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The finance ministry recently issued a draft Insurance Ombudsman (Amendment) Rules, 2020, to amend the 2017 Insurance Ombudsman Rules. Under the new rules, the Council for Insurance Ombudsman will take…

The Central Consumer Protection Authority (CCPA) has written to the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and the insurance regulator, IRDA to look into complaints of failed transactions but money not…

Milind Kharat, Insurance Ombudsman, Mumbai & Goa, has directed Bajaj Allianz General Insurance, to pay one of its customers the entire hospitalization expenses, barring non-medical items, incurred for Covid-19 treatment.…

National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC): C. Vishwanath (Presiding Member), held that since the Insurance Company itself insured the complainant's vehicle and the vehicle had been stolen during the currency…

Chhattisgarh High Court: A Division Bench of P. R. Ramchandra Menon and Parth Prateem Sahu JJ., allowed the appeal and modified the impugned award. The facts of the case are…

The Madras High Court has recently held that when a claim is presented under the Motor Vehicles Act, the insurance company is liable to pay compensation even when the driver…

Remarking that courts should take a liberal view in awarding compensation to victims who are left 100% disabled and also suffer mental disabilities after road accidents, the Supreme Court extended…

In a significant decision, the Supreme Court has ordered use of Motor Accident Claims parameters, such as age of the victim and future earning capacity, to compute compensation to be…

Mr.Barun Kumar Chandra V/S Oriental Insurance Company Limited. The complainant had taken Oriental bank Mediclaim Policy for the period from 06/09/2016 to 05/09/2017 with sum insured of Rs 200000/ for…

Mr. Rajeev Kumar V/S United India Insurance Co. Ltd. Mr. Rajeev Kumar, the complainant has stated that two claims for treatment of his wife had not been settled by the…