Explainer: Irdai sets up sub-committee to assess, solve health insurance sector concerns

Who will be a part of the health sub-committee?

Irdai chairman Ajay Seth will head the seven-member committee, which will also include Deepak Sood, member (Non-Life) from the regulatory body. Indu Bhushan, former chief executive officer of the National Health Authority (NHA), and Monika Halan, a financial writer, speaker, author, and adjunct professor at Banasthali Vidyapeeth, Rajasthan, will also be members. Two insurance chiefs—Sanjeev Mantri, managing director and chief executive officer of ICICI Lombard General Insurance and Krishnan Ramachandran, managing director and chief executive officer of Niva Bupa Health Insurance, will be permanent invitees to the committee. The secretary of the Irdai Board Secretariat will convene panel meetings.