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Company Law : Vinay Jaidka Vs Chief Secretary (Delhi High Court) Abhishek Nanda, ld. Counsel who appears for the Insurance Regulatory and Develo...
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Corporate Law : The Supreme Court held recently held in the case of Pushpa @ Leela & Ors. Versus Shakuntala & Ors that the insurance co...
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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...
IRDAI examined the requirement to obtain LEI by its regulated entities and the entities dealing with the regulated entities and notifies who needs to obtain this. Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India Circular Ref. No: IRDAI/F&A/CIR/MISC/134/06/2020 Date:05-06-2020 Legal Entity Identifier (LEI) code To All the insurers Re: Legal Entity Identifier (LEI) code **** A. […]
IRDAI warned IFFCO Tokio General Insurance Company Limited for furnishing wrong information under different lines of health insurance business and for delayed submission of health returns for FY 2018-19.
IRDA clarified that time limit for ensuring compliance with directions regarding Public Disclosures on websites by insurers for the period ending 31st March 2020 is also extended by 30 days.
Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India MASTER CIRCULAR Master Circular as per the provisions of IRDAI (Third Party Administrators — Health Services) Regulations, 2016 and subsequent amendments thereof, applicable to all applicant TPAs, registered TPAs and insurers carrying out health insurance business. Circular Reference No. IRDAI/TPA/REG/CIR/130/06/2020, dated 03.06.2020 Issued on: 03.06.2020 INDEX Sr. No […]
Disclosure of underwriting philosophy of offering Insurance coverage to Persons with Disability (PWD) and people affected with HIV/AIDS and Mental Illness diseases.
IRDAI Working Group has proposed several changes in the existing guidelines in order to improve the credit insurance market and at the same time meet the requirements of various stakeholders involved in trade related transactions.
INSURANCE REGULATORY AND DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY OF INDIA (HEALTH INSURANCE) REGULATIONS, 2016[1] [Amended upto 12/05/2020] F. No. IRDAI/Reg/17/129/2016. – In exercise of the powers conferred under Section 114A of the Insurance Act, 1938 and Section 14 read with Section 26 of the IRDA Act, 1999 and in consultation with the Insurance Advisory Committee, the Authority hereby […]
All the insurers were advised to review and update their existing stewardship policy based on the revised guidelines within three months from the date of issue of the circular, i.e., by 7th May, 2020.
The WG has come up to a conclusion that the MTP Obligation should be a function of number of vehicles insured/uninsured instead of premium derived from motor third party insurance business and accordingly a simple & equitable formula for calculating the MTP Obligation has been proposed.
Insurers are urged to take a conscious call to refrain from dividend pay-outs from profits pertaining to the financial year ending 31st March 2020, till further instructions.