Caselaws: Miscellaneous Insurance
Insurance Ombudsman directs Oriental Insurance to pay burglary claim
Past history of hypertension and dyslipidaemia does not amount to pre-existing disease- Travel Insurance Claim allowed
Loss by erosion not covered in Householders Policy – Insurance Ombudsman
Insurer must provide terms of policy to customers- Insurance Ombudsman
Idols not covered under Householders’ Insurance policy – Insurance Ombudsman
Insurance company official imprisoned for securing job with forged caste certificate
A Nagpur court recently sentenced a senior official of the Oriental Insurance Company to undergo five years’ rigorous imprisonment for securing employment on the basis of a forged caste certificate. In a first case of its kind, the official will also have to cough up a fine of Rs 4,000.
EC cannot requisition insurance staffers: HC
Observing that an insurance company is not a local authority, the Bombay high court recently quashed and set aside the order of the Election Commission to requisition employees of an insurance company for election-related work.
Insurance co told to pay up after premium row
Failure of an insurance company to keep its client updated about the status of premium paid and later refusing to pay the final premium amount has proved dearer for it. District consumer disputes redressal forum has accused it of deficient in its service and slapped a fine on it. Read more