Awards Categories 2024

Best Life Insurance Company of the Year

  • Total New Business Premium
  • Individual premium
  • Persistency Ratio -13th and 61st month
  • Profit after Tax
  • Asset Under Management
  • Total expense ratio
  • Number of complaints per 10,000 policies
  • Claim Settlement Ratio

Best General Insurance Company of the Year

  • Gross Written Premium
  • Technical Reserve to Net Premium Ratio
  • Combined ratio
  • Profit after tax
  • Retention Ratio
  • Solvency Ratio
  • Claim Settlement Ratio
  • Number of complaints per 10,000 policies

Company with the Best Health Insurance Coverage of the Year

  • Gross direct premium
  • Solvency Ratio
  • Combined Ratio
  • Claim settlement ratio
  • Profit after tax
  • Retention Ratio
  • Number of complaints per 10,000 policies
  • Repudiated Claim Ratio

Company with the Best Risk Management Strategy of the Year (Life/General)

  • Persistency -13th month & 61st month – for LI Companies
  • Risk Retention Ratio – for GI companies
  • Reserve Adequacy Ratio
  • Solvency Margin
  • Average TAT to resolve customer’s grievances
  • Claim Repudiation Ratio

Best strategies for ‘Insurance Spreading’ for the Year

  • Number of branches
  • Distribution Spread – Percentage of growth in number of Agents/Brokers/Corporate agents
  • New Digital initiatives Insurance Company for penetration in all levels of society
  • Number of policies
  • Rural and Social sector policies

Best Broker of the Year

  • Number of insurance companies with which policies have been placed
  • New Business Growth (growth in clients, policies written, new business)
  • Number of claims settled vis a vis claims raised by clients
  • Persistency Ratio/ Retention Ratio/ NPS Score
  • Total Number of POS (Point of Sales)
  • % of employees with valid Insurance qualification to the total number of employees
  • Details of innovation and adaptability in the areas of – new sales and marketing strategies, adoption of regulatory changes, enhancement in the areas of customer experience and risk management

Best Innovations led by Technology and Insurtech’s

  • Innovative and diversified product percentage to total sales
  • Reason to consider the product/process as innovative
  • Provide Details of Impactful New Process leading to Better Customer Experience/Service
  • Tech Enablement that impacted service standards – mention area of impact and results
  • Digital transformation initiatives to enhance insurance penetration e.g., AI, Robotics, Chatbots, Big Data, Cloud, etc. and its overall impact in improving customer experience.

Best Customer Oriented Company (Life/General/Health)

  • New Business Premium
  • Persistency -13th month & 61st month – for LI Companies
  • Risk Retention Ratio – for GI companies
  • Average number of complaints per 10,000 policies
  • Claim Settlement Ratio
  • Total Settlement TAT
  • Number of Products which cater to women, minority groups, people with disabilities and LGBT individuals

Women in Insurance Leadership

  • Number of women in top management with details of role
  • Number of products cater to women specifically
  • Total number of women employees to total employees
  • % of women into intermediaries /Agents
  • % of policy sold to women

Best Practices in Crop Insurance

  • Percentage of crop insurance premium to total premium
  • Retention Ratio of Crop Insurance
  • Loss Ratio of Crop Insurance
  • Servicing innovation for rural areas

Best Reinsurer of the Year Region Wise (Life/General/Health)

  • Shareholder capital.
  • Reserve Adequacy Ratio.
  • Number of claims settled
  • No of Life and General Insurance Companies Covered in Re Insurance (average of last 3 years)
  • Risk Management Strategy
  • Percentage of Risk Premium ceded to the Reinsurance companies by the Life and Non-Life Insurance companies