Table 1 . Business volume and number of beneficiaries figures for private voluntary health insurance plans in India .
| State |
Gross written premium
(2012–3)* |
% share |
Number of policies issued
(2012-3) |
Number of
beneficiaries |
Population 2011
(census) |
| Maharashtra | 44,916,597,670 | 29.62 | 4,306,735 | 20,672,328 | 112,374,333 |
| Tamil Nadu | 17,825,672,282 | 11.76 | 1,722,694 | 8,268,931 | 72,147,030 |
| Delhi | 16,200,391,355 | 10.68 | 1,579,136 | 7,579,853 | 16,787,941 |
| Karnataka | 13,914,374,185 | 9.18 | 1,363,799 | 6,546,235 | 61,095,297 |
| West Bengal | 10,047,007,232 | 6.63 | 1,004,904 | 4,823,539 | 91,276,115 |
| Gujarat | 8,944,249,149 | 5.90 | 861,347 | 4,134,466 | 60,439,692 |
| Haryana | 7,477,472,123 | 4.93 | 717,789 | 3,445,387 | 25,351,462 |
| Andhra Pradesh | 6,909,153,225 | 4.56 | 646,010 | 3,100,848 | 84,580,777 |
| Kerala | 6,024,207,164 | 3.97 | 574,231 | 2,756,308 | 33,406,061 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 5,325,035,079 | 3.51 | 516,808 | 2,480,678 | 199,812,341 |
Source-Authors creation; Number of beneficiaries is authors approximation, calculated by considering all the policy as ‘family policy’ with average household size (as per census 2011).
*Figure includes group and non-group health insurance premium and policies.