Corporate Law : IRDAI's Bima Vahak initiative aims to expand insurance reach in rural areas. It introduces a women-centric distribution channel fo...
Corporate Law : Overview of IRDAI's 2024 Corporate Governance Regulations for Insurers, covering board composition, committee structures, KMP appo...
Corporate Law : Learn about Bima-ASBA, IRDAI's new facility for insurance premium payments. This mechanism blocks funds in a prospect's account vi...
Corporate Law : Summarizing IRDAI's 2024 regulations on insurance advertising, this text covers definitions, mandatory disclosures, prohibitions, ...
Corporate Law : Learn about IMF Registration for private limited companies, its process, requirements, and benefits. Expand into insurance marketi...
Corporate Law : IRDAI approved in-principle drafting and publication of new and amended regulations following the Sabka Bima, Sabki Raksha (Amendm...
Corporate Law : IRDAI approved drafting regulations for implementing a Risk Based Capital framework to strengthen solvency assessment and align In...
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 : Every claim made against an insurance company in respect of a loss, would be a claim within purview of claims “requiring to be p...
Corporate Law : The Supreme Court held recently held in the case of Pushpa @ Leela & Ors. Versus Shakuntala & Ors that the insurance co...
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...
Section 40A of the Insurance Act, 1938 (‘the Act’) lays down the permissible limits for payment of commission or remuneration, in any form, in respect to any policy of life insurance issued in India by an insurer and effected through an insurance agent, in various lines/segments of life insurance business. The proviso to the said section permits life insurers, in the first ten years of business, to pay forty per cent of the first year’s premium payable on the policy, towards commission.
Insurance regulator IRDA today gave a clean chit to Life Insurance Corporation of India, the largest insurance company in India, in the case of alleged violation of rules pertaining to transfer of profits among its various schemes.
Insurance: Anti-Money Laundering/Counter-Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT) Guidelines CIRCULAR NO. IRDA/F&I/CIR/AML/180/11/2010, DATED 12-11-2010 The Authority has reviewed the AML/CFT guidelines to align certain stipulations with that of the 40+9 Recommendations of the Financial Action Task Force (FTAF). Accordingly, the following additional stipulations/clarifications are issued for compliance. Sl. No. Clause Ref. in Master Circular 2010 on AML/CFT […]
Insurance regulator IRDA has imposed a fine of Rs 10 lakh on Anil Ambani Group company Reliance Life Insurance Company for violating the norms. The company was directed to pay a penalty of Rs 10 lakh and was asked to adhere strictly to the guidelines
CIRCULAR NO. IRDA/LIFE/CIR/REF/179/11/2010, DATED 11-11-2010 Please refer IRDA (Sharing of Database for Distribution of Insurance Products) Regulations, 2010 (hereinafter referred as “Regulations”) notified by IRDA on 1st July, 2010. The process of seeking grant of approval of Referral Company is stipulated in Regulation 3 of Chapter II of the Regulations. In order to streamline the […]
All Insurers are increasingly using outsourcing, as a means of both reducing cost and accessing specialist expertise, not available internally and achieving strategic aims. ‘Outsourcing’ may be defined as Insurer’s use of a third party (either an af
CIRCULAR NO. IRDA/ACTL/ULIP/124(2)/10/2010, DATED 27-10-2010 This has reference to the following circulars & regulation issued by the Authority: 1. IRDA/ACT/CIR/ULIP/102/06/2010, dated June 28, 2010 2. IRDA/Actl/Cir/ULIP/124/08/2010, dated 4th August, 2010 3. IRDA (Treatment of discontinued Linked Insurance Policies) Regulations, 2010. In the life insurance industry, group linked products could be broadly categorised into two, viz., fund-based […]
CIRCULAR NO. IRDA/F&I/CIR/CMP/174/11/2010, DATED 4-11-2010 It has been noticed by the Authority that the quantum of the amount lying unclaimed by the policyholders/insureds is accumulating on year on year basis. The unclaimed amounts of the policyholders/insureds may be on the following account : a. claims settled but not paid to the policyholders/insureds due to any […]
Circular No. IRDA/ACT/CIR/VIP/171/10/2010, dated 21-10-2010 Enclosed are the draft guidelines on Variable Insurance Products. Insurers are requested to send their comments on these guidelines on or before October 31,2010 so that the Authority can issue final guidelines on or before November, 4, 2010. A separate circular is being sent to all insurers where current Universal […]
Expenses of Management (EOM) under section 40C of the Insurance Act, 1938 read with Rule 17E of the Insurance Rules 1939 Circular No. IRDA/F&I/CIR/EMT/169/10/2010, dated 22-10-2010 A detailed review of the various elements of the ‘Expenses of Management’ (EOM) reckoned by non-life insurers for compliance with section 40C of the Insurance Act, 1938 read with […]
