The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India’s (Irdai’s) decision to allow insurers to hedge risks through equity derivatives will help them manage market volatility and protect ...

The guidelines come at a time the benchmark NSE Nifty 50 Index has declined by around 18 per cent from its September peak ...

The regulator also issued guidelines aimed at providing insurers with enhanced opportunities for risk management and ...

It is imprudent on the part of Indian insurance companies to invest out of the shareholders' fund in a private limited ...

Under the current regulatory framework, IRDAI allows insurers to deal in Rupee Interest Rate Derivatives in the form of Forward Rate Agreements (FRAs), Interest Rate Swaps and Exchange Traded Interest ...

Currently, insurers are allowed to trade in rupee interest rate derivatives such as forward rate agreements, interest rate ...

Regulator Irdai on Friday permitted insurers to use equity derivatives to hedge their portfolios, a move aimed at reducing ...

Dated: 28 February, 2025 IRDAI (hereinafter referred to as “the Authority”) permitted insurers to deal in financial derivatives in 2004 through Guidelines on Fixed Income Derivatives vide Circular No.

IRDAI is working towards implementing major regulatory changes over the next 18-24 months, including a risk-based capital ...

Increasing equity investments by insurers and associated volatility in the equity prices, there is a need to permit hedging ...

Tata AIA began operations in 2001. It initially held a 26% foreign stake, which increased in 2016 after the foreign direct ...

IRDAI permits insurers to use stock and index derivatives for hedging equity exposure, benefiting life insurers managing long ...