{"id":6205,"date":"2015-03-04T17:03:00","date_gmt":"2015-03-04T17:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/sccblog\/?p=6205"},"modified":"2015-10-14T14:31:21","modified_gmt":"2015-10-14T09:01:21","slug":"indian-insurance-companies-foreign-investment-rules-2015-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2015\/03\/04\/indian-insurance-companies-foreign-investment-rules-2015-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Indian Insurance Companies (Foreign Investment) Rules, 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"<p >On <st1:date year=\"2015\" day=\"19\" month=\"2\" w:st=\"on\">19-02-2015<\/st1:date>, the Central Government made the Indian Insurance Companies (Foreign Investment) Rules, 2015. The objective of the Rule is to specify the quantum of Foreign Direct Investment allowed in the Indian Insurance Company and further information thereto. The Rules provides that:<\/p>\n<ul  type=\"disc\">\n<li   >The aggregate holdings by way of      Total Foreign Investment by foreign investors should not exceed 49% of the      paid up equity capital of an Indian Insurance company.<\/li>\n<li   >Ownership and control of an Indian      Insurance company shall remain at all times in the hands of resident      Indian entities.<o:p><\/o:p><\/li>\n<li   >Foreign Direct Investment      proposals upto 26 % of the total paid up equity of the Indian Insurance      Company shall be on the automatic route; above 26% and upto the cap of 49%      shall be on the FIPB route.<o:p><\/o:p><\/li>\n<li   >Foreign Portfolio Investment in an      Indian Insurance Company shall be governed by provisions of FEMA      Regulations, 2000 and SEBI (Foreign Portfolio Investment) Regulations.<o:p><\/o:p><\/li>\n<li   >Any increase in foreign investment      of an Indian Insurance Company shall be in accordance with the pricing      guidelines specified by Reserve Bank of <st1:country-region w:st=\"on\">India<\/st1:country-region> under FEMA.<o:p><\/o:p><\/li>\n<li   >Foreign equity investment cap of      49% shall also apply to Insurance Brokers, Third Party Administrators,      Surveyors and Loss Assessors and other insurance intermediaries appointed      under the provisions of IRDA Act, 1999.<o:p><\/o:p><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p   ><\/p>\n<p ><b>-Ministry of Finance<o:p><\/o:p><\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On 19-02-2015, the Central Government made the Indian Insurance Companies (Foreign Investment) Rules, 2015. 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