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- The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India has proposed a major overhaul of commission payments to insurance distributors.
- Proposed limits based on product and policy characteristics are expected to reduce earnings for firms like PB Fintech, Axis Bank and HDFC Bank.
- Major stocks in the insurance sector dropped sharply following the announcement.
- These changes may also force insurance distributors to consider manufacturing their own insurance products to remain profitable.
What to watch next
- Potential shift of insurance distributors into manufacturing insurance products
- Impact of commission caps on the revenue of banks and NBFCs
- Future government decisions regarding MDR on fuel payments
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Yashish Dahiya
Cofounder and group chairman
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“I never wanted to be in manufacturing, but I think now this (the proposal) has almost forced us to (do that).”
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…PB Fintech said the proposed changes to insurance distribution economics could make it harder to justify remaining solely a distributor. Cofounder and group chairman Yashish Dahiya said in an analyst call, “ I never wanted to be in manufacturing, but I think now this (the proposal) has almost forced us to (do that). ” Dahiya termed the IRDAI proposals “quite extreme”. Supply-chain financing startup Progcap is integrating payments into ProgComm, its commerce platform for brands, distributors and retailers, CEO Pallavi Shrivastava…
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Named India · United States · Axis Bank · HDFC Bank · HDFC Life Insurance · ICICI Lombard General Insurance · InsuranceDekho · PB Fintech · SBI Life Insurance · Turtlemint · Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India · Mythic AI · Nykaa · Pallavi Shrivastava
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