New India Assurance launches drive to insure uninsured vehicles

Excelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, Sept 19: To support the ongoing drive launched by the State Traffic law enforcing authorities in light of recently amended Motor Vehicle Act, Jammu Divisional Office of leading Public sector undertaking, The New India Assurance Company Limited, today launched special drive for extending insurance cover to all those vehicles which are plying on the roads but are not insured.
Dr Daleep Pandita, Senior Divisional Manager stated that it is at the initiative of their Regional Head from Chandigarh, who directed all the offices across Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, UT Chandigarh and Jammu and Kashmir, to create massive public awareness for getting their all types of uninsured vehicles insured at their offices through hassle free procedures and with varied discount structures. On spot, the officials of the company will also explain its customers the risks of plying uninsured vehicles, benefits of insuring vehicles and financial compensations in cases of third party losses due to vehicle accidents, he added.
Dr Pandita said that it has remained the moto of company to stand up at the time of such social causes, specially for the benefit of rural masses of the state, where penetration of insurance is comparatively less due to lack of its awareness.
Under Corporate Social Responsibility also, the company will be organizing seminars and workshops at various educational institutions, in order to create large scale awareness among the youth in particular of getting their vehicles insured for the benefit of society and the nation.