 | Insurance brokers now under ambit of ombudsmanThe amended rules have enlarged the scope of complaints to the ombudsman to include disputes pertaining to deficiencies in service on the part of insurers, agents, brokers and other intermediaries. |
 | Finance Ministry brings insurance brokers within ombudsman ambitThe amended rules have enlarged the scope of complaints to ombudsmen from only disputes earlier to deficiencies in service on the part of insurers, agents, brokers and other intermediaries. |
 | Lokpal gets nearly Rs 40 crore in BudgetThe provision is for establishment and construction-related charged expenditure for the Lokpal |
 | Only four states have appointed judicial, non-judicial members of Lokayukta: ReportThe Act mandates appointment of Lokpal at the Central level to inquire into allegations of corruption against important public functionaries, while Lokayukta is the state-level ombudsman. |
 | Chennai Insurance Ombudsman remains active during pandemic, disposes of 569 complaintsDue to the prevailing pandemic situation, hearings were being conducted through video conferencing by M Vasantha Krishna, who is acting as Insurance Ombudsman of the Chennai centre |
 | Ex-Supreme Court judge DK Jain gets one-year extension as BCCI Ethics Officer and OmbudsmanDuring his last tenure as ombudsman and ethics officer, Jain had heard cases pertaining to the remarks made by KL Rahul and Hardik Pandya on a chat show. |
