In a vast organisation like LIC,
catering to the various needs and
aspirations of millions of policyholders,
grievances of customers do arise
occasionally. In order to redress these
grievance LIC has established an elaborate
Grievance Rederessal Machinery and the
details are as under:
I) Grievance Redressal
Officers:
Grievance Redressal Officers
have been designated at all levels of
the Organisation :
At the branch level:
The Sr/Branch manager Click here for the list
At the divisional level:
Manager, CRM Click here for the list
At the zonal level:
The Regional Manager CRM Click here for the list
At the Central level:
The Executive Director CRM/Chief(CRM) Click here for the list
For P&GS policies:
At the Zonal level:
The Regional Manager (Pension and Group
Schemes) in case of P&GS.
Policyholders can personally contact
these designated Officials and seek
redressal of their grievances.
The respective Grievance Redressal
Officers are available at their Offices
for personal interviews with the
customers on all Mondays between 2.30
p.m. to 4.30 p.m., except on holidays
without prior appointment.
Customers can meet the Grievance
Redressal Officers on other days also
with prior appointment.
The names of the Grievance Redressal
Officers are displayed in the respective
Offices and are periodically published
in the local newspapers.
II) Claims Review Committee:
The Corporation settles a large
number of Death Claims every year. Only
in case of fraudulent suppression of
material information is the liability
repudiated. This is to ensure that
claims are not paid to fraudulent
persons of the cost of honest
policyholders. The number of Death
Claims repudiated is, however, very
small. Even in these cases, an
opportunity is given to the claimant to
make a representation for consideration
by the Review Committees of the Zonal
office and the Central Office. As a
result of such review, depending on the
merits of each case, appropriate
decisions are taken. The Claims Review
Committees of the Central and Zonal
Offices have among their Members, a
retired High Court/District Court Judge.
This has helped providing transparency
and confidence in our operations and has
resulted in greater satisfaction among
claimants, policyholders and public.
III) Policyholder Councils And
Zonal Advisory Boards:
In all the 109 Divisional
Centres, Policyholders' Councils have
been established. Three policyholders of
the area represent the interest of the
policyholders and interact with the
Divisional Management on consumer
concerns. Similarly, at all the seven
Zonal Centres, Zonal Advisory Boards are
functioning.
V) Citizens' Charter:
LIC has adopted a Citizens
Charter through which it reiterates its
commitments to the customers and the
standards for general procedures, the
standards for policy servicing, the
standards for easy access to information
for customers and the standards for
fairness in dealing with the customers
have been laid down.
Report any breach of ethics to our Chief
Vigilance Officer
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