A.V. Girija Kumar appointed Chairman of IRDAI Reinsurance Advisory Committee.

Exam-focused facts from the 31 January 2026 current affairs briefing.

Key facts

A.V. Girija Kumar, former Chairman and Managing Director of Oriental Insurance Company Ltd., was appointed Chairman of the reconstituted Reinsurance Advisory Committee (RAC) by the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI).
The reconstituted RAC includes Praveen Vashishta, former CEO and Managing Director of Howden Insurance Brokers India Pvt. Ltd.; Roopam Asthana, former CEO of Liberty General Insurance; and T.L. Alamelu, former Whole-Time Member of IRDAI.
The committee has been constituted for a tenure of three years under Section 101B of the Insurance Act, 1938.
The Deputy General Manager (Reinsurance) at IRDAI will function as Secretary to the RAC.