IRDAI circular IRDAI/I&AT/CIR/MISC/194/11/2023 · 03 Nov 2023
Summary
Check the official recordThe Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) has issued guidelines for insurers acting as Financial Information Users (FIUs) within the Account Aggregator framework. Insurers must adopt technical specifications published by Reserve Bank Information Technology Private Limited (ReBIT) and ensure that financial information obtained from Financial Information Providers is used only as specified in the consent artefact. Insurers are required to prominently disclose the names of the Account Aggregators they utilize on their websites. Furthermore, they must limit data usage to functions permitted by regulatory instructions, adhere to existing codes of conduct, and maintain compliance with the Insurance Act, 1938, and the IRDA Act, 1999, including customer grievance redressal requirements.
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संदर्भ सं.: आईआरडीएआई/आई&एटी/सीआईआर/विविध/194/11/2023 Ref.No: IRDAI/I&AT/CIR/MISC/194/11/2023 दिनांक / Date: 03-11-2023
परिपत्र CIRCULAR
विषय: वित्तीय सूचना प्रयोक्ता के रूप में लेखा संग्राहक (एए) ढाँचे में सहभाविता Sub: Participation in Account Aggregator (AA) Framework as Financial Information User
This has reference to the IRDAI circular ref: IRDA/IID/CIR/MISC/229/11/2022 dated 14th Nov 2022 and Master Direction - Non-Banking Financial Company– Account Aggregator (Reserve Bank) Directions, 2016 dated 2nd September, 2016 issued by Reserve Bank of India (RBI) vide ref. DNBR.PD.009/03.10.119/2016-17 on participation of insurers in the Account Aggregator (AA) framework.
Attention is drawn to the para 3(1) (xii) of the RBI Master Direction which defines Financial Information User (FIU) as under:
“वित्तीय सूचना प्रयोक्ता से किसी वित्तीय क्षेत्र विनियामक के पास पंजीकृत और उसके द्वारा विनियमित संस्था अभिप्रेत है।”
“Financial information user means an entity registered with and regulated by any financial sector regulator.”
In this regard, it is advised that FIUs from insurance sector are expected to adopt the technical specifications (Financial Information Type Schemas) published by Reserve Bank Information Technology Private Limited (ReBIT), as updated from time to time.
The Financial Information, as defined in para 3(1) (ix) of the RBI Master Direction, provided by Financial Information Provider (FIP), shall not be used or disclosed by FIUs except as may be specified in the consent artefact.
The FIUs in insurance sector must disclose prominently on their websites the names of the Account Aggregators through which the information is obtained.
The FIUs in insurance sector shall obtain and use Financial Information that are required to perform functions specified in its respective regulatory instructions.
The FIUs in the insurance sector are encouraged to make AA related applications multilingual to make it user friendly.
The FIUs in the insurance sector shall also abide by the code of conduct as specified in the IRDAI regulations/guidelines/circulars applicable to them, including redressal of grievances of the customers.
Needless to add that the FIUs in the insurance sector shall continue to comply with all the regulatory provisions under the Insurance Act 1938, IRDA Act 1999 and the regulations / guidelines / circulars framed there under.
हस्ताक्षरित / Sd/- (राकेश जोशी / Rakesh Joshi) सदस्य (वित्त & निवेश) / Member (F&I)