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 : Understanding the framework for export of goods and services in India, covering roles of DGFT, RBI, banks, and exporters under FEM...
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 : IRDAI is moving towards adopting Ind AS to standardize financial reporting across insurers. The framework aims to improve transpar...
Corporate Law : Stakeholders sought deferment or phased implementation of Ind AS. IRDAI mandated adoption from April 2026 with limited forbearance...
Company Law : Vinay Jaidka Vs Chief Secretary (Delhi High Court) Abhishek Nanda, ld. Counsel who appears for the Insurance Regulatory and Develo...
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...
Income Tax : Having regard to the agreement entered into inter se between the hospital and the TPA for payment of money to the hospital, it can...
Income Tax : Srivatsan Surveyors Pvt. Ltd. ('Appellant') is engaged in the business of licensed surveyors and loss assessors under the Insuranc...
Corporate Law : The notification addressed mandatory reinsurance cession for general insurance policies. It mandates 4% cession to GIC Re, ensurin...
Corporate Law : The issue was the need to address increasing cyber risks in the insurance sector. IRDAI introduced updated guidelines with enhance...
Corporate Law : The circular shifts SLAs from a renewal-based licensing system to a registration regime with annual fees. This ensures continuity ...
Corporate Law : IRDAI constituted a Joint Expert Group to tackle transition and implementation issues under Ind AS. The group will guide insurers ...
Corporate Law : The IRDAI issued a circular providing clarifications on the implementation of Indian Accounting Standards (Ind AS) by insurers eff...
Insurers were cautioned that non-compliance of awards passed by Insurance Ombudsman within the prescribed timelines would be viewed very seriously.
Deinon, by acting in the capacity of insurance intermediary by offering and transacting such services, without having a registration from the Authority is in violation section 42D(8) of the Act.
Notification issued pertaining to base premium for third party insurance for unlimited liability The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, in consultation with the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India, has published Motor Vehicles (Third Party Insurance Base Premium and Liability) Rules, 2022 vide notification dated 25.05.2022. The rules shall come into force on […]
The frequency of the following returns is modified as under: i. HIR-19 return to be submitted annually instead of quarterly ii. HIR-14 to HIR – 17 returns to be submitted annually instead of Half-yearly c. GHIS return (HIR-20) on Information on Government Sponsored Health Insurance Schemes and GHISAR Return (HIR-21) stands dispensed with.
Understanding IRDAI (Investment) (Fifth Amendment) Regulations, 2013 and their impact on insurance companies in India.
As per provisions under Section 101B of Insurance Act, 1938; IRDAI reconstitutes Reinsurance Advisory Committee (RAC) with the Chairman and Members
The main objective of service agreements with motor garages/workshops shall only be providing insurance services for claims of accident vehicles and it cannot arbitrarily expand to include scope of services which are not relevant for insurance claims.
IRDAI has received representations on the rationalization of compliance requirements of Foreign Reinsurance Branches (FRBs) as they are not directly dealing with the retail customers. Further, representations have also been received from the non-life industry to dispense with the Form NL 40 on disclosure of Underwriting performance on their respective websites.
It has been decided to discontinue the filing of monthly solvency returns by the Insurers with immediate effect. However, the insurers whose solvency margin is less than 1.55 as at the end of any quarter, shall continue to report the monthly solvency position until the solvency position is restored to 1.55, by e-mail at finance-nonlife@irdai.gov.in.
These standard products replaced the Standard Fire and Special Perils (SFSP) policy for the named risks and no product other than the standard products was permitted for Fire and allied risks. Needless to add, the pricing of the products shall be commensurate to the risks involved.
