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Review of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) policy on Insurance Sector.

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....rance Company 74% Automatic 5.2.22.2 Intermediaries or Insurance Intermediaries including insurance brokers, re-insurance brokers, insurance consultants, corporate agents, third party administrator, Surveyors and Loss Assessors and such other entities, as may be notified by the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India from time to time. 100% Automatic 5.2.22.3 Other Conditions: (a) No Indian Insurance company shall allow the aggregate holdings by way of total foreign investment in its equity shares by foreign investors, including portfolio investors, to exceed seventy-four percent of the paid-up equity capital of such Indian Insurance company. (b) The foreign investment up to seventy-four percent of the total paid-up....

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....ons contained in Chapter-IV, Rule 10 and 11 read with Schedule II of Foreign Exchange Management (Non-Debt Instruments) Rules, 2019, as amended from time to time and provisions of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Foreign Portfolio Investors) Regulations, 2019, as amended from time to time. (f) Any increase in foreign investment in an Indian Insurance company shall be in accordance with the pricing guidelines specified by Reserve Bank of India under the FEMA Regulations. (g) The foreign equity investment cap of 100 percent shall apply on the same terms as above to insurance brokers, re-insurance brokers, insurance consultants, corporate agents, third party administrator, Surveyors and Loss Assessors and such other entities, as m....

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....urance intermediary shall be a resident Indian citizen; iii. shall take prior permission of the Authority for repatriating dividend; iv. shall bring in the latest technological, managerial and other skills; v. shall not make payments to the foreign group or promoter or subsidiary or interconnected or associate entities beyond what is necessary or permitted by the Authority; vi. shall make disclosures in the formats to be specified by the Authority of all payments made to its group or promoter or subsidiary or interconnected or associate entities; vii. composition of the Board of Directors and key management persons shall be as specified by the concerned regulators; (j) The provisions of paragraphs (i) (b) and (d) of Annexure 8 re....