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Specialist insurance authority

IndiaIRDAI

Insurance supervision in India.

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01 / The institution

Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India

The 1999 act establishes the authority to protect policyholders and regulate and develop insurance. The Insurance Act supplies the wider insurance-business framework.

How it is structured

Specialist insurance authority

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The legal foundations

Mandate, written into law.

Establishing legislation and the rules governing insurance may be different instruments.

02 / Market signals

The numbers, with context.

Figures retain the reporting period and accounting basis of their source. They are snapshots, not live indicators or directly comparable country rankings.

Insurance penetration. IRDAI reports penetration of 3.7% for FY 2024/25. Its international comparison tables cite Swiss Re; fiscal and calendar-year observations should not be treated as identical periods.

03 / The report notebook

A dated view of the market.

What we noted in the regulator’s publications. Each entry separates the period covered, publication date when known, and our review date.

ReviewedNOTE 01

FY 2024/25

IRDAI Annual Report 2024–25 ↗

English insurance-market appraisal reviewed. The report's narrative explicitly assigns penetration and density to FY 2024/25; international comparison tables cite Swiss Re and use different country reporting calendars.

Health share of non-life premiums

41.42%

Health, including personal accident in Table I.12, remained the largest non-life segment, ahead of motor at 32.21%.

IRDAI Annual Report 2024–25Printed page 19, paragraph I.2.2.16 and Table I.12 · Country illustration
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04 / Official contacts

Reach the institution.

Public institutional channels, checked 17 September 2026.

Research trail

Sources you can follow.

Independent editorial research by Insurers Global. Source dates do not certify that a law includes every subsequent amendment.

  1. Document Detail - IRDAI ↗Checked
  2. Official contact page ↗Checked
  3. IRDAI Annual Report 2024–25 ↗Checked

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