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Dinesh Pant resigns as MD of LIC, to join as member, Actuary,IRDAI soon
With Pant's departure, LIC has now vacancies of two managing...
IRDAI plans sweeping reset of insurance distribution, say experts
“The changes would directly affect automobile dealers, OEM-linked...
Stop miscommunicating, build trust, not fear, to achieve insurance for All: Seth urges life insurers
R Doraiswamy, MD&CEO, Life Insurance Corporation and Ajay Seth, Chairman, IRDAI at an event on Tuesday in Mumbai , Seth raised concerns over selling long-term products without considering customer needs, questioning the rationale for selling term insurance to an...
PIL in SC seeks national fire and life safety framework for public premises
The plea sought a direction that the Centre and other concerned authorities, in consultation with all states and Union territories, "frame within a time-bound period a national minimum fire and life safety compliance, audit, disclosure and accountability framework for...
IRDAI launches Rs 800 cr Policyholders’ Education and Protection Fund, set to widen policyholder services
The consequences of this lack of awareness are significant. At the beginning of FY2025, insurers were holding more than ₹9,305 crore in unclaimed amounts, including maturity proceeds, death claims and surrender values. In a move aimed at enhancing policyholder...
Repo Deals, G-Sec Lending: IRDAI recasts insurers’ investment playbook
In a significant change, insurers would be allowed to invest a portion of their shareholders' funds in private limited companies. Such investments, however, will be capped at 5 per cent of the shareholders' funds available beyond the solvency margin and will be...
Insurance intermediaries must report big commission payments, Publish details online: IRDAI
In a move aimed at strengthening oversight of sales practices, IRDAI has proposed that every branch of a Corporate Agent designate at least one Specified Person (SP) responsible for supervising solicitation activities at that location. The regulator has also proposed...
IRDAI constitutes expert panel to chart AI roadmap for insurance sector
The panel, chaired by Sandeep K. Shukla, director of IIIT Hyderabad, will examine AI's impact on insurers, policyholders and the broader insurance ecosystem, with a particular focus on ethical adoption, transparency and data security. Hyderabad:Insurance regulator...
Public Insurance Registry:IRDAI ropes in former bureacrat Prakash Kumar as sr advisor
The regulator believes PIR could address one of the insurance sector's most persistent challenges: fragmented data scattered across insurers, making it difficult for policyholders to access their records seamlessly and for regulators to obtain a comprehensive view of...
IRDAI unveils new rule-making framework
The proposed regulations are being introduced in line with the Sabka Bima Sabki Raksha (Amendment of Insurance Laws) Act, 2025, which mandates public consultation, periodic review of regulations and stakeholder engagement in the regulatory process. Hyderabad:The...
India limits cough syrup sales to pharmacies after contamination cases
The government has now removed cough syrups from the exemption list, while allowing pills, tablets and lozenges to remain on it, according to a government notification dated June 15. New Delhi:India has restricted cough syrup sales to licensed pharmacies especially...
RBI issues stricter norms to curb mis-selling of financial products
The regulator also laid out a broad definition of mis-selling, which includes practices such as offering products that are unsuitable for the customer, providing misleading or inaccurate information, selling products without obtaining explicit consent from the...