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The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (IRDA) has informed that at present some of the insurance companies resort to online sale of insurance products through their websites/portals in addition to sale through the conventional distribution channels. However there is no proposal from any insurer for sale of their entire policies on online mode.
Insurance regulator IRDA on Thursday came out with guidelines (Given Below) allowing life insurance companies, which have been in business for over 10 years, to raise funds from the public through IPOs. The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (IRDA), however, will decide the size of the public issue, it said in a notification. As per the guidelines, promoters of the insurance companies will also be allowed to offload their stake in the company.
IRDA/CAD/ GDL/AGN/016/ 02/2011, dated 11-2- 2011 regarding ‘Guidelines for Individual Agents for Persistency of Life Insurance Policies’. In partial modification to Clause III (e) of the said guidelines, it is clarified that the requirement of Insurers to endorse the record referred to in the said clause is now dispensed with. It may, however be noted that maintenance of records of policies sold and their persistency on a year to year basis needs to be complied by all agents and life insurers as stipulated. Circular no. IRDA/Life/CIR/AGN/257/11/2011, Date 25-11-2011
The Authority proposes to issue the Regulations on Bancassurance Agents to be called as IRDA (Licensing of Bancassurance Agents) Regulations, 2011. Accordingly, the Authority has prepared the Draft Regulations for the same. In this regard, comments/suggestions of all stake holders on the Exposure Draft are invited.
The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority has introduced a mobile application that enables one to compare insurance products and premium rates. The application currently lets users of mobile phones/devices with internet connectivity check and compare features of Unit Linked Insurance Policies (ULIPs) introduced on or after 1st September, 2010.
1. Web aggregator shall display the particulars of validity of approval obtained from the Authority on its web site. 2. Web aggregator shall state clearly and unequivocally that insurance is the subject matter of solicitation. 3. At no point of time of its functioning, a web aggregator shall have net worth below rupees ten lakhs. 4. At no point of time of its functioning, a web aggregator shall have referral arrangement with any Insurer or act as an insurance broker, corporate agent, microinsurance agent, TPA, Surveyor or a loss assessor.
Pension products offered by life insurance companies have a special role to play in promoting and protecting the social security by provision of stable and adequate retirement income. The regulatory framework for pension business of life insurance industry should take into consideration the long-term risks inherent in the pension products. The need for greater security of the pensioner’s fund and the stability and financial viability of the insurance companies need to be balanced for healthy growth of the sector. Authority issues following instructions under section 14 of IRDA Act to achieve the above stated objectives.
Many representations have been made by the insurers to allow a higher revival period to enable the policyholder to revive at a later stage and requests were also made to allow the insurer to levy fund management charge for managing the discontinued linked fund. In consultation with the industry, the Authority, in exercise of powers vested under Regulation 11 of IRDA (Treatment of Discontinued Linked Insurance Policies) Regulations, 2010, the following guidelines/clarifications are issued. These guidelines/clarifications shall be effective from 1st November, 2011. For the purpose of the said Regulation:
With a view to ensuring that premiums are paid out of clearly identifiable sources of funds, it has been decided to permit premium/proposal deposits remittances in cash beyond Rs. 50000/- per transaction subject to the customer quoting PAN. Insurers shall verify the authenticity of the details of PAN so obtained.In case of customers not required to have PAN orwith only agricultural income, Form 60/61 prescribed under the provisions of Income Tax Rules shall be obtained. From the perspective of AML/CFT guidelines, it becomes imperative to obtain the details of PAN of the person/entity funding the premium/proposal deposit on an insurance policy.
The current contractual obligation imposing the condition that the claims shall be intimated to the insurer with prescribed documents within a specified number of days is necessary for insurers for effecting various post claim activities like investigation, loss assessment, provisioning, claim settlement etc. However, this condition should not prevent settlement of genuine claims, particularly when there is delay in intimation or in submission of documents due t0 unavoidable circumstances. The insurers’ decision to reject a claim shall be based on sound logic and valid grounds. It may be noted that such limitation clause does not work in isolation and is not absolute. One needs to see the merits and good spirit of the clause, without compromising on bad claims. Rejection of claims on purely technical grounds in a mechanical fashion will result in policyholders losing confidence in the insurance industry, giving rise to excessive litigation.
