Dear Mr Ramesh and all the friends
As per law of the land, the terms and condition that are applicable are as agreed between parties signing a contract. In case of Insurance the policy document is supposed to have the terms and conditions and is a contract and the parties are insurers and insured.
Anything which is not mentioned in policy can not be changed merely with a circular of IRDA or even insurer or insured.
The excess clause is also a condition in the policy and please check the policy for any deductable rather than referring to IRDA circulars or any company circulars. IRDA issues circulars to insurance companies for incorporating in their policy conditions, but it can not be applied automatically unless incorporated in the policy.
I request that surveyors should start inspecting the policy before submitting their reports and giving any comments in their report.
regards
C K BHATIA
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