Chandigarh

Haryana Govt orders insurance companies to settle claims in 15 days

PNS

Haryana Government has asked the insurance companies to settle within 15 days the claims of the persons whose insured establishments were damaged due to arson, loot and vandalism during the recent agitation.

Sanjeev Kaushal, Additional Chief Secretary, Finance and Planning, at a meeting with representatives of various Government insurance companies, issues these directions on Tuesday.

Kaushal asked them to settle the claims of the affected persons at the earliest. The representatives of insurance companies said that they had already taken up the matter with their headquarters and that efforts would be made to settle the claims at the earliest.

The representatives asked the owners of insured establishments, including malls, showrooms, medium and small shops, to immediately inform the representative of their insurance company so that a surveyor may be sent to assess the losses. They should not disturb the scene until the surveyor has conducted the survey and taken photographs of the damage. The owners should also provide copies of the FIR, policy certificate, accounts bills, bills of sale and purchase, bank statements, stock and other necessary documents to the surveyor, they added.