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It was formed by an act of Indian Parliament known as IRDA Act 1999, which was amended in
2002 to incorporate some emerging requirements.

Mission of IRDA

As stated in the act mission of IRDA is

1.)to protect the interests of the policyholders,

2.) to regulate, promote and ensure orderly growth of the insurance industry


   
  

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Another point worth mentionin is dat In 2010, the Government of India ruled that the Unit Linked
Insurance Plans (ULIPs) will be governed by IRDA, and not the market regulator Securities and
Exchange Board of India.

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he law of India has following expectations from IRDA...

1. o protect the interest of and secure fair treatment to policyholders.

2. o bring about speedy and orderly growth of the insurance industry (including annuity
and superannuation payments), for the benefit of the common man, and to provide long
term funds for accelerating growth of the economy.
3. o set, promote, monitor and enforce high standards of integrity, financial soundness,
fair dealing and competence of those it regulates.
4. o ensure that insurance customers receive precise, clear and correct information about
products and services and make them aware of their responsibilities and duties in this
regard.
5. o ensure speedy settlement of genuine claims, to prevent insurance frauds and other
malpractices and put in place effective grievance redressal machinery.
6. o promote fairness, transparency and orderly conduct in financial markets dealing with
insurance and build a reliable management information system to enforce high
standards of financial soundness amongst market players.
7. o take action where such standards are inadequate or ineffectively enforced.
8. o bring about optimum amount of self-regulation in day to day working of the industry
consistent with the requirements of prudential regulation