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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 […]
Insurance regulator IRDA is not in favour of allowing initial public offers (IPOs) by life insurers who have been in business for less than ten years, a condition holding up the IPO guidelines for the sector. The companies who have been operational f
Life insurance policy holders may not be required to keep paper records of their policies once the plan for digitalisation of the sector that is being worked on by the Life Insurance Council is approved by the regulator IRDA.
The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (Irda) has suspended sale of universal life policies, which were being promoted as an alternative to unit-linked insurance plans, from October 23. Sales have been suspended until the final guideline
After the initial hesitation, some of the private sector life insurance companies are launching unit-linked pension plans, but only with a single premium option. While ICICI Prudential has recently launched its single premium unit-linked pension plan
