INSURANCE PORTABILITY

A GUIDE TO PORTING YOUR INSURANCE POLICY

Published By Livemint | 28 Jan, 2023

Insurance portability allows policyholders to switch insurers without any hassles

It allows policyholders to transfer their exisiting policies with all its benefits and features to a new provider

IRDAI introduced insurance portability in a bid to provide more flexibility to policyholders

To port the insurance policy, policyholders need to fill a form on IRDAI website

Once the form is submitted, the current insurer will be notified about the request 

They will have to provide the policyholder with all relevant information regarding the policy

Policyholder can then approach a new insurer for policy porting

The new insurer will verify the details provided by the policyholder and the current insurer

If the details are found to be accurate, they will accept the proposal and issue the policy