(a) whether the Indian Insurance Companies have since jointly set up special cells to look into the claims of the affected persons in the recent earthquake in Gujarat to help them;
(b) if so, the details thereof and the number of claims received till date by these cells, District-wise; and
(c) the number of such claims processed and settled to the families of the victims so far?
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF FINANCE (SHRI BALA SAHEB VIKHE PATIL)
(a) to (c): General Insurance Public Sector Association (GIPSA), an Association of the four Public Sector General Insurance Companies and Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) have set up Special cells for expeditious settlement of claims. While four special cells have been set up by the General Insurance Companies, LIC have set up three claim settlement cells at Ahmedabad. GIPSA has so far received 22665 claims of which they have settled 2224 claims amounting to Rs. 657.02 lakhs. LIC of India has so far received 666 claims of which 441 claims amounting to Rs. 411 lakhs have been settled.