he Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) is an autonomous, statutory agency tasked with regulating and promoting the insurance and re-insurance industries in India.[2] It was constituted by the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority Act, 1999


Role of IRDA :

Issuing, renewing, modifying, withdrawing, suspending or cancelling registrations
Protecting policyholder interests
Specifying qualifications, the code of conduct and training for intermediaries and agents
Specifying the code of conduct for surveyors and loss assessors
Promoting efficiency
Promoting and regulating professional organisations connected with the insurance and re-insurance industry
Levying fees and other charges
Inspecting and investigating insurers, intermediaries and other relevant organisations
Regulating rates, advantages, terms and conditions which may be offered by insurers not covered by the Tariff Advisory Committee under section 64U of the Insurance Act, 1938 (4 of 1938)
Specifying how books should be kept
Regulating company investment of funds
Regulating a margin of solvency
Adjudicating disputes between insurers and intermediaries or insurance intermediaries
Supervising the Tariff Advisory Committee
Specifying the percentage of premium income to finance schemes for promoting and regulating professional organisations
Specifying the percentage of life- and general-insurance business undertaken in the rural or social sector