IRDA: Syllabus for Training of Telecallers — Distance marketing of Insurance Products

Further to the guidelines on distance marketing of insurance products issued vide circular no. IRDA/Admn/GDL/Misc/059/04/2011 on 5.4.2011 and with reference to the provision 8 (ii) thereunder, the syllabus for pre-recruitment training of telecallers is specified herein below: Read more

Guidelines on Insurance repositories and electronic issuance of insurance policies

Objective and Utilization of Insurance Repository
The objective of creating an insurance repository is 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 in order to bring about efficiency, transparency and cost reduction in the issuance and maintenance of insurance policies. Read more

Creation of Reserve for Unexpired Risk (URR) by the Non-life Insurance Companies for Health Segment

IRDA CIRCULAR: Authority vide Circular No. IRDA/F&A/CIR/49/Mar-09 dated March 24, 2009 had relaxed the requirement of Section 64(1)(ii)(b) of the Act for computation of Reserve for Unexpired Risk for Health segment for the year 2008-09 and had permitted to compute Reserve for Unexpired Risk on 1/365 days method basis. The said relaxation was extended to the financial year 2009-10 vide Circular No. IRDA/F&I/CIR/F&A/081/12/2009 dated 17th December, 2009. Read more