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...
It is clarified that where the ‘applicant’ as defined under Regulation 2(b) of the IRDAI (Registration and Operations of Branch Offices of Foreign Reinsurers other than Lloyd’s) Regulations, 2015 falls within a group, no other entity of that group shall be eligible to apply for Certificate of Registration to act as Foreign Reinsurance Branch in India.
Taking into consideration the dynamics of the insurance industry, the IRDAI (Health Insurance) Regulations, 2016 are comprehensively reviewed in order to examine the scope for allowing operational freedom to both insurers and TPAs while protecting the interests of policyholders. The extant regulations are also reviewed from the perspective of allowing further facilitations to the Insurers and the TPAs.
As per Regulations 11(1)(f) of IRDAI (Insurance Surveyors and Loss Assessors) Regulations, 2015, one of the functions of the Committee is to discharge any other function entrusted by the Authority from time to time. Accordingly, the committee is entrusted to review AOA of IIISLA. The detailed terms of reference are as follows:
IRDAI (Surety Insurance Contracts) Guidelines, 2022 shall be applicable to all Insurers registered under the Insurance Act, 1938, to transact the business of general insurance and Surety Insurance, subject to compliance with eligibility criteria as set out in these guidelines.
Clarification on meaning of the term ‘Capital Employed’ mentioned under the Item, Retention (Each and Every Claim), of the Policy form under Section III of the abovementioned Guidelines. The Authority hereby issues clarification that the term ‘Capital Employed’ refers to the Paid up capital of the entity.
The percentage cession of the sum insured on each General Insurance Policy to be reinsured with the Indian Re-insurer(s) shall be 4% (four percent) in respect of insurance attaching during the financial year beginning from 1st April, 2022 to 31st March, 2023, except the terrorism premium and premium ceded to Nuclear pool, wherein it would be made ‘NIL’. The entire Obligatory Cession is to be placed with General Insurance Corporation of India (GIC Re) only.
Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India had set up a working group to make recommendations on Loss Prevention and Minimisation in the general insurance industry
IRDAI proposed amendment to IRDAI (Obligations of an Insurer in respect of Motor Third Party Insurance Business) Regulations, 2015 vide DRAFT IRDAI (Obligations of an Insurer in respect of Motor Third Party Insurance Business) Regulations, 2022. ***** Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India Ref. No: NON-LIFE Date: 05-01-2022 DRAFT IRDAI (Obligations of an Insurer […]
The Guidelines cover the remuneration of Non-Executive Directors, CEOs /WTDs /MDs of private sector insurers including the format in which remuneration details are required to be submitted to the Authority.
IRDAI clarified that all health insurance policies issued by all general and health insurance companies that cover treatment costs of Covid-19 also cover the costs of treatment towards Omicron variant of Covid-19 as per terms and conditions of policy contract.
