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 approved in-principle drafting and publication of new and amended regulations following the Sabka Bima, Sabki Raksha (Amendm...
Corporate Law : IRDAI approved drafting regulations for implementing a Risk Based Capital framework to strengthen solvency assessment and align In...
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...
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 regulator held that agreements lacking clear fee provisions undermined contractual clarity and regulatory compliance. A penalt...
Corporate Law : IRDAI has directed insurers to disclose performance-linked remuneration details of Key Management Persons on their websites. The c...
Corporate Law : The case involved a broker implementing substantial shareholding changes without obtaining IRDAI's prior approval as required by r...
Corporate Law : The Authority found that core survey functions were carried out by unlicensed personnel. It held that such outsourcing violated re...
Corporate Law : The regulator cancelled a surveyor’s licence after finding false records, mismatched filings, and inaccurate disclosures. The ru...
Linkage of Aadhaar number to Insurance Policies is mandatory under the Prevention of Money-laundering (Maintenance of Records) Second Amendment Rules, 2017.
The insurers carrying out Life, General and Health insurance business need to value their insurance business liability every year by Appointed Actuary of the insurer. This is also applicable to the Reinsurers operating reinsurance business. As per the existing Assets, Liabilities and Solvency Margin Regulations the Appointed Actuaries of the insurers are solely responsible for the insurance liability number incorporated in the Balance Sheet.
The Authority as part of its developmental mandate and to reach out to the policyholders in a cost efficient manner has taken number of steps. This includes issuing revised guidelines on insurance repositories, insurance e-commerce, issuance of electronic insurance policies, maintenance of electronic records, etc.
Annexure –I (a) – Pure Term Insurance Product with or without return of Premium wherein the maximum Limit of Sum Assured under the Pure Term Product was capped up to Rs 25 Lakhs (excluding ADB Rider) Only
Attention is drawn to IRDAI’s (Payment of commission, remuneration or reward to insurance agent or insurance intermediaries) Regulations, 2016 notified on 14th December, 2016 in the official gazette.
Any person including a sole proprietor, micro entrepreneur, members covered in a group insurance policy who has a grievance against an insurer may by himself or through his legal heirs, nominee or assignee or employer as the case may be can approach an Insurance Ombudsman for Redressal of any grievance arising out of an insurance policy by making a complaint in writing to the Insurance Ombudsman within whose territorial jurisdiction the branch or office of the insurer complained against or the residential address or place of residence of the complainant is located.
1) The Loss Costs for Fire line of business published by IIBI in the 2nd Schedule of Loss Costs for various occupancies is to be considered in determining the premium rates. 2) In the alternative, the Loss Cost of a particular occupancy based on the Insurer`s own past acceptances may be considered, for all available periods.
Chances are high that you might have already bought term and health insurance policies and now you are happy that you have properly protected yourself. But before you put your insurance planning on a back seat, it is necessary to find out the gap in your insurance portfolio.
It has come to the notice of the Authority that few insurers are interpreting the captioned circular in a manner which would delay the release of fund value under discontinued unit linked products even when the policyholders have opted for complete withdrawal within the lock-in period or when no option is exercised.
The Authority, to enforce IRDAI (Investment) Regulations, had issued various Circulars and Guidelines at different times. This Master Circular covers all Circulars, Guidelines which are effective to date, to serve as one stand point reference. While due care had been taken to prepare this Master Circular, users may point out inconsistencies, through Life Insurance Council or General Insurance Council, which will be addressed in subsequent versions
