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ORDER NO. IRDA/F&I/ORD/RSS/114/06/2011, DATED 7-6-2011 – The insurer was obliged under sections 32B and 32C of the Insurance Act, 1938 read with the IRDA (Obligations of Insurers to Rural or Social Sectors) Regulations, 2002, as amended from time to time, to cover prescribed percentage of Gross Direct Premium in the Rural Sector and prescribed number of lives in the Social Sector of its general insurance business.
The IRDA had constituted a Committee on Bancassurance vide Order No. IRDA/AGENTS/ORD/02/APR 2009, dated May 4, 2009 to study the distribution of insurance products through Banks. The Committee had invited for comments/views from key stakeholders, insurers, consumer associations, distributors, etc., and after analysis of these views the Committee had submitted their recommendations to the IRDA on 26th May, 2011. Chairman, IRDA had addressed the Governor, Reserve Bank of India for his remarks on the recommendations made by the Committee.
These regulations may be called the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (Scheme of Amalgamation and Transfer of General Insurance Business) Regulations, 2011. They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the official Gazette. These Regulations shall apply to all general insurance companies other than wholly owned Government companies which fall within the purview of General Insurance Business (Nationalization) Act, 1972.
These regulations may be called the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (Scheme of Amalgamation and Transfer of General Insurance Business) Regulations, 2011. They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the official Gazette.These Regulations shall apply to all general insurance companies other than wholly owned Government companies which fall within the purview of General Insurance Business (Nationalization) Act, 1972. NOTIFICATION NO. [F. NO.IRDA/REG/1/55/2011], DATED 20-5-2011
CIRCULAR NO. IRDA/ACT/CIR/MIS/111/05/2011, DATED 25-5-2011 – This technical note describes the framework for estimating Economic Capital (EC hereafter) for general insurance companies including standalone health insurers of India. Typically EC is calculated using “standard formula” approach or through the use of internal models (company specific models). This technical note describes the “standard formula” approach for estimating EC.
Emphasizes on Putting Proper Regulatory Mechanism in Place to Protect the Interest of Policy Holders – Shri S.K. Sharma, Secretary, Department of Financial Services, Ministry of Finance launched the online grievance portal i.e. Integrated Grievance Management System (IGMS) of Insurance Regulatory & Development Authority (IRDA)) in a seminar on ‘Policyholder Protection and Welfare’, here today.
Effective from the year ending March 2011, all insurers are required to file a Certificate confirming compliance with the stipulations on public disclosures as under: (1) Compliance with disclosure requirements on the Insurer’s website (Annexure 1) ; and (2) Compliance with the requirements on publication in the Newspapers (Annexure 2).
Every claim made against an insurance company in respect of a loss, would be a claim within purview of claims “requiring to be paid or settled” under section 64UM(2) of Insurance Act.
Reference is invited to point no. 5.1 of Guidelines on Outsourcing of Activities by Insurance Companies (Circular No: IRDA/Life/CIR/GLD/013/02/2011 dated 01st February, 2011) wherein it is prescribed that entities engaged for the activities referred at Column (4) of Sl. No. 3 of Annexure – 1 (Cheque pick and Banking) shall be only a Company registered under Indian Companies Act, 1956 with a net worth of atleast Rs 10 Cores.
Edelweiss Tokio Life Insurance Company Limited, a joint venture life insurance company promoted by Edelweiss Capital Limited and Tokio Marine and Nichido Fire Insurance Company, Japan has been registered as a Life Insurer under Section 3 of the Insurance Act, 1938 with the Authority. The Certificate of Registration (Forms IRDA/ R3) has been issued by the Authority on 10.05.2011. With this registration, the total number of Life Insurers registered with the Authority has gone up to 24.