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“Presence of a health regulator would have ensured treatment protocols, reasonability of charges and quality of service in hospitals”
In an interview with Asia Insurance Post, Subhash Chandra Khuntia, who, on Thursday. will be completing his three year term as the chairman, IRDAI , highlights some of the burning issues of Indian insurance industry and how the regulator is addressing them
Khuntia panel submits report to centre on increasing country’s insurance penetration
Subhash Chandra Khuntia, chairman, IRDAI, revealed that a proposal to initiate pilot projects covering some states or districts prone to natural disasters like cyclone and flooding has been sent to the government and the National Disaster Management Authority(NDMA).
The idea is to cover all dwelling units in a vulnerable geographical area against natural catastrophes. The cost of coverage upto a limit can be funded by the Government and the owners can pay additional premium for higher coverage. Since dwelling unit insurance is very cheap, this is quite affordable and feasible and will save Government expenditure in terms of compensation to the affected after the incident,’..
Looking at the size of India in terms of population, geographical spread, diversity and low insurance penetration, there is tremendous scope to have more insurance companies. The market is far below the saturation point.
IRDAI suggests model insurance villages to increase insurance penetration in rural areas
“The concept may be implemented in a minimum of 500 villages in different districts of the country in the first year and increased to a minimum of 1,000 villages in subsequent two years,” the paper said on which the insurance regulator has invited comments from stakeholders by May 17.
It also said the choice of villages is to be made carefully, considering various relevant aspects and parameters in order to implement the concept successfully for a period of three to five years.
Vehicle ownership transfer: Road ministry notifies changes in motor vehicle rules
“Where the owner of a motor vehicle dies, the person nominated by the vehicle owner in the certificate of registration or the person succeeding to the possession of the vehicle, as the case may be, may for a period of three months from the death of the owner of the motor vehicle, use the vehicle as if it has been transferred to him, Provided that such person has, within thirty days of the death of the owner, informed the registering authority of the occurrence of the death of the owner and of his own intention to use the vehicle,” the notification said.
China directs 33 apps to stop collecting users’ data
The Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) said in a statement on Saturday that these apps had breached local regulations, primarily, for capturing personal data that were not relevant to their service.
Germany pledges to adjust climate law after court verdict
Germany’s Constitutional Court said Thursday that the government must set clear goals for reducing greenhouse gas emissions after 2030. The verdict was a victory for campaigners, who had argued that the measures put forward so far are insufficient to meet the Paris climate accord’s goal of keeping global warming well below 2 degrees Celsius (3.6 Fahrenheit), ideally no more than 1.5 C (2.7 F) by 2100.
Suspension of scheduled international passenger flights extended till May 31 due to Covid-19: DGCA
Scheduled international passenger services have been suspended in India since March 23, 2020, due to the coronavirus pandemic.
But special international flights have been operating under the Vande Bharat Mission since May and under bilateral “air bubble” arrangements with selected countries since July.
India has formed air bubble pacts with around 27 countries including Kenya, Bhutan and France.
IRDAI panel makes various suggestions on retail engineering insurance products
On sum insured definition for retail segment for engineering products, it said: “Considering a near unanimous view from all stakeholders, the panel suggests Sum Insured limit of up to Rs 50 crores is recommended for retail segment”.
The group, as per the report, opined that the retail products with standard wordings with uniform coverage of a good range of essential covers are needed to give a comprehensive protection boost to the SME and MSME sector entities and units.
The products should be offered by all Indian insurers without any changes or modifications, it said.
Insurers have to settle cashless Covid-19 claims in 1 hr:IRDA
The IRDAI’s direction to the insurers has come following the Delhi High Court’s direction to the insurance regulator to advise insurers to communicate their cashless approvals to the concerned hospitals/establishments within a maximum time period of 30 to 60 minutes so that there shall not be any delay in discharge of patients and hospital beds do not remain unoccupied,
Russia fines Apple $12 mln for alleged app market abuse
The Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) said on Tuesday that U.S. tech giant Apple’s distribution of apps through its iOS operating system gave its own products a competitive advantage.Facebook, TikTok and Alphabet’s Google have also come under fire. The FAS said in a statement it had imposed a turnover fine on Apple of 906.3 million roubles ($12.1 million) for the alleged violation of Russian anti-monopoly legislation.