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CS Professional · Banking and Insurance - Laws and Practice · Functions in Insurance and Compliance related thereto (Part II)

Bharat Mutual Life Ltd carries on life insurance business in India. Which body is deemed under the Insurance Act, 1938 to represent insurers carrying on life insurance business, and which body represents insurers carrying on general, health insurance and re-insurance business?

The Life Insurance Council represents insurers carrying on life insurance business, while the General Insurance Council represents insurers carrying on general, health insurance and re-insurance business. Both are deemed constituted as the respective Councils under the Act.

  1. ALife Insurance Council and General Insurance Council respectivelyCorrect
  2. BInsurance Advisory Committee for both
  3. CGeneral Insurance Council for life, and Life Insurance Council for re-insurance
  4. DExecutive Committee of the Authority for both

Explanation

Section 64C deems the existing Life Insurance Council, a representative body of life insurers, and the existing General Insurance Council, a representative body of insurers carrying on general, health insurance and re-insurance, to be constituted as the respective Councils. Option 3 swaps the roles, which is wrong.

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