January 2021

1. This has reference to Notification of IRDAI (Insurance Surveyors and Loss Assessors) (Amendment) Regulations, 2020 whereby a. Vide Regulation 21(3) insurer are required to file with the Authority report…

1. The Authority has notified IRDAI (Minimum Information Required for Investigation and Inspection) Regulations 2020 in the official gazette on 23rd November 2020. These regulations will come into force after…

IRDAI vide its Ref. No: IRDA/IT/GDL/MISC/ 082/04/2017 dated 07-4-2017 had issued Information and Cyber Security Guidelines containing comprehensive cyber security framework for Insurance sector for the purpose of implementing appropriate…

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…

Excerpts of Interview with Mr Satyajit Tripathy, General Manager, GIC Re with Dr Rakesh Agarwal, Editor The Insurance Times About Mr Tripathy Satyajit Tripathy, is the General Manager and manages…

The Editorial team of The Insurance Times wishes a very very Happy New Year to its Subscribers, Advertisers, Authors, Printers, and all the Vendors and associates for the New Year,…

Introduction: On December 8, 2019 the first pneumonia case of unknown cause was found in Wuhan, China. It was later identified to be caused by a new coronavirus and the…

In the month of September 2020, to promote wellness benefits and preventive outlooks, the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India issued guidelines to insurance players and instructed them to…

Pandemic-enforced mindset has changed the insurance landscape. Enforced lockdowns or restricted movements in India have pushed consumers to begin looking digitally for insurance solutions that may not have been there…