Insurance firms see surrenders decline in Q1\, brace for trend to change

Insurance firms see surrenders decline in Q1, brace for trend to change

Companies look to hedge against policy surrenders by providing short-term loans as succour in pandemic

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Life Insurance | Insurance policy | ICICI Prudential Life Insurance

Subrata Panda  |  Mumbai 

Life insurers are scrambling to encourage customers from not surrendering their policies, reacting as the coronavirus pandemic devastates the economy and limits incomes. Insurers the number of policies surrendered has fallen, but that trend may not last.

Life insurers, in order to avert surrenders, provide loans against policy, or bridge loans, to policyholders. Such loans come at a cheaper rate of interest than personal loans and they can be repaid whenever the policyholder wants. Typically, these loans are available against traditional policies, which generally attract high surrender ...

First Published: Mon, August 10 2020. 12:56 IST