A of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002.
In April this year, the government had allowed a total of 29 insurers - life and non-life - to undertake Aadhaar authentication services.
The April 2020 list did not list the government-owned four general insurers and Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC), but the new notification has three of these general insurers, save New India Assurance, as well as LIC.
As per the notification, the Central Government said the 24 insurers were selected after it was satisfied that they comply with standards of privacy and security under the Aadhaar (Targeted Delivery of Financial and Other Subsidies, Benefits and Services) Act, 2016.
According to an industry official, the insurers were given permission as a part of the `Know Your Customer' process.
Earlier, the insurers used to collect the data from the policyholders at the time of settling the claims. Now they can authenticate Aadhaar details at the time the policy is issued.
( With inputs from IANS )
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