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No. IRDA/Reg/1/51/2010.- In exercise of the powers conferred by clause (zd) of sub• section (2) of section 114A of the Insurance Act, 1938 ( 4 of 1938) read with sub-section ( l) of section 14 of the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority Act, 1999 ( 41 of 1999), the Authority in consultation with the Insurance Advisory Committee, hereby makes the following regulations, namely:-____ _ CHAPTER I PRELIMINARY 9 Short title and commencement _1. (1) These regulations may be called the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (Sharing of Database for Distribution of Insurance Products) Regulations, 2010. (2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette. Definitions 2. In these Regulations, unless the context requires otherwise-:- a) "Act" means the Insurance Act, 1938 (4 of 1938); b) "Agreement" for the purpose of these regulations means an agreement entered into between a referral company and an insurer registered under section 3 of the Act; IO THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : EXTRAORDINARY [PART III-SEC. 4] c) "Authority" means the Insw-ance Regulatory and Development Authority established under sub-section ( 1) of section 3 of the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority Act, I 999 ( 41 of I 999); d) "Corporate Agent" means a person as defined in the !RDA (Licensing of Corporate Agents) Regulations, 2002; e) "Insurance Agent" means an insurance agent as defined in sub-section (I 0) of section 2 of the Act; f) "Insurance Broker" means a person as defined in clause (i) of regulation 2 of IRDA (Licensing of Insurance Brokers) Regulations, 2002; g) "!RDA Portal" means the portal maintained by the Authority for the purpose of registering the referral company; h) "Micro Insurance Agent" shall have the meaning as assigned to it in clause (f) of regulation 2 of the IRDA (Micro Insurance) Regulations, 2005; i) "Referral Arrangement" means the arrangement between a referral company and an insurer in terms of an agreement entered into for the purpose of sharing of the database of the customers of the referral company but does not include the soliciting or sale, directly or through an agent, corporate agent or an insurance intermediary including a micro, insurance agent of an insurance product; j) "Referral Company" means a company formed and registered under the Companies Act, 1956 (I of I 956) and approved by the Authority under sub-regulation (3) of regulation 6 except as otherwise permitted in these regulations; k) "Register" for the purpose of these regulations refers to the process of registration as outlined in regulation 8; 1) All words and expressions used and not defined in these regulations but defined in the Insurance Act, I 938 ( 4 of I 938), the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority Act, 1999 (41 of 1999) or in any of the Regulations made thereunder shall have the meanings respectively assigned to them in those Acts or Regulations. CHAPTERil APPROVAL OF A REFERRAL COMPANY Application of a referral company 3. The application seeking grant of approval of the referral company shall be made by an insurer to the Authority, accompanied by a fee of rupees ten thousand paid by way of a bank draft in favour of "Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority" payable at Hyderabad and containing such information as specified in Form - A jn Schedule I. '. .. Application to conform to the requirements 4. An application which is not complete in all respects shall be liable to be rejected: Provided that, before rejecting any such application, the insurer shall be given an opportunity 'to complete such formalities within a period of thirty days from the date of receipt of communication from the Authority, Furnishing information 5. The Authority may require the insurer to furnish such further information or clarification as may be required by it Eligibility criteria for approval of the referral company 6. (1) For the grant of approval of the referral company, the insurer shall ensure the fulfillment of the conditions including but not limited to the following:- (a) The referral company Is a company formed and registered under the companies Act, 1956 (I of 1956) unless otherwise provided under sub-regulation (b) of regulation 6 of these regulations; (b) The referral company is not in any of the businesses of extending loans and advances, accepting deposits, trading in securities on its own account or on the accounts of the customers; Provided that any bank including a Regional Rural Bank or a co-operative bank that is not eligible for grant of corporate agency license under the relevant eligibility criteria stipulated by the Reserve Bank of India may be approved as a referral company, subject to such conditions as may be imposed by the Authority and the Reserve Bank of India; Provided further that any other department or organization of the Government may also be approved as a referral company subject to such conditions as may be imposed by the Authority; ( c) The referral company is engaged in a business that has no linkage, direct or indirect, with the transaction or distribution of the business of insurance; (d) The referral company does not carry out the sale or promotion of insurance products in its premises or elsewhere at all times; ( e) The referral company. has a minimum. net worth of rupees fifty lakhs and a minimum turnover of rupees one crore during the previous three consecutive years; (f) The referral company has a database of its customers acquired through its, business; lJ 12 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : EXTRAORDINARY [PART III-SEC. 4] Provided that a company whose main business is acquisition and sale of client data shall not be eligible to be a referral company; (g) The referral company does not have an existing referral arrangement with an insurer carrying out the same class of insurance business; (h) The referral company is not bound by any confidentiality agreement in the matter or sharing the personal and financial databases of its customers; (2) While considering the application, the Authority may, if it so desires, verify the information furnished by the insurer including the supporting documents and the available database and also inspect the premises and infrastructure of the referral company and for this purpose, appoint an officer of the Authority. (3) The Authority may, after considering the application with reference to the matters specified in sub-regulations (I) and (2) of regulation 6, grant approval to the referral company which shall be valid for a period of three years from the date of grant of such approval. Procedure where approval is not granted 7. (I) The Authority niay reject the application made by an insurer to the Authority seeking grant of approval of the referral company if it does not satisfy the eligibility criteria laid down in regulation 6 of these regulations, or if the grant of such approval is not found to be in public interest. (2) The decision of the Authority along with the reasons to be recorded in writing shall be communicated to the insurer within a period of fourteen days from the date of the decision. CHAPTERffl REGISTRATION OF A REFERRAL COMPANY Procedure for registration of a referral company 8. (I) The insurer shall register the referral company that has been approved by the Authority under regulation 6 in the IRDA Portal. (2) The insurer shall enter into an agreement with the referral company approved by the Authority which shall necessarily include details relating to though not limited to the following: a) Agreed price of the database to be shared b) Terms of payment including time-frame and mode c) The right of the insurer to inspect/audit the referral company d) Onus of complying with the regulatory and other legal requirements on both the parties to the agreement ['111J III-~ 4] e) Identifying the different data elements to be shared (viz. name of customer, contact details). (3) The agreement shall be valid for a period of three years from the date of grant of approval by the Authority and within fifteen days from the date of entering into such a., agreement, the insurer shall file the agreement in electronic form through the IRDA Portal. (2) Notwithstanding the terms of the referral agreement entered into with the referral company, the Authority may direct the insurer to forthwith tenninate the registration of the referral company if the same is not found to be in public interest. Restrictions on the business activities of the referral company 9. The referral company that has been approved by the Authority and registered with the insurer shall not: (a) carry out the sale of insurance products in its premises or elsewhere, at all times; (b) undertake any insurance related activity except activities in the nature of sharing of - <j,,, database of its customers for the sale or distribution of insurance products; (c) ere~, a database of its customer groups by specifically soliciting or scouting prospectiv, policyholders, for the sale or distribution of the insurance products; ( d) provide d;tails of its customers without their prior consent or provide details of any person/firm/con1pany with whom they have not had any recorded business transaction; (e) receive any pa:,;ment from the insurer for providing the database of its customers, over and above the remuneration as outlined in sub-regulation (7) of regulation 11; (t) receive any payment for providing the database of its customers from a person involved in insurance related activity other than an insurer; (g) be licensed/registered as an insurance agent, corporate agent, micro insurance agent or a broker under the relevant Regulations framed by the Authority; (h) enter into a referral arrangement with more than one life and/or one general insurance company and /or one standalone health insurance company; (k) earn more than I 0% of its total income from the referral business with an insurer or any other organization not involved in any insurance related activity, at any time during the tenure of the referral arrangement; (!) acquire at any time, databases with the express purpose of selling it to insurers or any other organization not involved in any insurance related activity. CHAPTER IV DUTIES AND OBLIGATIONS Obligations of a Referral Company 10. (I) A referral company shall ensure that it maintains the specified net worth and turnover at all times during the tenure of the referral arrangement; 13 14 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : EXTRAORDINARY [PART III-SEC. 4] (2) A referral company shall maintain the records and the reports of its activities under the referral arrangement, in the manner specified in the agreement entered into between the insurer and the referral company; (3) A referral company shall along with its employees (whatever their designation may be) comply with all the provisions of the Act, the Insurance Regulatory and Development Act, 1999 ( 41 of 1999), the rules and regulations framed thereunder and such other directions issued by the Authority from time to time. Obligations of the Insurer 11. (1) An insurer shall ensure that the referral company with which it has entered into a referral arrangement is compliant with all the provisions of these regulations, the Act, the Insurance Regulatory and Development Act, 1999 ( 41 of 1999), the rules and regulations framed thereunder and such other directions issued by the Authority from time to time; (2) An insurer shall maintain a record of every referral agreement entered into by it, the total business generated by it under the referral agreement and the total amount payable by it including all the payments made to the referral company, along-with the calculation basis of such payments; . r-__,,.,,, •. ..,--- (3) An insurer shall maintain separate records for each batch of referral dat$'-6btained from each referral company, the details of the policies sold out of the ref(f'ences thus obtained and the information regarding the payments made by it under the ),:ead 'referral', in Form Bas specified in Schedule I; ,/' A , (4) An insurer shall submit to the Authority, the records referred to in sub-regulations (2) and (3) of Regulation 11 and the reports of its activities as relevant for the purpose of these regulations, whenever called upon fo do so; (5) An insurer shall bring to the notice of the Authority, any change in the information or particulars previously furnished that has a bearing on the approval granted by the Authority or the modification, if any, in the information that has been uploaded in the !RDA Portal at the time of registration not later than fifteen days from the date of occurrence of such change; (6) An insurer shall upload the duly approved modification to the information or particulars previously furnished to the Authority not later than fifteen days from the date of grant of such approval; (7) An insurer shall pay, such fees or remuneration, by whatever name called, to the referral company for such database that is converted into sales, which shall not exceed twenty five percent of the commission payable or actually paid, whichever is lower, on the first year premium of the first policy sold on the basis of the lead obtained from the referral company. The fees or remuneration to be paid shall form part of and be within the overall limits on the commission and expenses as provided for in sections 408 and 40C of the Act and the relevant rules and regulations made thereunder. However no fees or remuneration, by whatever name called, shall be paid by the insurer to a referral