Renewal of Medical Insurance Scheme for Retirees as agreed vide Bipartite Settlement/Joint Note Dated 25th May, 2015

Renewal of Medical Insurance Scheme - IBA Circular dt. 10.10.2018 

Renewal of Medical Insurance Scheme for Retirees as agreed vide Bipartite Settlement/Joint Note Dated 25th May, 2015

Indian Banks' Association
HR & INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS

No. CIR/HR&IR/BRK/2018-19/6037

9th October 2018

CEOs of All member banks party to 10th Bi-partite Settlement/Joint Note dated 25.5.2015
Dear Sir/Madam,
Renewal of Medical Insurance Scheme for Retirees as agreed vide Bipartite Settlement/Joint Note Dated 25th May, 2015
We invite your attention to our letter CIR/HR&IR/2015-16/XBPS/J/1413 dated 1st October, 2015, in terms of which banks were advised to extend the Group Medical Insurance Scheme to retirees also subject to payment of stipulated premium by them. Said Scheme is optional for retirees.

2. Thereafter, the Policy has been renewed for the year 2016-17 & 2017-18 and the current Policy is expiring on 31.10.2018.
3. IBA vide its letter 16th July, 2018 called quotes from all Public Sector Insurance Companies and SBI General Insurance Co., who were the co-insurer of the existing Policy.
4. In response to our letter Oriental Insurance Co., National Insurance Co., & SBI General Ins. Co. did not submit any quote for the Retirees policy. United India Insurance Co. & New India Assurance Co. submitted quotes as per Table below :-

	Retirees option 1(Without Domiciliary)		Retiree option 2(With Domiciliary)
2018-19 (Proposed for renewal)	Award staff	Officer	Award staff	Officer
UIIC	21,973	29,295	57,391	76,516
New India Insurance	23,000	30,500	58,500	77,500

5. As there was a proposed hike of 110% & 144% in the quotes for renewal of the Medical Insurance Policy without domiciliary and with domiciliary respectively, the matter was immediately taken up with UIIC who was L1 to re-examine and reduce the same.
6. With great persuasion and concerted effort made by the IBA, UIIC has revised the quote vide its letter dated 6.10.2018.
7. On the suggestions made by UFBU, UIIC gave option for sum insured i.e. Rs. 4 laksh / Rs. 3 Lakhs for Officers & Rs.3 Lakhs/ Rs. 2 Lakhs in case of Workmen. The insurance premium increase now quoted by UIIC after revision is 75% (earlier 110%) for without domiciliary and 123% (earlier 144%) with domiciliary (Annexure I)
8. Since, the Medical Insurance Policy for Retired Officers/Employees is optional, we request all the member banks to seek consent and collect premium from the interested retiree Officers/Employees as per the option chosen by them for renewal of the Policy with UIIC, with the same terms and conditions mentioned in the aforesaid letter of UIIC.
9. However, Banks are free to take up the Policy renewal by seeking quotes from any other Insurance Companies if the Banks decides to do so at their level.
10. We once again advise that as mentioned in our letter dated 7th June, 2018, banks may require to allocate some separate manpower to address claims by following up directly with TPAs/Insurance Cos as the services of broker are not available.
11. We enclose the revised premium quote received from UIIC (Annex II) for your ready reference.

Yours faithfully,
B Raj Kumar
Deputy Chief Executive

Annexure I

Retirees Policy Renewal Quotes***	Renewal Quote provided by UIIC vide letter 2.7.18		Final Quotes received from UIIC vide letter dated6.10.18 after rigorous persuasion by IBA**
	Without Domiciliary (Rs.)	With Domiciliary (Rs.)	Without Domiciliary (Rs.)	With Domiciliary (Rs.)
Officers (Sum Insured Rs. 4 Lakhs)	29295(110%)*	76516 (144%)*	24400 (75%)*	69808 (123%)*
Award Staff (Sum Insured Rs. 3 Lakhs)	21973(110%)*	57931 (144%)*	18301 (75%)*	52359 (123%)*
*** Above Quotes are exclusive of GST
** The Room Rent has been revised to Rs. 4000 perday
* Premium Increase over Previous Year i.e. 2017-18

Source: http://www.iba.org.in/

Expected DA Bank Employees From May to July 2018

Expected DA

Bank Employees From May to July 2018

Payable for the Year	Payable for the months	Average CPI	No. of slabs	% of pay
2018	Feb March April	6551	527	52.7
2017	November, December 2017 & January 2018	6505	516	51.6
2017	August September October	6353.21	478	47.8
2017	May June July	6261.91	456	45.6
2017	February March April	6315	469	46.9
2016-17	Nov Dec Jan	6353	478	47.8
2016	Aug Sep Oct	6261.9	455	45.5
2016	May June July	6117	420	42
2016	Feb Mar Apr	6147	426	42.6
2015-16	Nov Dec Jan	6033	398	39.8
2015	Aug Sep Oct	5896	364	36.4
2015	May Jun Jul	5790.17	738	110.7
2015	Feb Mar Apr	5774.95	734	110.1
2014-15	Nov Dec Jan	5767	732	109.8
2014	Aug Sept Oct	5569.52	683	102.45
2014	May Jun Jul	5432.56	650	97.5
2014	Feb Mar Apr	5501.04	666	99.9
2013-14	Nov Dec Jan	5402.13	641	96.15
2013	Aug Sept Oct	5211.91	593	88.95
2013	May Jun Jul	5082.57	561	84.15
2013	Feb Mar Apr	4976.05	535	80.25
2012-13	Nov Dec Jan	4877	510	76.5
2012	Aug Sept Oct	4709	468	70.2
2012	May June Jul	4549	428	64.2
2012	Feb Mar Apr	4519	420	63

Dearness Allowance to Bank Employees for the months of May, June and July 2013

Dearness Allowance to Bank Employees for the months of May, June and July 2013

Dearness Allowance for Workmen and Officer Employees in Banks for the months of May, June and July 2013 under IX BPS / Joint Note dated 27/04/2010

Indian Banks’ Association

HR & INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS

No.CIR/HR&IR/76/D/2013-14/7111
2nd May, 2013

All Members of the Association
(Designated Officers)

Dear Sirs,
Dearness Allowance for Workmen and Officer Employees in banks for the months of May, June & July 2013 under IX BPS/Joint Note dt. 27.4.10

The confirmed All India Average Consumer Price Index Numbers for Industrial Workers (Base1960-100) for the quarter ended March 2013 are as follows:

January 2013  -  5044.52
February 2013  -  5090.18
March 2013      -  5113.00

Consequently, dearness allowance to employees is payable for 561 slabs for the period May, June & July 2013 i.e. an increase of 26 slabs over the current level.

In terms of clause 7 of the 9th Bipartite Settlement dated 27.04.2010 and clause 3 of the Joint Note dated 27.04.2010, the rate of dearness allowance payable to workmen and officer employees for the months of May, June & July 2013 shall be 84.15 % of pay’. While arriving at dearness allowance payable, decimals from third place may please be ignored.

We advise banks to pay the difference between the old and revised salary and allowances to officers on an ad hoc basis, pending amendments to Officers’ Service Regulations.

Yours faithfully,
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(Prabir Moulik)
Senior Advisor-HR&IR

Source: www.iba.org.in
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