle 2)    Cubic Capacity 3)    Geographical zones 4)    Age of the vehicle How Insured Declared Value( IDV) is affected by the Age of the Vehicle IDV is the ” Sum Insured” which is fixed at the commencement of the policy and is fixed based on the basis of a)    Manufacturer’s listed Selling Price of the Vehicle b)    Model of the vehicle insured at the commencement of insurance or renewal. This is adjusted for depreciation which depends on the age of the vehicle The percentage of depreciation is 5% to 50% (5% if it is not exceeding 6 months and 50% if it is exceeding 4 years but not exceeding 5 years) IDV of the vehicles beyond 5 years of age and of the obsolete models (the models which the manufacturer has discontinued to manufacture) is determined on the basis of an understanding between the insurer and the insured.  Age of the vehicle Age of the vehicle also plays an important part in determining the premium and is divided in three segments. 1)    Not exceeding 5 years 2)   …

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