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Income Tax : Explore a detailed analysis of ITAT Delhi ruling on Subhash Tandon Vs ITO, which sheds light on taxability of ULIP redemption as c...
Corporate Law : IRDA has twin objectives of development of the industry as well as protection of the policyholder. Both the objectives are interli...
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Petitioners who have filed public interest litigations (PILs) on unit linked insurance plans (Ulips) with various High Courts, plan to oppose capital market regulator Sebi’s plea that all those cases be transferred to the Supreme Court. Sumedha Rao, lawyer for Rajendra Thacker, one of the litigants, said that they wouldbe deprived of one level of appeal if the matter is heard in the Supreme Court. A verdict by the Supreme Court is final.
Insurance regulator IRDA, locked in a turf war with capital market watchdog Sebi over regulation of unit-linked policies, has reemphasised that insurers should offer assured life insurance cover with ULIPs. Reiterating its December 2005 order on ULIPs, IRDA in an order late last night said: “All Unit linked Insurance products (ULIPs), including pension/annuity products must have a minimum assured sum payable on death.”
Based upon the insurance related data as of year ending March 31, 2010 and related discussions, the Authority issues the following clarifications in continuation of the ULIP guidelines “Guidelines on Unit Linked Products” issued vide Circular No. 032/IRDA/Actl/Dec-2005 dated 21.12.2005:
Honourable Supreme Court on Friday issued notices to the Centre and 14 life insurers on a petition by market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India seeking transfer of cases from high courts relating to Unit Linked Insurance Products.
Insurance regulator IRDA has asked life insurers to disclose the commission paid to agents for unit-linked products amid a debate over huge pay-outs given to them vis-a-vis mutual funds.
As per Insurance Regulatory & Development Authority (Registration of Insurance Companies) Regulations, 2000 the life insurance includes contracts of both unit linked insurance products (ULIPs) and non-linked insurance products. However, the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) is of the view that ULIPs have an investment component and are offered for sale to the general public for which SEBI has the mandate to regulate.
The episode on Unit linked Insurance Plans (Ulips) started on 9th April, 2010 when SEBI issued notice u/s 11 of the SEBI Act, 1992 to the 14 life insurance companies namely, Aegon – Religare, Aviva, Bajaj Allianz Life Insurance, Bharti AXA, Birla Sun Life, HDFC Standard Life, ICICI Prudential, ING Vysa Life, Kotak Mahindra Old Mutual Life, Max New Life, Metlife India, Reliance Life, SBI Life and Tata AIG Life, banning them from selling Ulips. This surprised all particularly when the insurance regulator had approved the scheme.
Corporate Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid on Wednesday downplayed fears that investors would lose confidence due to the row between SEBI and IRDA over market-linked insurance policies, as the issue will be resolved in favour of either one regulator or the other by the courts.
A day after the finance ministry brokered a truce between two financial sector regulators, SEBI today said any new ULIP scheme launched after April 9, 2010 by insurance companies will remain covered by its earlier ban order.
In the context of the recent directions of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) to 14 insurance companies directing them not to issue any offer document, advertisement, brochure soliciting money etc from investors, the IRDA deems it appropriate to issue the following statement.
