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Insurance (Amendment) Act, 2021 raises limit of foreign investment in Indian insurance companies from the existing 49 per cent to 74 per cent. No Government provided that these provisions will be effective from 1st day of April, 2021 . MINISTRY OF FINANCE (Department of Financial Services) NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 31st March, 2021 S.O. 1426(E).—In […]
(1) This Act may be called the Insurance (Amendment) Act, 2021. (2) It shall come into force on such date as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint.
his has reference to IRDAI circular Ref: IRDA/NL/CIR/MISC/237/09/2020 dated 10th September 2020 on the above subject. The exemptions granted for issuance of electronic policies as well as dispensing with physical document and wet signature have been extended upto the period 30/09/2021.
All Insurers are hereby directed to register their templates of the messages with their respective telecom service providers in controlling unsolicited calls including fraudulent calls and massages from Insurers to the Policyholders.
In partial modification of Clause 5 of Guidelines on introduction of short term health insurance policies providing coverage for COVID-19 specific diseases of Circular no: IRDAI/HLT/REG/CIR/156/06/2020 dated 23.06.2020 all insurers are permitted to offer and renew short term Covid specific health policies up to 30.9.2021.
IRDAI permitted all general and health insurance companies to offer short term Covid specific health insurance policies vide circular ref. no: IRDAI/HLT/REG/CIR/156/06/2020 dated 23.06.2020 till 31st March, 2021.
Life Insurers are allowed to obtain the customer’s consent through electronic means, i.e., without requiring wet signature on the proposal form, for the business solicited by Individual Agents and Insurance Intermediaries, under all products, till 30th September 2021.
Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India Ref: IRDAI/HLT/REG/CIR/058/03/2021 23rd March,2021. To All General and Standalone Health Insurers Re: Modification of Guidelines on Standard Personal Accident Insurance product 1. Reference is drawn to Annexure-1 (Policy terms and conditions of the product) of Guidelines on Standard Personal Accident Insurance product issued vide Circular Ref No: IRDA/HLT/GDL/MISC/036/02/2021 […]
The desirability of adopting total digital means of doing business in the interests of policyholders and other stakeholders exemption is allowed for six months more by Competent Authority under Proviso to Regulation 4(iii) of the Referred Regulations, from the requirement to issue policy document, copy of proposal form in physical form. The exemption is subject to
It is essential that all insurers establish procedures to let policyholders get clear and transparent communication at various stages of claim processing. As specified in the within referred circular dated 10.4.2019, all the insurers shall ensure putting in place systems to enable policyholders track the status of cashless requests/ claims filed with the Insurer/TPA through the Website/Portal/App or any other authorized electronic means on an ongoing basis.
