Insurance companies may bring new products without prior permission of IRDAI
The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) vide circular dated June 10, 2022, permitted life insurance companies to introduce products without taking prior permission (use-and-file) from IRDAI. The regulator had extended the same relaxation of the ‘use-and-file’ procedure to health and general insurance companies vide a circular dated 01.06.2022. Thus, the insurance companies…
Read article Pension equivalent to 90% of wage extended to dependents of COVID-19 victims under ESIC scheme: Govt
The Ministry of Labour and Employment on Sunday announced additional benefits for workers through social securities schemes run by the EPFO and the ESIC amid the COVID-19 pandemic. “The Ministry of Labour and Employment has announced additional benefits for workers through ESIC and EPFO schemes to address the fear and anxiety of workers about well…
Read article Who is a beneficial nominee for an insurance policy?
May be all of us know the meaning of a nominee of the life insurance policy. Nominees of insurance policies are merely designated trustees acting as receivers of insurance proceeds on behalf of the policyholder’s legal heirs. In the other words, while the insurance company has to hand over the death benefit to the nominee,…
Read article Pure risk premium product “Saral Jeevan Bima” life policy offer mandatory for all the life insurance companies
The insurance regulator IRDAI has come out with a standard individual term life insurance product, to be known as “Saral Jeevan Bima”. The policy shall be mandatorily offered by all the life insurance companies from January 1, 2021, onwards. In this respect, all life insurers have to file the product with the insurer latest by…
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These are IDRAI guidelines on health insurance policies
The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) has issued guidelines to all General and Health Insurers offering indemnity-based Health Insurance products for both Individuals and Groups (excluding PA and Domestic / Overseas Travel). These provisions and guidelines were issued by IRDAI under the provisions of Section 34(1) of the Insurance Act, 1938, and…
How your health insurance claim can be much lower than the actual hospital bill?
Of-late, complaints against health insurance companies have gone up largely on account of dissatisfaction with claim settlement. This is mostly because customers are unaware of common features in health insurance policies that relates to sub-limits. Normally, almost all health insurance policies have specific cap called sub-limits to the sum insured under which the insurer will…
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