LIC relaxes claim settlement process for victims of Balasore train accident

To mitigate the hardships of the claimants of LIC policies and also of Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana, LIC has announced various concessions for claim settlements.

“In lieu of registered death certificates, list of casualties published by Railway Authorities, Police or any State or Central Government Authorities will be accepted as proof of death,” the life insurer said in a release.

LIC has also set up a special help desk at divisional and branch levels to respond to claim related queries and for providing assistance to claimants.

According to the latest report, at least 288 people died and more than 800 were injured after two passenger trains – Coromandel Express and Yesvantpur-Howrah Express, and a freight train collided with one another on Friday night. It is one of the worst railway tragedies of the country.