21-09-2020
Go Digit General Insurance Company told to refund Rs 8.69 lakh to Baner resident
Insurance AlertssGo Digit General Insurance Company told to refund Rs 8.69 lakh to Baner resident
Pune: The district consumer court has directed Go Digit General Insurance Company, a Bengaluru-based private establishment with an office in Yerawada, to refund Rs8.69 lakh along with 9%, per annum, interest since July 4, 2019, and Rs50,000 cost, to a Baner resident in a dispute over a car accident claim.
Lawyer Umesh Deshmukh, representing complainant Rajesh Chaubey (52), had alleged in the consumer complaint that the insurance firm resorted to deficient service and unfair trade practice by passing an accident claim on paper, but not releasing the claim amount despite repeated follow-up.
On November 24, 2016, Chaubey purchased a car for Rs12.72 lakh. Chaubey also purchased a car insurance policy on November 14, 2018, with a declared value of Rs8.71 lakh. On May 16, 2019, Chaubey’s car suffered extensive damage in an accident following which he initiated the claim. According to his complaint, the insurance company kept vacillating over passing the claim.
A three-member consumer court bench, on September 10, upheld lawyer Deshmukh’s argument that the insurer was liable for deficiency in service and unfair trade practice. The bench gave the insurance firm a month’s time to comply with its order.
Source: The Times of India
