A seminar on “Role of Insurance Intermediaries” was organised by Citizens Awareness Group (CAG) on October 28, 2012
at Chandigarh.
The audience included insurance agents, insurance
brokers, surveyors, Third party Administrators and other officials from various
insurance companies. The seminar was inaugurated by Mr Suresh Mathur, Senior
Joint Director, IRDA as Chief Guest and welcome address was given by Mr. Surinder Verma, Chairman of CAG, Chandigarh.
Mr Suresh Mathur, Senior Joint Director, IRDA gave the
key note address on the subject informing the gathering about the various types
of intermediaries licensed by IRDA and the role played by each one of them
being a pivotal part of the insurance industry.
The
first technical sessions on the underwriting practices and role of agents,
brokers was made by Mr. S. K. Jain, Director, Insurance Brokers Association of
India. The second session on the claim procedures and role of surveyors
and investigators was handled by a team of surveyors. During the post-lunch
sessions, Two Officials representing two licensed TPAs spoke about “importance
of health insurance and the role of TPAs” respectively.The other speakers include representatives of
insurance companies and spoke on the “Grievance Redressal Mechanism available
to the policyholder” which is the last technical session of the seminar. Summing up, the Organisers mentioned in the
valedictory that the seminar was found to be very useful for the participants.