Insurance regulator keeps obligatory cession at 5{bce2ac57dae147ae13b811f47f24d80c66c6ab504b39dda4a9b6e8ac93725942} to GIC Re in FY21


The country’s Regulatory and Development Authority (Irdai) has maintained the obligatory cession of each general policy that is to be reinsured with an Indian firm at 5 per cent for FY21.


“The percentage cession of the sum insured on each general policy to be reinsured with the Indian reinsurer(s) shall be 5 per cent in respect of insurance attaching during the financial year starting April 1, 2021, till March 31, 2022, except the terrorism premium and premium ceded to Nuclear Pool, wherein it would be made ‘NIL’,” said.



The entire obligatory cession has to be reinsured with India’s largest reinsurer, General Insurance Corporation of India (GIC Re).


Obligatory cession refers to the part of the business that general insurance companies have to mandatorily cede to the national reinsurer, GIC Re. have to cede 5 per cent of their premium on every general insurance policy sold to GIC Re.


The insurance regulator decides on the percentage of obligatory cession every year.


Furthermore, the regulator has also fixed the percentage of commission on obligatory cession for each class of business. In the motor third party, oil, and energy business, there will be minimum 5 per cent of commission, while it is 10 per cent in group health business, and 7.5 per cent in the crop insurance business. All other classes of insurance business will attract a minimum 15 per cent commission.


“Commission over and above can be as mutually agreed between Indian reinsurer(s) and the ceding insurer”, the insurance regulator said.


As per regulations, the reinsurer, in this case GIC Re, has to share the profit commission on 50:50 basis with the ceding insurer, based on the performance and surplus of the total obligatory portfolio of the ceding insurer.


However, no profit commission is payable if the loss ratio exceeds 78 per cent and the profit commission shall not exceed 14 per cent, said.

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