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With a new Covid-19 variant emerging in many countries, there are expectations about a third wave in India as well. In this report, we highlight the impact of the first two waves on premium growth, claims frequency, and claims severity for health insurers in India.
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Health Insurance in India is highly underpenetrated, with less than 4% of the population having a retail health cover. The pandemic helped increase awareness of buying a medical cover, which translated in a 28%/18% YoY growth in retail health insurance in FY21/H1 FY22.
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In April 2020 (after the Covid-induced nationwide lockdown), growth in health insurance was muted at 5.7%. While demand was strong during this phase, the challenge in distribution, owing to the lockdown and limited preparedness of insurers to conduct business online at such a large scale, restricted growth. During the second Covid wave, growth was strong (up 18% YoY) in seven months-FY22.
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