No one can forget the day of June 12, there was a terrible air accident in Ahmedabad on this day, in which AI-India flight going to London was cracked in a short time of AI-171 takeoff. In this, 241 people were killed out of 242 passengers and crew members aboard the plane, while more than 19 people lost their lives on the ground. The investigation of the case is going on and new revelations are constantly being made, meanwhile, insurance companies are receiving several insurance claims from the families of the victims of this plane crash, including hotel booking cancellation, cancellations, goods missing to flight accidental death coverage.
Families of victims are making these claims
According to the PTI report, after the Ahmedabad plate crash, the insurance companies are constantly getting claims from the families of the victims who lost their lives. In these, many types of claims have been received from the cancellation of hotel booking to missing goods and from casual death coverage to trip plan cancellation. Apart from this incident, after this incident, all claims have been revealed under various insurance categories like Kisan Credit Card Holders including personal accident and life insurance.
Giving information from the ICICI Lombard, it has been reported that, ‘We mainly include the claims received under Travel Insurance and Personal Accidental Insurance include accidental death, cancellation, cancellation, luggage missing and canceling hotels.
ICICI Lombard’s Health Product, Operations and Services Chief Priya Deshmukh said in response to a question that we are committed to support our policyholders and their families in this difficult time. We are working on a priority basis to provide all possible assistance to the family of the victims in this accident and to ensure timely disposal of their claims.
Other insurance companies get these claims
If you look at the claims received by other insurance companies after Air India Plane Crash, then it has been told by Bajaj Allianz General Insurance that claims related to Personal Accident Cover and Marine Cargo have been received. The statement said that three claims related to individual accident coverage and a claim have been received under sea goods insurance. Explain that Marine Cargo usually covers the goods going through road, rail, air, sea or courier.
After Life Insurance, the claims of Personal Accident Cover are second in this accident. However, most of the insurance companies have not disclosed the accurate number of claims received, citing the ongoing procedure from the families of the deceased. The PTI report quoted a New India Assurance official as saying that the company has settled 7 claims related to personal accidents and five claims of group personal accident cover. Meanwhile, a claim of Rs 50,000 has been received under the Kisan Credit Card Scheme.
How and when was the air accident?
On 12 June 2025, India had the most painful air crash of a decade and the Boeing-787 Dreamliner aircraft from Ahmedabad to London lost its pace soon after flying from Ahmedabad Airport and went into a medical college hostel in Meghaninagar area. In this accident, all 241 people were killed except 242 passengers on the aircraft and only one of the crew members. While many other people also lost their lives in it.
IRDAI gave these instructions after the accident
After Air India Plane Crash, the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) issued instructions to settle all the insurance claims related to it as soon as possible. In a circular issued on June 14 after the accident, all insurance companies were asked by IRDAI to release weekly updates on claims from June 16. Talking about the latest update, Manu Lavanya, COO of Axis Max Life Insurance, said that as part of the company’s instaclame process, we were able to settle the claims of one of the victims of the accident within only 3 hours, which reflects our focus on sympathetic action at the most important time.
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