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Applicability:<\/strong> This notification shall be applicable to Indian Reinsurers and other applicable insurers as per the provision of Section 101-A of Insurance Act, 1938.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>2. Percentage of Cession:<\/strong> The percentage cession of the sum insured on each General Insurance Policy to be reinsured with the Indian Reinsurer(s) shall be 5% in respect of insurance attaching during the financial year beginning from 1st April, 2017 to 31st March, 2018. Apportionment of obligatory cession for the FY 2017-18 will be at 5% and 0% between General Insurance Corporation of India and ITI Reinsurance Ltd. respectively.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>3. Terms &amp; Conditions:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>a) Sum insured limits for cession:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">i. The following sum insured limits for obligatory cession shall be applicable from 1st April, 2017 to 30th September, 2017.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Class and Limit of cession in sum insured<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; padding-left: 30px;\">\u00b7 Fire, IAR Large Risks &#8212; Rs 750 crore sum insured (MD+LOP) per risk<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; padding-left: 30px;\">\u00b7 Marine Cargo\/ DSU Insurance &#8212; Rs 50 crore sum insured per policy\/bottom\/sending<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; padding-left: 30px;\">\u00b7 Marine Hull &#8212; Rs 50 crore sum insured per vessel<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; padding-left: 30px;\">\u00b7 War &amp; SRCC &#8212; Rs 50 crore sum insured per vessel<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; padding-left: 30px;\">\u00b7 All Liability products excluding financial liability &#8212; Rs 25 crore per policy including USA and Rs 50 crore per policy excluding USA<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; padding-left: 30px;\">\u00b7 Financial, Credit and Guarantee Lines, mortgage insurance, special contingency policies etc. &#8212; Rs 50 crore sum insured per policy<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; padding-left: 30px;\">\u00b7 Machinery Breakdown, Boiler Explosion and related loss of profit &#8212; Rs 100 crore per risk<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; padding-left: 30px;\">\u00b7 Contractor\u2019s All Risks, Erection All Risks, Advance Loss of Profit, DSU Insurance &#8212; Rs 500 crore per risk (MD+LOP)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; padding-left: 30px;\">\u00b7 Oil &amp; Energy &#8212; Rs 50 crore SI per risk<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; padding-left: 30px;\">\u00b7 Others &#8212; No Limit<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">ii. No sum insured limit shall be applicable for the cessions made during the period from 1st October, 2017 to 31st March, 2018.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">iii. In view of the above, the Indian Reinsurer(s) may require the ceding insurer to give immediate notice of underwriting information of any cession exceeding an amount specified by the former. The ceding insurer shall inform to the Indian Reinsurer(s) at all times whenever the cession exceeds such specified limits.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>b) Commission:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Percentage of commission on obligatory cession for different classes of business shall be as follows:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">i. Minimum 5% for Motor TP and Oil &amp; Energy insurance.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">ii. Minimum 10% for Group Health insurance.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">iii. Average Terms for Aviation insurance.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">iv. Minimum 15% for all other classes of insurance business.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Commission over and above, can be as mutually agreed between Indian Reinsurer(s) and the ceding insurer.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>c) Profit Commission:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Indian reinsurer(s) shall 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, after factoring the following:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">i. Incurred loss % (to be worked at the end of 3 financial years).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">ii. Management Expenses at 2%.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">iii. Profit at 5%.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">iv. Commission at 15%.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">v. Loss ratio at 50% to 78%.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">No profit commission is payable if the loss ratio exceeds 78%. Profit commission shall not exceed 14%.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">[F. 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