Investment of 164 thousand billion tomans of insurance in the economy
Majid Behzadpour said about the performance of the accident insurance fund and the ceiling of 30 million tomans for buildings damaged by natural disasters: Regarding the figure of 30 million tomans, it should be considered that this issue is the beginning of a national action on a large scale and after 15 years of delay in the implementation This program was created, it is being implemented for the first time in the country and damages caused by natural disasters are compensated.
He continued: Many houses that are damaged in natural disasters are located in rural areas, and on the other hand, natural disasters usually do not completely destroy a residential unit.
The General Director of Central Insurance emphasized: Currently, in this situation, the payment of 30 million tomans is a good start, but it will definitely develop.
Behzadpour said about the amount of the government’s debt to this fund: This fund has been working for two years and when people make payments through electricity bills, in our opinion, a contract has been concluded with the people. Therefore, we do not communicate the problem and the balance of the fund to the people. This year, the government allocated 2,500 billion tomans to this fund, which, with the figure allocated last year, reached a total of 5,200 billion tomans, and also part of the resources are provided from the people and through electricity bills. We are committed and the Hormozgan earthquake damages were paid from the assets and balance of this fund.
Behzadpour stated that the insurance industry plays an important role in financing the economy and investment and economic growth and development in addition to paying claims. The country’s economy has invested, the daily value of which reached more than 164 thousand billion tomans at the end of last year.
He also referred to the issuance of insurance securities by referring to another action of the Central Insurance and said: the approvals of this action have been approved to a large extent and the field of issuance of insurance securities has been created with the cooperation of the stock exchange organization.
The General Director of Central Insurance also continued about the issues that the insurance industry is pursuing in the 7th Development Plan: We are pursuing several issues for the insurance industry in the 7th Development Plan, which is to increase the penetration rate of insurance to 3.5% of the cases that this issue We will follow up in the 7th development plan, and among other things, we can mention the removal of duties received from commercial insurance and exemption from value added tax, the establishment of insurance arbitration centers.
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