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Money & Banking
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Insurance New IRDA chief for thrust on rural, health insurance “There is nothing much to worry on ULIPs as Indian investors are very mature”. G. Naga Sridhar Hyderabad, June 12 Developing an enabling environment for the growth of rural and health insurance tops the agenda of Mr J. Hari Narayana, new Chairman of Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (IRDA). “While protection of policy-holders’ interest is paramount to the regulator always, we will also ensure the spread of insurance in rural and health sectors. There is lot of potential in these sectors,” Mr Hari Narayana told Business Line after taking over as the third chairman of IRDA here on Thursday. The regulator would be happy as long as the prescribed rural and social obligations are met by the companies, he said, adding that the current scenario was satisfactory in that regard. Various ways and means would be “carefully examined” to ensure the health and penetration of health insurance, the chairman said. “There are some high-level panels which examined various aspects on health insurance and we will take appropriate steps shortly,” he said. Personally, he felt that one should take health insurance at a younger age itself. Observing that the growth of insurance industry was “very good” at 13 per cent last year at over Rs 75,000 crore, he said the growth could be 18 per cent this year. On the significant share of Unit Linked Insurance Plans (ULIPs) in insurance industry and their dependence on a volatile financial market, Mr Hari Narayana said, “There is nothing to worry as Indian investors (holders of insurance policies) are very mature. We will monitor the situation while promoting transparency.” More Stories on : Insurance | Regulatory Bodies & Rulings | People
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