UNITED INDIA INSURANCE CO. LTD.

Fire & Engineering department

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Fire & Engineering (Tech) Department All Regional Offices / LCBs
Head Office
Chennai
HO:FIRE:TECH:164:2018-19 22/02/2019

Sub: Revision in rating & underwriting authority for policies issued under Fire LOB

GIC Re, our Fire Surplus Treaty leader, has made amendments to our Reinsurance Treaty w.e.f.
01/03/2019. Consequently, there would be underwriting changes in a few of the occupancies underwritten
by the operating offices.

The following would be the changes that would come into force with immediate effect.

a. The Underwriting acceptance authority w.e.f. 01/03/2019 is revised as under:

OTHER THAN DECLINED RISKS (SFSP Single location, SFSP Multi location, SFSP Floater, SFSP
Declaration, SFSP Floater Declaration & Industrial All Risk Policy):

GC Role Existing acceptance

authority (MD + BI)*
BO Underwriter Upto SI Rs. 5 Cr
DO Underwriter Upto Rs. 100 Cr
RO / LCB Underwriter Upto Rs. 500 Cr
HO Underwriter_Fire Above Rs. 500 Cr
*limit of sum insured shall be exercised considering SI of all policies issued per risk and per location and
not policy wise.

DECLINED RISKS (SFSP Single location, SFSP Multi location, SFSP Floater, SFSP Declaration, SFSP Floater
Declaration & Industrial All Risk Policy):

GC Role Existing acceptance

authority
BO Underwriter NIL
DO Underwriter NIL
RO / LCB Underwriter Upto Rs. 5 Cr
HO Underwriter_Fire Above Rs. 5 Cr

b. Proposals with combined Sum Insured (Material Damage + Business Interruption Sum Insured)
exceeding Rs. 800 Cr may require Facultative support and hence are to be referred to HO atleast 15 days
prior to the inception of the risk. Please note that multiple policies issued for the same risk
(separately for assets, stocks & LOP) are to be looked at collectively for this purpose.

c. All LOP proposals incepting from 01/03/2019, irrespective of Sum Insured will be escalated to HO for
approval. Necessary approvals have to be taken in advance for underwriting the same.

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d. The following risks (Risk code / Rate code given) will be rated at the minimum rates as per the table
below. These rates are purely FLEXA rates only, and NATCAT rates as per HO circular
HO:TECH:163:2018 dated 15/11/2018 are to be strictly adhered to. Arrangements are also being
made to incorporate the changes in the rates in GC Core.

Risk
Occupancy Code / Minimum
Section Risk description
Code Rate rate
code
Chemical manufacturing using RM with flash
2043 IV 43/11 point less than 32deg C 1.94
Cloth Processing unit located outside the
2053 IV 53/05 compound of Textile Mill 1.05
Detergent Manufacturing with Sulphonation
2066 IV 66/09 Plant 1.43
2068 IV 68/09 Distilleries 1.24
2070 IV 70/04 Electric Generation Stations – Hydro 0.40
Steel Plant (Manufacturing of steel), Metal
smelting, Foundries, Metal Extraction, Ore
processing (other than Aluminium, Copper,
IV 75/05 Zinc) 0.71
Engineering Workshop - - Structural Steel
fabricators, Sheet Metal fabricators, Hot/Cold
Rolling, Pipe Extruding, Stamping, Pressing,
2075 IV 75/04 Forging Mills, Galvanising works 0.25
Fertiliser Manufacturing (other than those
2079 IV 79/08 rateable under Petrochemical Tariff) 1.25
Foamed Plastics Manufacturing and / or
2084 IV 84/05 converting plants 2.66
Garment Makers, Topee, Hats and the like
2089 IV 89/07 makers 0.99
2103 IV 103/08 Hoisery,lace, Embroidery/Thread factories 1.17
2111 IV 111/15 Jute Mills 2.75
2115 IV 115/12 Leather Cloth Factories 2.11
2121 IV 121/04 Man-made Fibre Manufacturing (using Cellulose) 0.65
2122 IV 122/05 Man-made Fibre Manufacturing Plant (Others) 0.71
2134 IV 134/11 Non-woven fabric Manufacturing 1.72
2140 IV 140/07 Paint factories (Water based) 1.50
2141 IV 141/13 Paint (others) & Varnish Factories 2.27
2142 IV 142/15 Paints - Nitrocellulose based 2.76
Plastic goods manufacturing (Excluding foam
2148 IV 148/12 plastics) 1.93

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Rope works (Plastic), Assembling of Plastic

2163 IV 163/09 Goods such as Toys and the like 1.44
2165 IV 165/11 Rubber factories 1.76
2166 IV 166/12 Rubber Goods Mfg with Spreading 2.07
2167 IV 167/09 Rubber Goods Manufacturing without spreading 1.56
2171 IV 171/06 Silk Mills / Spun Silk Mills 0.99
2189 IV 189/08 Textile Mills Spinning mills 0.82
2196 IV 196/08 Tyres and Tubes Manufacturing 1.26
2199 IV 199/09 Velvet Cloth Manufacturing 1.47
2202 IV 202/06 Weaving Mills 0.75
2206 IV 206/07 Woolen Mills 1.10
2207 IV 207/05 Yarn Processing 1.13
IV 70/06* Electric Generation - Thermal Power Plant 0.59
Electric Generation - Gas Turbine / Combined
IV 70/07* Cycle Power Plant 0.59
Textile Mills Composite Mills (Composite Mills
are those where activities from Blow Room to
2211 IV 189/07 Cloth processing are involved) 2.33
Storage of hazardous Goods listed in Category
III subject to warranty that Coir waste, Coir
4004 VI 22/18 fibre and , Caddies are not stored therein. 4.24
Transporter’s godowns & Godowns of clearing
4005 VI 23/18 and forwarding agents. 3.60
Tanks containing liquids flashing at 32 0C and
4010 VII 28/12 below 1.90

In case of Industrial All Risk / Mega policies for the above risks, the following minimum rates
are additionally to be charged:

Machinery Breakdown Rs. 0.25 per mille

section
Fire Loss of Profit section 100% of the rate charged for Fire (IIB rates + NATCAT) – irrespective
of Indemnity Period
Machinery Loss of Profit Rs. 1 per mille – irrespective of Indemnity Period
section

Appropriate loading on FLEXA, NATCAT and the above rates is to be made for procurement expenses,
management expenses and other relevant costs.

No discount on these rates, under any circumstances, can be made or offered.

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Multiple Occupancies:

i. In case of Pharmaceutical manufacturing plants housing both Bulk drug (API) and Formulation
units, the rating has to be done as per rate code / risk code - 43/11 (Chemical manufacturing using
RM with flash point less than 32deg C)
ii. For multiple occupancies involving any 2 of the occupancies (Manufacturing or storage) listed in
the table above (Point d), the higher rate should apply.

e. For all Fire, LOP & IAR policies issued for the following risks with SI (Material Damage + Business
Interruption) more than Rs. 500 Cr, the excess will be as under:

i. Power Plants excluding Wind and Solar power plants

ii. Steel Plants

EXCESS (For each & every loss)

Material Damage: 5% of the claim amount subject to minimum Rs. 1.25 Cr
Machinery Breakdown: 5% of the claim amount subject to minimum Rs. 1.25 Cr
Fire Loss of Profit: 30 days of Gross Profit
Machinery Loss of Profit: 45 days of Gross Profit

** New risk code shall be introduced for thermal, Gas/combined cycle power plant, Solar plant, Wind
mills and Steel Plants.

For all renewals falling on or after 01/03/2019, the Underwriter shall validate / verify the risk
code as mentioned above to avoid any RI complications.

f. NATCAT rates as per HO circular HO:TECH:163:2018 dated 15/11/2018 are to be strictly adhered to,
for all risks including Large and MEGA risks.

In case any risk / premium has already been accepted and / or policy has already been issued,
not in line with the above for policies incepting from 01/03/2019, the premium should be
refunded and policy should be cancelled. Alternatively, the additional appropriate premium
can be collected before 01/03/2019 and endorsement issued.

The above underwriting changes are to be adhered to without fail. Any breach of the same would mean
that the policy would not be having any RI support and any claims under this policy will be to our Net
account.

You are advised to communicate the same to all operating offices under your control.

Kindly confirm compliance

--sd--
Nagalakshmi D
(Deputy General Manager)

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