BSNL introduces free insurance for customers

New Delhi, Jan 14: Public sector telecom major Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) today said it will provide free insurance cover of about Rs 50,000 to its four crore subscriber base.

''We plan to provide a cover of about Rs 50,000 to each of our subscribers in case they were to suffer permanent total disability or accidental death,'' company CMD Goyal told reporters here. BSNL, which will pay the premium to Bajaj Allianz Life Insurance, plans to provide this facility to its landline subscribers and in later will extend it to mobile subscribers too. 'Free-Accident Insurance Cover' will prevent the existing customers from surrendering their connections, besides help the company to expand its subscriber base by adding new users, Mr Goyal said.

UNI