There are two scenarios — checking the insurance status of your vehicle or you might want to know the accident history of the vehicle which caused the accident. Let’s review both situations.
In case you have met with an unfortunate accident, and you are not aware of the insurance details of the vehicle which caused the accident, you can find the information like history of the accident vehicle, vehicle registration number, etc. This can be easily found through the Insurance Information Bureau (IIB). The IIB maintains records of vehicles from 1 April 2010 in digital format.
Through this web portal, you can find a car insurance status check in India. Below are the steps you must follow to check your car or bike insurance status online:
- Step 1: Keep all the details required such as name, location of the accident (if known), date of the accident, mobile number, email ID, vehicle registration number and the address.
- Step 2: Log in to the IIB web portal and enter all the required information in the mandatory fields.
- Step 3: If you are unable to get the insurance details with the vehicle registration number, you can search with details such as vehicle engine number or chassis number.
Search Guidelines:
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When you use the IIB web portal to check the status of the vehicle insurance online, ensure you follow the below guidelines:
- Ensure to enter the vehicle registration number without any special characters e.g. KA01MC5656. Also, the registration number is mandatory.
- Upon submission of the policy details to the Data Repository, it takes two months before the information is available on the IIB web portal. So, there is a possibility of vehicles details not appearing on the database.
- Insurers submit only the vehicle chassis and engine number in case of a new vehicle.
- The data is based on details submitted by the insurer and is available for data from 1 April 2010.
- In case details are not available, you may visit the concerned Regional Transport Office (RTO) for the details of the owner, address, etc.
- A maximum of 3 searches is allowed for a particular mobile number or email address.
How to Check Car Insurance Status Online:
The process to check car insurance status is simple and easy to follow. Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) has launched the insurance data repository, Insurance Information Bureau (IIB). IIB is a web portal to facilitate tracking of insurance policy information of motor vehicles. Below are the steps to check car insurance status online:
- Step 1: Visit the web-portal of IIB.
- Step 2: Enter the required details such as name, email ID or mobile number, address, car registration number, accident date and the security ‘Captcha’ code.
- Step 3: Click on submit.
- Step 4: The associated insurance policy details of the car will appear; however, if it is not available, then the previous policy details will appear.
- Step 5: If you are unable to retrieve any information through the above method, then you can search through the engine and chassis number of the car.