Merging National Insurance Co and Oriental Insurance Co with United India Insurance Co would enhance their solvency ratios. According to IRDAI guidelines, general insurance companies must maintain a minimum solvency ratio of 1.5 to ensure they have sufficient assets to cover liabilities, but as of March 2019 National Insurance Co's ratio was 1.04 and Oriental Insurance Co's was 1.57, indicating a merger could help both meet the regulatory requirement by combining their assets with United India Insurance Co, whose ratio of 1.54 was already close to the minimum.
Merging National Insurance Co and Oriental Insurance Co with United India Insurance Co would enhance their solvency ratios. According to IRDAI guidelines, general insurance companies must maintain a minimum solvency ratio of 1.5 to ensure they have sufficient assets to cover liabilities, but as of March 2019 National Insurance Co's ratio was 1.04 and Oriental Insurance Co's was 1.57, indicating a merger could help both meet the regulatory requirement by combining their assets with United India Insurance Co, whose ratio of 1.54 was already close to the minimum.
Merging National Insurance Co and Oriental Insurance Co with United India Insurance Co would enhance their solvency ratios. According to IRDAI guidelines, general insurance companies must maintain a minimum solvency ratio of 1.5 to ensure they have sufficient assets to cover liabilities, but as of March 2019 National Insurance Co's ratio was 1.04 and Oriental Insurance Co's was 1.57, indicating a merger could help both meet the regulatory requirement by combining their assets with United India Insurance Co, whose ratio of 1.54 was already close to the minimum.
Ratio – An insurance company should maintain an asset value at 150% of the liabilities. According to the guidelines of Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India, general insurance companies need to maintain a minimum solvency ratio of 1.50. As on March 31, 2019, the solvency ratio of National Insurance Co was 1.04 and for Oriental Insurance Co it was 1.57, while solvency ratio for United India Insurance, as on Mar 31, 2018, was 1.54.