Well, it did it seem impossible to have terrorism insurance in the US before 9/11.
The Indian insurance sector is currently at a nascent stage, wherein Business Interruption insurance coverage is commonly purchased by mid-size and large corporates. Furthermore, companies in India tend to purchase insurance towards high-probability risk events, namely, fire, machinery breakdown, flood, earthquake, etc.
Consequently, most BI policies sold in India are simply an extension of property insurance and do not provide coverage for BI losses like the loss of profit from a pandemic, such as COVID-19.
In this interesting article by CNBC 18, given in the comments below, we visualize a post-COVID-19 world, with more discussions and collaboration among stakeholders in the Indian insurance ecosystem to bring about a paradigm shift in the perception of business risks and the pursuit of insurance in India.
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