Reinsurance is a process whereby one entity (the reinsurer) takes on all or part of the risk covered under a policy issued by an insurance company in consideration of a premium payment. In other words, it is a form of insurance cover for insurance companies. The guiding principle of the regulatory framework in India is…
Distribution of insurance is handled in several ways. The most common is through the use of insurance intermediaries. Insurance intermediaries serve as the critical link between insurance companies seeking to place insurance policies and consumers seeking to procure insurance coverage. The IRDAI has issued various specific regulations to govern individuals and entities that can represent…
IRDAI in the year 2011 introduced the Insurance Repository (IR) system to provide policyholders a facility to keep insurance policies in electronic form and to undertake changes, modifications, and revisions in the insurance policy with speed and accuracy to bring about efficiency, transparency, and cost reduction in the issuance and maintenance of insurance policies. Insurance…
The insurance industry of India has 57 insurance companies -24 are in the life insurance business, while 34 are non-life insurers. Among the life insurers, LIC is the sole public sector company. There are six public sector insurers in the non-life insurance segment. In addition to these, there is a sole national re-insurer namely General…
Insurance is a legal agreement between an insurer (insurance company) and an insured (individual/legal entity), in which an insured receives financial protection from an insurer for the losses he may suffer under specific circumstances. In insurance policy, there are three important terms viz. Premium, Sum insured, Sum assured. Premium: The insured needs to pay a…
Insurance penetration and density are two metrics, that so often used to assess the level of development of the insurance sector in a country. These metrics are normally expressed in terms of US$. Insurance Penetration: Insurance penetration is measured as the percentage of insurance premiums to the GDP of the country. For instance, if a…
Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Thursday issued an order restraining payments by companies through intermediaries to non-card-accepting recipients for violation of section 4 of the Payment and Settlement Systems (PSS) Act. While the central bank did not name the card network, it said that one card network has arrangements to allow such payments through…
Privatisation and foreign direct investment (FDI) have been seen by policymakers, in India and abroad as key components of India’s reform program. Indian Parliament on 22 March 2021 passed the Insurance Amendment Bill 2021 to increase the foreign direct investment (FDI) limit in the insurance sector to 74% from 49%. With the Union Cabinet approving…
Insurance denotes protection from financial loss in which, one party (an insurance company) in exchange for the amount of premiums it collects agrees to compensate another party in the event of a certain loss, damage, or injury. It is a form of risk management, primarily used to protect against the risk of a contingent or…
Financial Market is a type of Market in which bonds and securities are traded. Price discovery is a process that determines market prices, mostly through interactions between buyers and sellers. Price discovery is a method for determining the spot price of a commodity through interactions between sellers and buyers – often referred to as a…