Finance : Section 10(10D) provides exemption only when premium limits are within prescribed thresholds. If premiums exceed these limits, mat...
Finance : The article highlights the need for integrated travel and health insurance to manage both medical emergencies and trip disruptions...
Income Tax : Even where premium limits are exceeded, death benefits continue to be fully exempt. This ensures protection for beneficiaries. The...
Finance : Cyber insurance helps cover financial losses from cyberattacks like hacking and data breaches. It is becoming essential as digital...
Finance : The restoration feature ensures that insurance coverage can be reinstated after a major claim, helping maintain protection for oth...
Corporate Law : IRDAI formed a sub-committee to review private health insurance and improve policyholder experience. The initiative focuses on exp...
Corporate Law : The issue concerns identification of systemically important insurers. The regulator retained the same entities, emphasizing their ...
Corporate Law : IRDAI directs insurers to follow anti-dark pattern guidelines and submit compliance reports. The move strengthens consumer protect...
Corporate Law : The Government clarified that claim rejections are based on policy conditions like exclusions and OPD classification. IRDAI mandat...
Corporate Law : IRDAI is moving towards adopting Ind AS to standardize financial reporting across insurers. The framework aims to improve transpar...
Corporate Law : Supreme Court held that insurers impleaded as parties can raise all grounds, including quantum challenges. It remitted the case fo...
Income Tax : The SC upheld that reinsurance premiums paid to foreign entities are not taxable in India. It confirmed that absence of income acc...
Income Tax : The High Court held that reinsurance premiums paid to non-residents are not taxable in India and no TDS is required. It upheld Tri...
Corporate Law : SC affirmed a fire insurance claim after insurer attempted repudiation based on an arbitrary surveyor's report. Ruling held that o...
Corporate Law : Supreme Court rules pre-2015 life insurance policies were freely transferable, affirming High Court's decision against LIC's refus...
Corporate Law : The notification addressed mandatory reinsurance cession for general insurance policies. It mandates 4% cession to GIC Re, ensurin...
Corporate Law : The issue was the need to address increasing cyber risks in the insurance sector. IRDAI introduced updated guidelines with enhance...
Corporate Law : The circular shifts SLAs from a renewal-based licensing system to a registration regime with annual fees. This ensures continuity ...
Corporate Law : IRDAI constituted a Joint Expert Group to tackle transition and implementation issues under Ind AS. The group will guide insurers ...
Corporate Law : The IRDAI issued a circular providing clarifications on the implementation of Indian Accounting Standards (Ind AS) by insurers eff...
Gurmel Singh Vs Branch Manager National Insurance Co. Ltd. (Supreme Court of India) It is common knowledge that the Insurance Companies deny the genuine & lawful claims of the Insured on technical & flimsy grounds. Be it vehicle loss/accidental claims or health insurance claims or theft/fire claims, the insurance companies design ways/devices/ruse to fizzle out from their […]
Explore the intricacies of insurance business audits with a detailed audit program, covering financial statements, legal obligations, and compliance with Acts and regulations. Learn about premium verification, claims assessment, and commission scrutiny, ensuring a comprehensive understanding of insurance audit areas.
Understanding the tax implications of appreciation in the value of foreign assets held by Insurance Companies due to currency devaluation.
With healthcare expenses going creeping upward every single year, it is understandable that you want only the very best when you buy a health insurance plan in India. This essentially means that you seek value in the policy that you buy for yourself and your loved ones.
Uncover the importance of health insurance in India. Explore the impact of poverty and inequality on access to healthcare and the need for affordable coverage.
Discover the concept of revaluation reserves in insurance companies and the role they play in accounting for changes in asset values.
Explore the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the insurance industry. Discover how this global crisis has reshaped the insurance landscape.
SC held that It is duty of insurance company to communicate details of terms and conditions of insurance policy to the beneficiaries of insurance.
Thanikodi Vs Parameswari (Madras High Court) The learned counsel for the appellant would contend that though the driver of the offending vehicle does not posses driving licence, the insurance company cannot be exonerated from the liability and they have to pay and recover and relied upon the National Insurance Company Limited vs. Swaran Singh & […]
SC Held That (Motor Vehicles Act ,1988) – Third Party Insurance deemed to be transferred along with effective control over vehicle in a Hire Agreement.
