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Bima Vahak: A New Women Centric Insurance Distribution Approach

Corporate Law : IRDAI's Bima Vahak initiative aims to expand insurance reach in rural areas. It introduces a women-centric distribution channel fo...

July 29, 2025 1134 Views 0 comment Print

IRDAI’s 2024 Corporate Governance Rules for Insurers

Corporate Law : Overview of IRDAI's 2024 Corporate Governance Regulations for Insurers, covering board composition, committee structures, KMP appo...

July 25, 2025 2478 Views 0 comment Print

BIMA Applications Supported By Blocked Amount (BIMA – ASBA)

Corporate Law : Learn about Bima-ASBA, IRDAI's new facility for insurance premium payments. This mechanism blocks funds in a prospect's account vi...

July 25, 2025 936 Views 0 comment Print

IRDAI (PPHI, Operations & Allied Matters of Insurers) Regulations, 2024 (Advertising)

Corporate Law : Summarizing IRDAI's 2024 regulations on insurance advertising, this text covers definitions, mandatory disclosures, prohibitions, ...

July 25, 2025 2916 Views 0 comment Print

151 FAQs on Export of Goods and Services under FEMA, 1999

Corporate Law : Understanding the framework for export of goods and services in India, covering roles of DGFT, RBI, banks, and exporters under FEM...

July 5, 2025 4371 Views 0 comment Print


Latest News


IRDAI Forms Health Insurance Panel Due to Gaps in Coverage & Claims Experience

Corporate Law : IRDAI formed a sub-committee to review private health insurance and improve policyholder experience. The initiative focuses on exp...

April 8, 2026 261 Views 1 comment Print

IRDAI releases FY 2025-26 List of Domestic Systemically Important Insurers (D-Slls)

Corporate Law : The issue concerns identification of systemically important insurers. The regulator retained the same entities, emphasizing their ...

April 3, 2026 7395 Views 0 comment Print

IRDAI Mandates Compliance with Dark Pattern Guidelines for Insurers

Corporate Law : IRDAI directs insurers to follow anti-dark pattern guidelines and submit compliance reports. The move strengthens consumer protect...

April 3, 2026 378 Views 0 comment Print

Adoption of Indian Accounting Standards w.e.f. 01.04.2026 for Insurers

Corporate Law : IRDAI is moving towards adopting Ind AS to standardize financial reporting across insurers. The framework aims to improve transpar...

April 1, 2026 285 Views 0 comment Print

IRDAI Confirmed Ind AS Implementation Despite Stakeholder Concerns

Corporate Law : Stakeholders sought deferment or phased implementation of Ind AS. IRDAI mandated adoption from April 2026 with limited forbearance...

March 31, 2026 219 Views 0 comment Print


Latest Judiciary


Approve Insurance claim of COVID-19 patients in 30 to 60 Minutes: HC

Company Law : Vinay Jaidka Vs Chief Secretary (Delhi High Court) Abhishek Nanda, ld. Counsel who appears for the Insurance Regulatory and Develo...

April 28, 2021 3972 Views 2 comments Print

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

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...

May 24, 2011 4764 Views 0 comment Print

Insurance company liable to pay compensation till vehicle owner’s name is in register

Corporate Law : The Supreme Court held recently held in the case of Pushpa @ Leela & Ors. Versus Shakuntala & Ors that the insurance co...

January 18, 2011 22805 Views 1 comment Print

Applicability of TDS in case of Third Party Administrator (TPA) providing health insurance claim services

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...

August 13, 2009 14246 Views 0 comment Print

Payment for non-compete right is not an intangible asset eligible for depreciation

Income Tax : Srivatsan Surveyors Pvt. Ltd. ('Appellant') is engaged in the business of licensed surveyors and loss assessors under the Insuranc...

December 12, 2008 1128 Views 0 comment Print


Latest Notifications


IRDAI Fixes 4% Obligatory Cession for FY 2026–27 to Strengthen Domestic Reinsurance

Corporate Law : The notification addressed mandatory reinsurance cession for general insurance policies. It mandates 4% cession to GIC Re, ensurin...

April 17, 2026 69 Views 0 comment Print

IRDAI Information and Cyber Security Guidelines, 2026

Corporate Law : The issue was the need to address increasing cyber risks in the insurance sector. IRDAI introduced updated guidelines with enhance...

April 9, 2026 1152 Views 0 comment Print

IRDA Introduced Annual Fee Requirement for SLAs Due to Section 42D Amendment

Corporate Law : The circular shifts SLAs from a renewal-based licensing system to a registration regime with annual fees. This ensures continuity ...

April 9, 2026 159 Views 0 comment Print

IRDAI Forms Joint Expert Group to Address Ind AS Implementation Challenges

Corporate Law : IRDAI constituted a Joint Expert Group to tackle transition and implementation issues under Ind AS. The group will guide insurers ...

April 3, 2026 144 Views 0 comment Print

IRDAI Clarifies implementation of Indian Accounting Standards (Ind AS)

Corporate Law : The IRDAI issued a circular providing clarifications on the implementation of Indian Accounting Standards (Ind AS) by insurers eff...

April 1, 2026 636 Views 0 comment Print


Insurance – Policy Guidelines for Sharing of Information

December 11, 2010 648 Views 0 comment Print

Insurance – Policy Guidelines for Sharing of Information IRCULAR NO. IRDA/F&I/CIR/GLD/202/12/2010, DATED 8-12-2010 A. Introduction: With the increasing integration with the international financial markets and the growing interest in the Indian insurance markets, there are requests for sharing and exchange of information between supervisors and other entities both in the insurance industry and other stakeholders […]

Life Insurance cos ask IRDA to go slow on regulatory changes

December 7, 2010 502 Views 0 comment Print

Concerned about the fast pace of regulatory changes being brought into the sector, the life insurance industry has approached sector regulator IRDA to go slow in its approach, sources said.In turn, the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority.

Draft norms on health insurance portability soon

November 27, 2010 442 Views 0 comment Print

The government today said that the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (Irda) would soon come up with draft guidelines for health insurance portability, which would allow policy holders to switch to another insurer because of poor service

IRDA fines Tata AIG for failure to adhere to management expense guideline

November 27, 2010 594 Views 0 comment Print

Tata AIG Life Insurance has been penalised Rs 5 lakh by the insurance regulator for failing to adhere to guidelines relating to management expenses. In a statement issued on Thursday, Irda said management expenses of the life insurer for 2008-09 was

Insurance – Guidelines on Variable Insurance Products (VIP)

November 25, 2010 2796 Views 0 comment Print

CIRCULAR NO. IRDA/ACT/CIR/VIP/187/11/2010, DATED 23-11-2010 The structure of insurance policies evolves over time to provide policy holders, a stream of long term benefits. Generally these changes are in response to changes in the overall financial sector as also to be in line with current consumer expectations. Over the past decade, non-linked life insurance products have […]

IRDA norms for new life schemes

November 24, 2010 430 Views 0 comment Print

Insurance regulator IRDA on Tuesday said that all universal life products, a new kind of insurance which entered India recently and gives greater flexibility to customers, will not have any unit-linked component in them. IRDA also said that from now, all such products will be named variable insurance products (VIPs) and have a lock-in period […]

IRDA will soon issue circular on IPO guidelines for life insurance companies

November 23, 2010 526 Views 0 comment Print

Speaking at the graduation ceremony of Executive Programme in Insurance and Risk Management (EPIRM), Mr Hari Narayan said, “if there is an enhancement of FDI, there perhaps will be greater activity in the IPO space. Some companies will start completi

IRDA may soon issue guidelines for listing of insurance companies

November 21, 2010 532 Views 0 comment Print

The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (Irda) will soon issue guidelines for listing of insurance companies and portability of motor and health insurance policies between companies, Chairman Hari Narayan has said. On listing of non-life i

Insurance – Interpretation of ‘First Ten Years of Business’ under section 40A of the Insurance Act, 1938

November 21, 2010 1915 Views 0 comment Print

Section 40A of the Insurance Act, 1938 (‘the Act’) lays down the permissible limits for payment of commission or remuneration, in any form, in respect to any policy of life insurance issued in India by an insurer and effected through an insurance agent, in various lines/segments of life insurance business. The proviso to the said section permits life insurers, in the first ten years of business, to pay forty per cent of the first year’s premium payable on the policy, towards commission.

IRDA gives clean chit to LIC in transfer of profits case

November 19, 2010 532 Views 0 comment Print

Insurance regulator IRDA today gave a clean chit to Life Insurance Corporation of India, the largest insurance company in India, in the case of alleged violation of rules pertaining to transfer of profits among its various schemes.

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