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Post-quake insurance claims: 40 percent survey reports yet to come

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October 9: Almost six months on from the April 25 earthquake, survey details of 40 percent of the insurance claims are yet to come. The statistics of the Insurance Board shows that nonlife insurance companies have received survey reports of only 60 percent of the claims as of October 6.

“Conducting the survey for mega projects and in the rural areas is a difficult task. That is why the report is taking a long time” said Siddhartha Insurance CEO Birendra Baidabar Chhetri, adding, “It will take some more time for the damage report to come.”

The existing 16 nonlife insurance companies (excluding NB Insurance) have so far received a total of 17,178 claims whereas survey reports of only 10,416 claims have been received.

Industry insiders have blamed the delay on the limited number of surveyors and equipment related problems.

After the earthquake, the companies conducted survey in the city areas first, because of the easy access and limited number of surveyors. For major damages (claim above Rs 4 million), the re-insurance companies mobilized their own surveyors.

The claims received by the companies so far are worth nearly Rs 18 billion. Out of that, claims worth only about Rs 5 billion have been settled which is just about 27 percent of the total claim amount.  

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