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Circular No. IRDA/ACT/CIR/MISC/154/09/2010, dated 9-9-2010 1. Objective and target group: The proposed standard product is aimed to provide a comprehensive package of insurance covers relevant to persons belonging to economically weaker sections in rural and urban areas. The standard product is also aimed to be the primary instrument for fulfilment of the rural and social […]
Circular No. IRDA/IT/ORD/MIS/152/09/2010, dated 3-9-2010 The Authority is in the process of developing the new Integrated Grievance Management System (IGMS) which will not only facilitate the policyholder to register/track their complaint online with insurance companies but also facilitate IRDA for monitoring the grievance redressal procedure established in the insurance industry. The system involves mirroring of […]
The Authority had occasion to consider a representation filed by the Indian Insurance Institute for Surveyors and Loss Assessors which raised various issues. On a consideration of the matter, the Authority issued a letter dated August 5, 2010 which has been posted on the IRDA website.
The new rules of the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (Irda) take effect from September 1. Ulips, which contributed 80 per cent of the total premium collected by private companies, will see a dramatic change. Irda has capped the difference between net and gross yields during the policy term. Insurers will have to offer a minimum prescribed return even if a policyholder withdraws from the fund before maturity. For the fifth year, the cap is fixed at four per cent.
The Authority is in receipt of complaints from policyholders relating to agency identification and servicing, especially when they have approached insurers directly and are serviced through an agency allotted by the insurer. In particular, there are complaints that there are instances of agency codes that are dummy, with the agent being non-existent.
During the inspection of several broker and insurers, it was found that audit trial of many transactions with regard to reinsurance placements and coinsurance was very difficult to track. The trial started going cold after the money reaches the broker and cash flows to and from the reinsurer were not available for monitoring, either with the broker or the insurer. In this context, it is becoming difficult to verify the genuineness of the placements.
Insurance regulator IRDA has slapped a fine of Rs 20 lakh on Bharti Enterprises promoted life and non-life insurance ventures for not informing changes in ownership pattern. Both Bharti Axa Life Insurance Company and Bharti Axa General Insurance Company has been asked to pay a penalty of Rs 10 lakh each.
Medical insurance policies offered by different insurers to policyholders are contracts of reimbursement. However, several policies under these contracts offer a cashless facility as a facility of convenience in their Preferred Provider Network (PPN) of hospitals. This PPN is dynamic and subject to change from time to time. With effect from July 1, 2010, the four public sector general insurers have withdrawn the cashless facility to certain hospitals that were previously in the PPN at Mumbai, Delhi, Chennai and Bengaluru.
The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (IRDA) told insurance companies to abstain form doing business with 884 corporate agents who had not registered their PAN (permanent account number) with the agency licensing web portal.
The regulator, IRDA has no plans to cap charges on traditional products and also assures on approving new ULIPS on time. The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (IRDA) has said it has no plans to cap the charges levied by life insurance companies on traditional products. The regulator also assured it would approve new unit-linked insurance plans (Ulips) on time so that insurers could sell them from September 1 onwards.
