The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (IRDA) has asked 14 life insurers to defy the ban imposed by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) on selling unit linked insurance policies (ULIP).
Delivering a knock out punch to the Securities Exchange Board of India (SEBI), the government through a ordinance issued late Friday, has unequivocally declared that unit linked insurance policies (ULIPs) are part of the life insurance business.