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Notification issued pertaining to base premium for third party insurance for unlimited liability The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, in consultation with the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India, has published Motor Vehicles (Third Party Insurance Base Premium and Liability) Rules, 2022 vide notification dated 25.05.2022. The rules shall come into force on […]
The frequency of the following returns is modified as under: i. HIR-19 return to be submitted annually instead of quarterly ii. HIR-14 to HIR – 17 returns to be submitted annually instead of Half-yearly c. GHIS return (HIR-20) on Information on Government Sponsored Health Insurance Schemes and GHISAR Return (HIR-21) stands dispensed with.
Understanding IRDAI (Investment) (Fifth Amendment) Regulations, 2013 and their impact on insurance companies in India.
As per provisions under Section 101B of Insurance Act, 1938; IRDAI reconstitutes Reinsurance Advisory Committee (RAC) with the Chairman and Members
The main objective of service agreements with motor garages/workshops shall only be providing insurance services for claims of accident vehicles and it cannot arbitrarily expand to include scope of services which are not relevant for insurance claims.
IRDAI has received representations on the rationalization of compliance requirements of Foreign Reinsurance Branches (FRBs) as they are not directly dealing with the retail customers. Further, representations have also been received from the non-life industry to dispense with the Form NL 40 on disclosure of Underwriting performance on their respective websites.
It has been decided to discontinue the filing of monthly solvency returns by the Insurers with immediate effect. However, the insurers whose solvency margin is less than 1.55 as at the end of any quarter, shall continue to report the monthly solvency position until the solvency position is restored to 1.55, by e-mail at finance-nonlife@irdai.gov.in.
These standard products replaced the Standard Fire and Special Perils (SFSP) policy for the named risks and no product other than the standard products was permitted for Fire and allied risks. Needless to add, the pricing of the products shall be commensurate to the risks involved.
IRDAI has been receiving several complaints from policyholders, both directly and through various platforms such as industry associations, that insurers are referring to the Burning Cost as a ‘mandated minimum rate’.
Insurers are not required to submit hard copies of any reports, returns or other documents related to actuarial valuation or reinsurance to IRDAI Head Office. Instead, PDF and Excel copies of the documents are to be sent to the following email IDs:
