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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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Income Tax : Srivatsan Surveyors Pvt. Ltd. ('Appellant') is engaged in the business of licensed surveyors and loss assessors under the Insuranc...
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Corporate Law : The regulator cancelled a surveyor’s licence after finding false records, mismatched filings, and inaccurate disclosures. The ru...
State-owned insurance companies on Tuesday agreed to restore cashless treatment facilities in big private hospitals on a case-to-case basis, a development likely to benefit mediclaim policy holders. “Insurance companies have decided to restore cashless facilities on a case-to-case basis. We discussed ways of making people part of the facility and how reimbursements can be revived,” said Sanjay Datta, head, health insurance, ICICI Lombard, after a Confederation of Indian Industry (CII)-initiated meeting between insurers and the healthcare industry.
Insurance regulator Irda on Monday said Ulip-holders will have to pay up to Rs 6,000 if they want to discontinue a policy within the first four years. The Irda (treatment of discontinued linked insurance policies) regulation, 2010, released by the sectoral watchdog today, said the charges for discontinuation of Ulips will range from Rs 1,000 to Rs 6000, depending on the premium paid by the policyholder.
Concerned over the plight of patients after withdrawal of the cashless treatment facility by some hospitals at the behest of PSU insurance firms, noted heart surgeon Naresh Trehan on Monday said all-out efforts are underway to resolve the issue.
The sectoral regulator Irda today said it has finalised the IPO guidelines for insurance companies and has referred the same to the capital markets watchdog Sebi for final approval which is expected soon.”We are expecting the guidelines shortly. We have given our observations. The matter is currently with the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi),” Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (Irda) chairman J Harinarayan told PTI.
The government will bring a bill in the monsoon session to seek Parliament’s sanction for the ordinance it issued to end the dispute between Irda and Sebi over regulation of unit-linked plans, or Ulips, of insurance companies. “The ordinance was approved at the highest level by the Cabinet and we are preparing to introduce the bill,” said a senior finance ministry official.
The government has increased the existing limit of the Employees Deposit Linked Insurance amount from Rs 60,000 to Rs 1,00,000. The amount will be paid to the next of kin of an employee in case of his death. In a notification issued on June 18, the government in the newly modifed Employees’ Deposit Linked Insurance (Amendment) Scheme, 2010, said the benefits will be for employees of both the public and private sector.
The recent changes made to unit-linked insurance plans are going to pinch the agents that sell these insurance products the most.With the new cap on the charge during the term of the policy, agents are set to see a significant 500-600 basis points fall in commissions.
Introduction:IRDA has, from time to time, taken various initiatives for protecting the interests of policyholders by bringing out Regulations, Guidelines, Circulars etc applicable to insurers and intermediaries covering the various stages in the lifecycle of an insurance product, commencing from solicitation, sale, policy servicing, to claims servicing and grievance redressal.
In order to streamline the system of Issue / Renewal of License to Corporate Agents, the Authority has, in addition to the Regulations and Guidelines already in force, decided to issue the following instructions under Section 14 of the IRDA Act,
Policy holders of Unit Linked Insurance Plans (ULIPs), who wish to pre-maturely withdraw, can now be glad as their investment will soon have some protection. The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (IRDA) are planning to limit cut in yield from the 6th year (of the policy) beyond, according to reliable sources.
