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Schedule - 08 of the International Financial Services Centres Authority (Insurance Web Aggregator) R...
Insurance web aggregators must disclose changes affecting their certificate of registration and proceedings initiated by other regulatory or government bodies within thirty days. Actions or directions issued in those proceedings must be reported within the same period. Information on professional indemnity policy claims and property acquisitions in India must be furnished within fifteen days. Applicants must voluntarily disclose changes in application information arising after filing or during processing. The Authority may also require further information, data or documents in a specified manner.
Schedule - 07 of the International Financial Services Centres Authority (Insurance Web Aggregator) R...
Professional indemnity insurance for an Insurance Web Aggregator must provide annual claims-made cover for negligence, fraud-related liability, document loss and dishonest acts by employees. Claim payments cannot depend on the IWA first meeting its liability. Indemnity limits must equal twice remuneration received at each financial-year end, subject to prescribed minimum and maximum limits, while uninsured excess is capped at five percent of capital employed. Branch-form IWAs require head-office cover endorsed for IFSC branch liabilities.
Schedule - 06 of the International Financial Services Centres Authority (Insurance Web Aggregator) R...
Renewal of an Insurance Web Aggregator's registration is certified by recording the entity, registration number, issue date, and validity period. Continued Insurance Telemarketing or Insurance Outsourcing work may be approved with renewal. Renewal and approval are subject to the International Financial Services Centres Authority Act, 2019, the Insurance Act, 1938, the IFSCA (Insurance Web Aggregator) Regulations, 2022, and additional conditions imposed by the International Financial Services Centres Authority.
Schedule - 05 of the International Financial Services Centres Authority (Insurance Web Aggregator) R...
Renewal applications for insurance web aggregator registration require a self-certified undertaking, confirmation of website-hosting location where changed, and an updated list of persons controlling or responsible for website content where changed. Renewal training certificates for the Principal Officer and Authorised Verifiers must accompany the application, along with any further information required by the Authority. Every submitted copy must be attested by the Principal Officer.
Schedule - 04 of the International Financial Services Centres Authority (Insurance Web Aggregator) R...
Renewal of an Insurance Web Aggregator certificate of registration requires a completed application with supporting documents, updated applicant particulars, and disclosure of organisational or Key Management Personnel changes. Applicants must disclose pending or settled disputes and relevant economic offences. Continued insurance telemarketing or outsourcing permission requires confirmation of valid telemarketing registration and an updated list of authorised verifiers. An authorised representative must execute the application with the required designation, place, and date.
Schedule - 03 of the International Financial Services Centres Authority (Insurance Web Aggregator) R...
Certificate of registration authorises a named entity to act as an Insurance Web Aggregator, while separate registration approval permits Insurance Telemarketing or Insurance Outsourcing work. Each certificate identifies the registration particulars and remains effective only for its specified commencement and expiry dates. Registration is subject to the International Financial Services Centres Authority Act, 2019, the Insurance Act, 1938, the IFSCA (Insurance Web Aggregator) Regulations, 2022, and additional conditions imposed by the Authority.
Schedule - 02 of the International Financial Services Centres Authority (Insurance Web Aggregator) R...
Registration applicants must submit corporate, financial, governance, operational and personnel records, including constitutional documents, net-worth and shareholding certification, annual reports, website information, infrastructure details, training certificates and fit-and-proper disclosures. Notarised declarations by two directors or designated partners must address legal capacity, specified convictions, economic offences and relationships with other insurance-related entities. Existing insurance web aggregators or insurance brokers seeking to establish a branch must additionally disclose company, capital, shareholding, home-country regulatory, business-strategy and operational-viability particulars, supported by a certification of the accuracy of facts and projections.
Schedule - 01 of the International Financial Services Centres Authority (Insurance Web Aggregator) R...
Grant of a certificate of registration as an Insurance Web Aggregator requires a completed application with supporting materials and supplementary sheets where necessary. The applicant must identify its principal and correspondence offices, principal officer, legal status, incorporation and listing details, business objects, material shareholders, directors or designated partners, associate concerns, principal bankers and statutory auditors. Operational and financial suitability is demonstrated through a three-year business plan with projected activities and income, an organisation chart, and particulars of key managerial personnel.
Regulation 27 of the International Financial Services Centres Authority (Insurance Web Aggregator) R...
Regulation 27 empowers the Chairperson to issue necessary clarifications where difficulties arise in implementing the regulations. The Chairperson may also relax conditions mentioned in the regulations, provided reasons for the relaxation are recorded in writing. The provision forms part of the miscellaneous regulatory framework for insurance web aggregators.
Regulation 26 of the International Financial Services Centres Authority (Insurance Web Aggregator) R...
Disciplinary action may be taken against an insurance web aggregator for non-compliance with applicable statutory, regulatory, circular or guideline requirements, or where its activities are not in the interest of insurance business in International Financial Services Centres. Measures include suspension or cancellation of the certificate, subject to an opportunity for the insurance web aggregator to make written submissions.
Regulation 25 of the International Financial Services Centres Authority (Insurance Web Aggregator) R...
Regulation 25 requires an Authorized Verifier to discharge the roles and responsibilities specified in Schedule 9 under the International Financial Services Centres Authority (Insurance Web Aggregator) Regulations, 2022. The verifier's functions are governed by the duties prescribed in that Schedule for carrying out assigned roles and responsibilities under the miscellaneous provisions.
Regulation 24 of the International Financial Services Centres Authority (Insurance Web Aggregator) R...
Insurance Web Aggregators may solicit direct insurance business for insurers in an IFSC, other special economic zones, and from the Indian diaspora outside India, but may not solicit from the Domestic Tariff Area except in accordance with Section 2CB of the Insurance Act. Foreign-jurisdiction laws must be observed for diaspora business, and financial transactions must use freely convertible foreign currency. IWAs must conduct business fairly, follow prescribed obligations and conduct standards, remain responsible for employee acts and omissions, and make prescribed disclosures.
Regulation 23 of the International Financial Services Centres Authority (Insurance Web Aggregator) R...
Remuneration payable by an insurer to an Insurance Web Aggregator must follow the mode and manner specified by the Authority. No charges may be paid merely for transmitting leads. Remuneration may be earned where leads result in insurance-policy sales, and an IWA may receive mutually agreed product-display fees subject to any prescribed overall ceiling. Mutually agreed service charges may also be paid under service agreements for Insurance Outsourcing functions.
Regulation 22 of the International Financial Services Centres Authority (Insurance Web Aggregator) R...
Regulation 22 permits an Insurance Web Aggregator to use telemarketing or other distance-marketing modes to solicit insurance where the solicitation is based on leads generated through its website. Such use must follow the instructions specified in Schedule 13. Remote insurance solicitation is thereby tied to website-generated leads and compliance with applicable Schedule 13 instructions when those marketing modes are used.
Regulation 21 of the International Financial Services Centres Authority (Insurance Web Aggregator) R...
Online sale of insurance by insurance web aggregators must be conducted in the manner and through the process specified by the Authority. Applicable Authority-issued guidelines govern the operational framework for conducting insurance sales online, including requirements concerning the prescribed manner and process of such sales.
Regulation 20 of the International Financial Services Centres Authority (Insurance Web Aggregator) R...
Transmission of leads by Insurance Web Aggregators to insurers must be undertaken in the manner specified in Schedule 12. The prescribed schedule governs the process for sharing insurance leads with insurers and establishes the applicable procedural requirements for lead transmission.
Regulation 19 of the International Financial Services Centres Authority (Insurance Web Aggregator) R...
Insurance Web Aggregators (IWAs) must display product comparisons on their websites in the manner specified in Schedule 11. Schedule 11 constitutes the prescribed framework governing the presentation of product comparisons through an IWA website.
Regulation 18 of the International Financial Services Centres Authority (Insurance Web Aggregator) R...
Insurance Web Aggregators must prepare audited financial statements, disclose insurer-wise income and related-party payments, and ensure related-party transactions are conducted at arm's length. Audited accounts, auditor reports, and explanations of observations must be submitted within the prescribed period, and audit deficiencies must be rectified. Books and records must be retained at the IFSC office for at least ten years, with extended retention for sub judice claims. Insurer-wise records must include leads, policies, remuneration, KYC material, client particulars, complaints, and regulatory correspondence.
Regulation 17 of the International Financial Services Centres Authority (Insurance Web Aggregator) R...
Where an insurance web aggregator has arrangements to distribute products for more than one insurer in a particular line of business, it must display the list of those insurers to prospects and provide details of all available products. Disclosures must include coverage scope, policy term, premium payable, premium terms, and other relevant information. The product proposed for sale must be based on the prospect's needs analysis, ensuring needs-based distribution free from conflicts of interest.
Regulation 16 of the International Financial Services Centres Authority (Insurance Web Aggregator) R...
Insurance Web Aggregators are prohibited from entering arrangements with insurers that operate against the interests of prospects and policyholders. Arrangements for distributing insurance products must conform to requirements specified by the International Financial Services Centres Authority, making protection of prospects and policyholders a governing condition for insurer-aggregator distribution arrangements.