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IRDA, after inviting comments and concerns of Insurers and after a careful consideration of all the submissions made, hereby darify that: Investment In Venture Funds would continue to be categorized under “Other Investments’ as per IRDA (Investment) (4th Amendment) Regulations, 2008 Insurers may Invest in any Venture Fund registered under SERI Regulations which include Venture Funds investing in Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises also No investment shall be made in a Venture Fund which is under the Promoter Group of the insurer
Date- 25.08.2011 – The Authority after notification of IRDA (Investment) (4th Amendment) Regulations, 2008 and after mandating the minimum requirements in respect of Investment Risk Management Systems & Process and Internal / Concurrent Audit Scope (issued through Technical Guides through the ICAI) took the feedback from the Working Group members on (1) Operational Issues (2) Systems issues (3) Audit related issues.
Ref:IRDA/ F&A/CIR/SOLP/195/08/2011 – The Circular clarified the position related to the retrocession of premium received from the TP Pool and excluded it from the calculation for the RSM, the position related to treatment of share of claim retro ceded from the pool remained unclear. The interpretation of the above Circular is taken differently by different companies. As a result, the insurers are following different approach in calculation of Solvency Margin in respect of Motor TP Pool.
IRDA (Protection of Policyholders’ Interests) Regulations, 2002 – Point of sale issues, free look provision, time-limits for underwriting and servicing matters including claims etc.
Guidelines on NAV Process -Note: In supersession of earlier provisions issued vide Circular No. 24/IRDA/ACTL/2009-10, Dt. 5th Aug, 2009 with respect to calculation of NAV, the NAV shall, henceforth, be computed without appropriation/expropriation price as required under the said Circular under Unit Pricing Methodology. The same shall be applicable for all existing policies effective from the date immediately following the date of issue of this Circular.
Insurance regulator IRDA today made it mandatory for insurers to seek prior approval in case of stake transfer to domestic entities or financial institutions and set guidelines for seeking approval. As per a IRDA circular, the regulator will carry out the requisite due diligence of the proposed transferee or shareholder prior to grant of approval for registration of transfer of shares under the provisions of section 6A(4) of the Insurance Act, 1938 and for issue of shares to the proposed transferee or shareholder.
CEOs of all Non-life Insurers and Reinsurers ALM being the critical area of managing the finances of the insurers, Authority vide its Circular No: IRDA/ACT/CIR/MISC/081/05/2010, May 13, 2010, has mandated all the non-life insurers to provide the details of ALM activities undertaken by them Section-11 on ‘Investments and ALM’ of Financial Condition Report (FCR).
As Asset Liability Management and Stress testing plays a vital role in the sound management of the insurance business, the Authority prescribes the following additional guideline to the existing framework which is already prescribed in the Appointed Actuary’s Annual Report (AAAR) and Actuarial Report and Abstract. The guidelines shall be applicable to all life insurers and shall come into effect from September 30, 2011.
all the pension products offered shall comply with the following objectives. A pension product (deferred annuity contract) shall have an assured benefit disclosed at the time of sale, where the assured benefit is an amount in absolute terms which becomes payable on the vesting date.
Provisions shall include expenses for brokerage and transaction cost, NPA, Fund Management Charges (FMC) and any other charges approved by the Authority.
