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About Covernow

Built by people who know why insurance fails — and how to fix it.

The team at Covernow has sat at every seat at the table — insurer, reinsurer, broker, technology platform. We have seen the same failure repeat itself across decades: insurance products designed for the top of the pyramid, sold by channels that cannot reach the bottom, priced in a way that excludes the very people who need it most.

We built Covernow to break that pattern. As an IRDAI-licensed broker operating on a purely B2B embedded model, our distribution cost is a fraction of retail. Our product design starts with the end customer, not the insurer's product shelf. And our technology makes insurance invisible — embedded at the moment of borrowing, not sold as a separate, reluctant decision.

We are passionate about the 400 million uninsured. Not as a market opportunity alone — but as a moral imperative. India's financial inclusion story is incomplete without insurance. We intend to write the next chapter.

The Opportunity

A ₹5000 Crore market, growing at 11% a year.

India's microinsurance and underserved-customer segment is the fastest-growing part of an industry that's barely scratched the surface of its potential.

Market size 2025
$0M
≈ ₹5000+ Crore underserved insurance market
Projected by 2034
0Crore
More than 3× growth in under a decade
CAGR
0%
Compound annual growth rate (2025–2034)
Industry GWP
0L Cr
India's total FY25 insurance premium (IRDAI)
The Protection Gap
~0%
of India's population lacks robust insurance coverage.

India is the world's 10th largest insurance market — yet penetration sits at just 3.7% of GDP (Life: 2.7%, Non-Life: 1.0%). About 600 million Indians have no health insurance at all.

The Missing Middle
4050 Cr
Indians too rich for govt subsidies, too poor for private insurance.

This segment — about 30–40% of India's population — bears the highest risk of "Catastrophic Health Expenditure" pushing them back into poverty. Per NITI Aayog, this is one of the highest protection gaps in Asia.

Market Sizing

TAM. SAM. SOM.
Where Covernow plays.

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Total Addressable
40–50 Cr
The Missing Middle

Individuals not poor enough for government schemes like PMJAY (which covers the bottom 50%) but unable to afford private insurance. About 30–40% of India's population.

Highest risk of Catastrophic Health Expenditure
Rely entirely on out-of-pocket spending
S
Serviceable Available
25–30 Cr
Connected & Reachable

The portion of the TAM reachable through existing digital and financial infrastructure (DPI) — Jan Dhan accounts, UPI, smartphones, and partner channels.

66%+ Jan Dhan accounts linked to accident insurance
Reached via MFIs, gig platforms, payment apps
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Serviceable Obtainable
₹5000 Crore
Live Today · 11% growth

Current realized revenue from inclusive and micro-insurance products. Actively converting at 1% growth per year — and accelerating.

Crop & cattle dominate rural SOM
Sachet (bite-sized) health/accident fastest in urban
The Access Gap

Who is left out today.

Behind every market statistic is a family one hospitalisation away from financial ruin, a borrower unable to repay after losing an earner, a farmer wiped out by a flood. These are the people we exist for.

0M
Indians without health insurance
No coverage whatsoever. One hospitalisation can erase years of savings.
0
Per-capita life insurance spend
Approx ₹6,000 — compared to the global average.
0–10%
Rural life insurance penetration
In rural India, only 8–10% of households have any form of life insurance.
1.0%
Non-life insurance / GDP
Critically low — almost no assets in the underserved sector are insured against climate or accident.
3.7%
Total insurance penetration
Life 2.7% + Non-Life 1.0% combined (IRDAI / PIB).
10th
India's global insurance ranking
Among the world's largest markets by GWP — yet the protection gap remains enormous.

Sources: IMARC Group · IRDAI Annual Report · NITI Aayog · India InsurTech Association · PIB

Our Mission

"Making insurance simple, accessible and affordable — one underserved community at a time."

Our Foundation

Built on deep expertise.

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Years of combined experience across insurers, reinsurers, brokers, platforms and regulatory bodies — the full value chain of Indian insurance
B2B2C
Only model we believe in
IRDAI
Licensed & regulated
0Million Policies Sold
Policies Sold
MFI+NBFC
Anchor partnerships
Three Pillars

Product. Technology. Partnership.

Product

Purposeful insurance designed from the customer up. Affordable premiums, simple benefit structures, and claims processes designed for first-time claimants.

Technology

API-first infrastructure that scales without hiring. Partner integrations in days, real-time dashboards, and embedded issuance at every customer touchpoint.

Partnership

Deep MFI & NBFC distribution built on trust. We invest in relationships first — co-designing products with partners who share our mission for the underserved.

Want to write the next chapter with us?

Whether you're a partner, an insurer, or just curious — we'd love to talk.