India: Insurance Laws and Products

In one of the most significant restructurings in the Indian insurance landscape, the Bajaj Group initiated a sweeping realignment of its long-standing partnership with Allianz SE...

Life insurance contracts, like all insurance agreements, are considered contracts of uberrimae fidei, a Latin phrase that translates to "utmost good faith."

The Government of India has notified 5 February 2026 as the commencement date for the Sabka Bima Sabki Raksha (Insurance for All, Protection for All) (Amendment of Insurance Laws) Act, 2025, including 100% foreign investment in Indian insurers.

On 17 December 2025, the Parliament passed the Sabka Bima Sabki Raksha Bill 2025, which amends the Insurance Act, 1938 (the Act), the Life Insurance Corporation Act, 1956...

The Lok Sabha (lower house of the Parliament) on Tuesday (December 16, 2025) and the Rajya Sabha (upper house of the Parliament) on Wednesday (December 17, 2025) cleared the much-anticipated landmark insurance reforms bill i.e., The Sabka Bima Sabki Raksha (Amendment of Insurance Laws) Bill, 2025 (the "Bill").

India's current data protection regime is governed by the Information Technology Act 2000 ("IT Act"), read with the Information Technology (Reasonable Security Practices and Procedures and Sensitive Personal Data or Information) Rules 2011 ("SPDI Rules") issued under Section 43A of the IT Act.

In this Lexpresso special, we unpack the Supreme Court's landmark decision in Soham Shipping Pvt. Ltd. vs. The New India Assurance Co. Ltd., where the Court struck...

On 30 September 2025, the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) posted a pan-India public notice from its Hyderabad headquarters: a look-alike website...

The Ministry of Civil Aviation has released the draft Civil Drone (Promotion and Regulation) Bill, 2025 (Bill) for public consultation on September 16, 2025, inviting stakeholder comments...