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Bima Sugam Website Launch Marks First Step Toward National Insurance DPI

The launch begins a phased buildout of a national insurance platform focused on integrations before transactions.

Overview

  • The Bima Sugam India Federation unveiled the website at IRDAI headquarters in Hyderabad with Chairman Ajay Seth and industry leaders present.
  • The site currently serves as an information and guidance gateway, with transactional features to follow after insurers and ecosystem partners complete technical and operational integrations.
  • Envisioned as a unified marketplace, the platform is intended to aggregate life, health and general insurance offerings across companies to simplify comparison, purchase and policy management.
  • IRDAI positioned the initiative as the foundation for India’s Digital Public Infrastructure for insurance, aligned with the goal of Insurance for All by 2047 under Viksit Bharat 2047.
  • Planned utilities include a digital policy repository, e-KYC and consent services, and a real-time claims servicing gateway, with assurances on security, compliance and scalability.