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10 shortlisted for IRDA Chairmanship interview, 7 insurers & 3 former bureacrats
The names who have been shortlisted by the search committee are.Nilesh Sathe, member(Life), IRDAI, G Srinivasan, CMD, New India Assurance, K Sanath Kumar, CMD, National Insurance Company, VK Sharma, chairman, Life Insurance Corporation and three managing directors of the LIC – Hemant Bhargava, Sunita Sharma and B Venugopal and three retired chief secretaries of Andhra Pradesh, Telengana and Karnataka.
Transfer unclaimed deposits to welfare fund by March 1: Irda to insurers
“All insurers having unclaimed amounts of policyholders for a period of more than 10 years as on September 30, 2017 shall transfer the same to Senior Citizens’ Welfare Fund (SCWF) on or before March 1, 2018,” the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India has said in a circular.
Six PSU insurers appointed as Insurance Ombudsmen
While four serving/retired officials of the public sector general insurance companies- K Sanath Kumar for Kochi, Sujoy Banerjee, retired director, Oriental Insurance Company for Hydeabad, Vasantha Krishna, director, NIC for Chennai, Milind Kharat, retired CMD of United India Insurance for Maharashtra and Goa and two retired officials of Life Insurance Corporation(LIC)- RG Shinde for Ahmedabad and Kirti Saha for Kolkata- have been selected from the insurance industry another four, belonging to judiciary and bureaucracy, have been picked up with a three tenure to fill up 10 vacant posts.
Irdai to hire consultant to implement RBC regime
The RBC model is expected to be implemented by March 2021. The current Solvency Regime will continue till switch over to the RBC regime.
SAT quashes IRDA’s order to transfer Sahara Life’s business to ICICI Pru Life
“SAT has defended our earlier orders: to appoint an administrator in the company, not allowing Sahara Life to do any business further, and referring the matter back to the IRDAI so that Sahara Life can get an oppootunity to represent its stand properly,’’ said the IRDAI sources.
Top insurers & bureaucrats vie for IRDA Chairmanship
Among the insurers who have applied for the post are- VK Sharma, chairman, Life Insurance Corporation(LIC) , G Srinivasan, CMD, New India Assurance,K Sanath Kumar, CMD, National Insurance, three MDs of LIC, Hemant Bhargava,, Sunita Sharma, K Venugopal, and Rajesh Kandwal, CEO & Managing director,LIC, Bahrain,.Nilesh Sathe, member, IRDAI, is also in the fray
GIFT gets major boost as Offshore Insurance Hub
The Indian government has provided competitive tax regime for the IFSC units and thereby units are provided 10 year tax holiday (of which the first 5 years is a complete tax holiday and for next 5 years there’s a tax reduction of 50%), which is applicable for all insurers operating within GIFT IFSC. The move would also help Indian Insurers to set up their offshore office in GIFT SEZ IFSC to undertake dollar business which otherwise was restricted in India.
IRDA extends time limit for reviewing IFRS 17 till 30th June, 2018
It was also felt that considering the magnitude of impact the implementation of the standard is likely to have on the Insurance industry in India, as well as the financial statements and disclosures of insurers, it requires a detailed study before implementation, said IRDAI..
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IRDAI forms panel to explore innovation in insurance
IRDAI has formed another committee under PJ Joseph, member(non-life),
to consider various issues that need to be examined before considering the request of IIISLA(Indian Institute of Insurance Surveyors and Loss Assessors ) for chartered status
RBI rationalises charges on debit card transactions
These directions will come into effect from 1 January, RBI said, adding it would be the duty of the banks to ensure the MDR levied on the merchant does not exceed the prescribed cap.