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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 ...
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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 ...
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Guidelines on NAV Process -Note: In supersession of earlier provisions issued vide Circular No. 24/IRDA/ACTL/2009-10, Dt. 5th Aug, 2009 with respect to calculation of NAV, the NAV shall, henceforth, be computed without appropriation/expropriation price as required under the said Circular under Unit Pricing Methodology. The same shall be applicable for all existing policies effective from the date immediately following the date of issue of this Circular.
Insurance regulator IRDA today made it mandatory for insurers to seek prior approval in case of stake transfer to domestic entities or financial institutions and set guidelines for seeking approval. As per a IRDA circular, the regulator will carry out the requisite due diligence of the proposed transferee or shareholder prior to grant of approval for registration of transfer of shares under the provisions of section 6A(4) of the Insurance Act, 1938 and for issue of shares to the proposed transferee or shareholder.
CEOs of all Non-life Insurers and Reinsurers ALM being the critical area of managing the finances of the insurers, Authority vide its Circular No: IRDA/ACT/CIR/MISC/081/05/2010, May 13, 2010, has mandated all the non-life insurers to provide the details of ALM activities undertaken by them Section-11 on ‘Investments and ALM’ of Financial Condition Report (FCR).
As Asset Liability Management and Stress testing plays a vital role in the sound management of the insurance business, the Authority prescribes the following additional guideline to the existing framework which is already prescribed in the Appointed Actuary’s Annual Report (AAAR) and Actuarial Report and Abstract. The guidelines shall be applicable to all life insurers and shall come into effect from September 30, 2011.
all the pension products offered shall comply with the following objectives. A pension product (deferred annuity contract) shall have an assured benefit disclosed at the time of sale, where the assured benefit is an amount in absolute terms which becomes payable on the vesting date.
Provisions shall include expenses for brokerage and transaction cost, NPA, Fund Management Charges (FMC) and any other charges approved by the Authority.
The Authority intends to modify the Circular No.031/IRDA/TPA/05, dated 16th December, 2005. Accordingly, the Authority has prepared the Exposure Draft. In this regard, comments/suggestions of all stakeholders on the Exposure Draft are invited. The comments/suggestions on the said draft may be forwarded at meena@irda.gov.in within 10 days.
Please refer to Circular 40/NL/IRDA/08-09, dated 3rd March, 2009 wherein, the Authority has mandated all non-life Insurance Companies to submit quarterly and yearly business information. In view of the changing industry scenario and to make the information analysis more meaningful, the Authority has decided to replace the existing formats with the new ones as provided below:
Attention is drawn to clause 3.2 of the Master Circular 2010 on AML/CFT guidelines wherein Reporting obligations under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, and the Rules framed thereunder are stipulated to the insurance companies.
CIRCULAR NO. IRDA/F&I/CIR/AML/151/07/2011, DATED 5-7-2011 PREVENTION OF MONEY LAUNDERING (MAINTENANCE OF RECORDS OF THE NATURE AND VALUE OF TRANSACTIONS, THE PROCEDURE AND MANNER OF MAINTAINING AND TIME FOR FURNISHING INFORMATION AND VERIFICATION AND MAINTENANCE OF RECORDS OF THE IDENTITY OF THE CLIENTS OF THE BANKING COMPANIES, FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS AND INTERMEDIARIES) THIRD AMENDMENT RULES, 2010
