Lowdown: Inside IRDAI’s consultation paper on the Public Insurance Registry

Download a copy of the consultation paper here: [ PDF ] India’s insurance regulator, Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI), has called for a “Public Insurance Registry” in its recent consultation paper , titled “Recalibrating Economics of Insurance Distribution.” It described the PIR as Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI): an interoperable, business-facing digital infrastructure for insurance. Following the Sabka Bima Sabki Raksha Act, 2025, IRDAI released a consultatio