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 implementation of Ind AS for all insurers from 1 April 2026 with transitional arrangements and limited forbearance....
Corporate Law : The proposed PEPF framework seeks to improve insurance penetration through financial literacy, digital services, and awareness pro...
Corporate Law : IRDAI has proposed comprehensive amendments to insurance intermediary regulations to implement the SBSR Act, 2025. The proposals s...
Corporate Law : IRDAI's draft 2026 amendments overhaul actuarial governance, reporting, investment norms, and insurer compliance to align with the...
Corporate Law : IRDAI has released draft amendments simplifying the registration framework for foreign reinsurers and Lloyd's India while introduc...
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 : IRDAI has revised financial result formats for listed insurers adopting Ind AS to meet SEBI LODR disclosure requirements, effectiv...
Corporate Law : IRDAI has extended transitional arrangements for annual fee payment and registration certificates until 31 August 2026 or notifica...
Corporate Law : IRDAI has constituted a Working Group to develop governance, oversight, and security frameworks for AI adoption in the insurance s...
Corporate Law : IRDAI has amended its earlier notification to prescribe a 4% obligatory cession and require the entire cession to be placed with G...
Corporate Law : IRDAI has cautioned that the entity's Certificate of Registration as an Insurance Marketing Firm has expired and remains unrenewed...
THE Ministry of Corporate Affairs wants other ministries, state governments and sectoral regulators to recognise limited liability partnerships (LLP) after over 100 entities registered under the LLP Act enacted last year.The ministry will write to all departments and regulators concerned to align their respective norms as per the new business structure, an official in the […]
Capital market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) has asked the finance ministry to revoke a rule that bars Sebi officials sitting as members at the Securities Appellate Tribunal (SAT), which hears appeals against Sebi orders, a Sebi official said.
In a first, the government is considering a revamp of the legal system by giving more powers and responsibilities to the Securities Appellate Tribunal (SAT), a quasi-judicial body, which currently only settles disputes in capital market transactions. The thinking within the government is that SAT’s role needs to be widened and should deal with appeals against insurance […]
The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority has made PAN card mandatory for all policies where annual premium is more than Rs 1 lakh. It has issued a circular to all life insurance companies in this regard, said a life insurance council official.
The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (IRDA) has refrained from directly appointing statutory auditors, by retaining the practice of prescribing eligibility criteria for appointment of auditors by insurers. IRDA would not have a panel of auditors and would not appoint auditors, as demanded by accounting regulator ICAI. The regulator has not been maintaining panel of auditors since 2005 and instead […]
India’s insurance regulator will seek the opinion of the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) before changing the format of the valuation balance sheet, or Form I, as demanded by private insurers, a top official said. Earlier, the private insurers in the country, through their representative body Life Insurance Council, had approached the Insurance Regulatory […]
Srivatsan Surveyors Pvt. Ltd. (‘Appellant’) is engaged in the business of licensed surveyors and loss assessors under the Insurance Act, 1938. The Appellant entered into a non-compete covenant with its director, Mr. Srivatsan and paid a sum of Rs.10 million, on which depreciation was claimed, treating it as an intangible asset. As per the covenant, Mr. Srivatsan agreed not to carry on his individual business of general insurance survey, loss assessment, valuation of assets, etc. for a period of seven years and also to abstain from other activities which might jeopardize the business interests of the Appellant in any manner.
