
Accountability be fixed on Chairpersons of three public-sector General Insurance for their rating-downgrade, with merger-plan implemented soon
It refers to downgrading of rating of three out of four public-sector-undertakings PSUs engaged in business of General Insurance namely National Insurance United Insurance and Oriental Insurance as announced by global rating-agency AM Best with two of them even having an erosion in their capital. The downgrade has come after Union Budget 2019-20 proposed the enabling provision for merger of non-life insurance firms by seeking to amend the General Insurance Business Nationalization Act. It is noteworthy that these three companies are continuously showing losses in past several years, and have become a white-elephant on public-money invested in these companies. Accountability should be fixed on highly paid Chairpersons (apart from too much facilities at public-cost) of these three PSUs for l...