Founded in: 2016
Managing director: Jasleen Kohli
Go Digit General Insurance Limited was incorporated as Oben General Insurance Limited at Pune, Maharashtra on December 7, 2016 by the Registrar of Companies. The Company received certificate of registration from Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) on September 20, 2017. Subsequently, name of the Company was changed to Go Digit General Insurance Limited, and a fresh Certificate of Incorporation was issued by the RoC on June 12, 2017. The Company is a subsidiary of Go Digit Infoworks Services Private Limited (GDISPL).The Company is one of the leading digital full stack insurance companies leveraging its technology with an innovative approach to product design, distribution and customer experience for nonlife insurance products. It distribute products through a diversified, primarily partnershipbased model across a variety of channels. It offer motor insurance, health insurance, travel insurance, property insurance, marine insurance, liability insurance and other insurance products, to meet customers needs. The technology platform supports product design by enabling the incorporation of a modular product architecture and provides the backbone in application program interfaces (API), applications, portals and website conveniently. It is one of the first nonlife insurers in India with complete operations on cloud and has developed application programming interface (API) integrations with several channel partners. Besides this, it utilize artificial intelligence and machine learning to increase automated processing in applications and claims.The Company was the first insurers in India to offer customizable insurance for flights delayed for at least 60 minutes, coverage period and payment schedule, group illness insurance covering COVID19 hospitalization costs. It also introduced 100% automated travel insurance and provided 90 minutes flight delay cover. The Company was incorporated to undertake General Insurance business with registration number 158 and subsequently commenced operations in October 2017. Since the start of insurance operations, it launched different products, of which 56 were active as of March 31, 2022. It offered travel insurance, including flight delay and cancellation protection, as well as coverage for baggage losses. Approved by the IRDAI in March 2018, it developed an unbundled mobile insurance offering to purchase coverage for specific issues with their mobile device while avoiding the need to pay for more expensive coverage options.The Company made an Initial Public Offer by issuing 9,61,26,686 Equity Shares of face value of Rs 10 each by raising funds aggregating to Rs 2615 Crores comprising a Fresh Issue of 4,13,60,294 Equity Shares aggregating to Rs 1125 Crore and 54,766,392 Equity Shares aggregating to Rs. 1490 Crores through Offer for Sale in May, 2024. ..
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