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IRDAI asks insurers to promote Govt’s Digilocker for e-storing their policy documents

Digilocker is an initiative under the Digital India program by the Government of India where citizens can get authentic documents/ certificate in digital format from original issuers of these certificates.
The insurers should inform their retail policyholders about Digilocker and how to use it. Insurers are also advised to enable the process by which the policyholders can place their policies in the digilocker., said the IRDAI.

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RBI unveils ‘One Nation One Ombudsman’ for grievance redressal of financial consumers

The RBI has said major payment system operators in the country would be required to facilitate setting-up of a centralised industry-wide 24×7 helpline for addressing customer queries in respect of various digital payment products and give information on available grievance redress mechanisms by September 2021.

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RBI appoints firm to audit HDFC Bank’s IT infra in view of service outages

“RBI has issued an order dated December 2, 2020, to HDFC Bank Ltd with regard to certain incidents of outages in the internet banking/ mobile banking/ payment utilities of the bank over the past two years, including the recent outages in the bank’s internet banking and payment system on November 21, 2020, due to a power failure in the primary data centre,” HDFC Bank had said in a regulatory filing.

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Insurer AIG pays $12 million fine in NY pension transfer probe

An AIG life insurance unit, American General Life Insurance Company, entered into four large-scale deals involving such plans and bid on several others between January 2014 and June 2019 without being licensed in New York, the regulator said.

AIG will also transfer the handling of such transactions to a New York-based subsidiary, the regulator added.

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  IRDAI chief cautions India Inc on Cyber Risks, 14 general insurers issue 38,000 individual cyber covers

Khuntia was addressing “ The Global Cyber Insurance Summit 2021”,the first -ever such international event organised virtually, on Friday,by GIC Re, Data Security Council of India and City of London Corporation, to identify and discuss leading cyber risks faced by corporates

According to a senior Marsh India official , not more than 400 to 500 Indian corporates that have bought cyber policies 

The average policy size of a cyber insurance policy, in the BFSI segment, ranges from $ 1-50 million while a few have taken covers for $ 300 million and the largest policy size in this segment is at $ 400 million. 

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IRDAI rejects insurance brokers’ demand for life time licenses

IRDAI rejects insurance brokers’ demand for life time licenses

`One of the demands of the brokers was to have their licenses in  perpetuity. We can’t accept it.                                      The current system, where each broker has to renew his license in every three years, is perfectly fine. Even,in some countries, the insurance brokers need to renew their licenses in every two years.’’said Subhash Chandra Khuntia, chairman,IRDA  whiile  addressing the 17th Annual Insurance  Insurance Brokers’ Summit organized by Insurance Brokers Association of India (IBAI)

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OUTLOOK 2021: Regulatory challenges abound for U.S. insurers as Biden takes over, pandemic rages

While a major overhaul of insurance regulation has been ruled out, and Biden’s primary insurance-related focus is expected to be on healthcare, experts say life and property-and-casualty insurers will also need to prepare for an increase in regulatory attention from the new administration as it rushes to temper the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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