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10 things before you take a Group Health Insurance Cover by Mahavir Chopra

Insurance I Opener exclusive - Insurance activity, be it personal or Corporate, generally tends to take a back seat. How ever, we all know that it is important for Financial Security and Peace of Mind. Yes! Your Insurance Costs, if managed well, can get you really fantastic savings… If you want your business insurance costs to go down with minimum hassles, try the following 10 key things. Click to read on …

1. Start Work on Renewal of Insurance Atleast a Month in Advance

This helps you have a good window of time to your broker for floating your quote to more Insurance Companies and hence improves your negotiation power.

2. Employ Practical Risk Mitigation

Employing simple and practical risk mitigation, For e.g. Simple fire extinguisher installed at your office can give you a minimum 5% saving on Fire Insurance. More such suggestions can be provided by your Broker.

3. Give as much Information Possible on the Risk to be Insured

Underwriters are under tremendous pressure. Giving them appropriate decision making data make the underwriter more open to accepting risk at a lower price. Informing about various risk mitigations by you, is very important for a good drop in quotes. For e.g. if you are taking a Group Personal Accident for your factory workers, and you maintain benchmark safety standards, these need to be informed to the underwriter, through the broker.

4. Assess your Projected Claims Ratio

Say you are a small group of 50 employees. A Maternity coverage in the Group Health Insurance Plan would result in a very high claims ratio. Though you would not be affected immediately, your future premiums with the Insurance companies will be drastically affected.

5. Cross-Subsidizing

Packaging of a High Risk product, with a low risk with one Insurance Company. For e.g. A Group Personal Accident can be packaged with a Group Health Insurance.

6. Share the Risk

By adding Deductibles, Co-payments to your Insurance plans, you can get a significant reduction in your costs. For e.g. Some Companies insure the employees’ parents in the Group Health Insurance. A co-payment clause here would help a significant reduction on costs.

7. Timely Additions/Deletions

Ensure timely addition and deletion of the assets/manpower insured.

8. Ensure Correct Valuation

Ask your Insurance Broker, on the basis of valuation of loss , when a claim is filed with the Insurance Company. You should insure your assets with same valuation method. For e.g. Claims on damage to Building Structure are paid at cost of re-construction. Hence, your coverage should also be a reconstruction costs and not market costs. This will bring down the costs to atleast 30%.

9. Employ a Professional Insurance Broker

Brokers are experienced professionals in negotiating good deals with Insurance Companies. Finding a good broker, would be key to your Insurance Costs Management.

10. Get a Free Insurance Audit done

Insurance Brokers also offer free Insurance Audits, which provide a detailed assessment of your Insurance coverage and costs. For e.g. A good broker will assess whether your equipments have a Breakdown warranty on Assets/Equipments. If the warranty is valid, you don’t need to buy an Insurance for Equipment Breakdown.

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