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...
Insurance probably made a beginning in the ancient land of Babylonia In the 18th century B.C., Babylonian king Hammurabi developed a code of law, known as the Code of Hammurabi, which codified many specific rules governing the practices of early risk-sharing activities. For instance, the code dictated that traders had to repay merchants who financed trading voyages unless thieves stole goods in transit, in which case debts would be cancelled.