Insurance Amendment Bill aims to accelerate sector growth, protect policyholders, says FM

The Lok Sabha on Tuesday took up for consideration a bill that seeks to accelerate the growth and development of the insurance sector, ensure better protection of policyholders, and improve ease of doing business for insurance companies.

Moving the 'Sabka Bima Sabki Raksha (Amendment of Insurance Laws) Bill 2025' for passage in the House, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said the bill provides for improved regulatory oversight.

"We want the regulator, insurance regulatory and development authority of India also to be more robust. We have taken measures around this in the amendment ranging from better regulatory oversight, ease of compliance, insurance intermediaries to provide uninterrupted services, and so on," the Finance Minister said.

She said the amendments introduce a more uniform framework for both intermediaries and insurers, requiring stakeholder consultations before any policy changes are implemented.

The Union Minister highlighted the recent measures taken by the government for the insurance sector.

"The government has recently come up with several flagship programs like PM Jeevan Jyoti Yojana, PM Suraksha Bima Yojana, PM Jan Arogya Yojana, and Krishi Bima Yojana aimed for the inclusion of the poorest sections of the society who can't afford insurance," she said.

She said the government also has been making sure that the public sector insurance companies can meet the insurance requirements of the people.

"By listing of LIC, we have made it transparent for the citizens." She said that reforms along with regulatory strengthening have resulted in measurable growth.