Finance : Electric two-wheelers are becoming a more visible part of everyday mobility in India. As the EV market grows, riders are also begi...
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...
Corporate Law : IRDAI approved in-principle drafting and publication of new and amended regulations following the Sabka Bima, Sabki Raksha (Amendm...
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 : 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 Authority found that core survey functions were carried out by unlicensed personnel. It held that such outsourcing violated re...
Corporate Law : The regulator cancelled a surveyor’s licence after finding false records, mismatched filings, and inaccurate disclosures. The ru...
Corporate Law : The case involved submission of a forged diploma for obtaining and renewing a licence. The Authority held that continued reliance ...
Corporate Law : IRDAI delegates Section 34 powers between Whole Time Members and Chairperson. The move aims to streamline enforcement actions and ...
Corporate Law : The notification addressed mandatory reinsurance cession for general insurance policies. It mandates 4% cession to GIC Re, ensurin...
With monsoon touching almost all parts of the nation, it is bringing the much-needed relief from the summer heat. Monsoon is not only relief from the hot drenching summers but has its share of problems. One such issue that is common across all urban jungles is waterlogging. Clogging of waste and dirt that does not […]
Buying health insurance is often procrastinated by young and healthy individuals. The primary reason being, while you are young and healthy, no illness can affect you. But, this is not the truth. A health ailment can strike at an inopportune time and has severe financial consequences along with mental stress; sometimes as severe as leaving […]
Life insurance is indeed a matter of life and death. As an investor, you must place your trust in the hands of an insurance company to take care of your loved ones when you are gone. The insurer you choose should be reliable and stable enough that you can commit to them for a long-term […]
Insurance is playing a vital role in our life now days. After this COVID-19 pandemic, we have realized the importance of insurance and government has also provided various facilities to general public to secure their lives and properties from various types of risks. Through insurance we shall reduce the impact of risk insured. The risk may […]
Q. How to choose a better health insurance policy? 1. Which plan to choose? Floater Plan (aka Family Plan) Or Individual Plan The difference between the two is that Floater Plan gives one coverage amount for the whole family whereas in Individual Plan every person will get his own coverage amount. Q. When one should […]
With the tail end of the summer, we can expect the monsoon to arrive anytime in India. Monsoon is not only relief from the hot drenching summers but has its share of problems. The most common one that is witnessed in the urbanised jungles is waterlogging. With waterlogging, it brings up other issues like mud […]
Buy a policy which covers your accident insurance and hospitalisation at cost of an accident insurance You are really lucky if you don’t have to travel by rail or road for work. Besides escaping the daily grind of traveling in over-crowded trains and buses, you are also escaping the risk of meeting an accident or […]
Max Life Insurance Company Ltd. Vs DCIT (ITAT Delhi) The issue under consideration is whether assessee is liable for exemption u/s 10(34) of the Act without disallowing any expenditure under section 14A? ITAT noted that this issue is duly covered by decision of Mumbai Bench of this Tribunal in case of ICICI Prudential Insurance Co. […]
Today, most of us get a health insurance plan through our employers. However, individual health insurance is the best way to get insurance coverage if you aren’t eligible for employer-sponsored health insurance plans or if the coverage of your employer’s plan is limited. As per a recent survey, today’s millennial generation has the highest rate of uninsured individuals, […]
As the lockdown has been further extended up to 17th May 2020, keeping in view the difficulty faced by some policyholders to renew the policies in time, the Authority has now allowed extended grace period up to 31st May 2020 for all policies where premium was due in the month of March 2020.
