(1) The following shall be the eligibility criteria for any applicant to act as an empanelled annuity service provider:-
(a) any Life Insurance Companyregistered and regulated by the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority and dealing with annuity products in the domestic market for the last three years;
(b) the applicant having a minimum net worth of rupees two hundred and fiftycrores;
(c) the applicantshall have competency in design, development and offeringof annuity products, which is demonstrable by the details of the annuity products filedwiththe Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority;
(d) not barred from dealing with or selling annuity products in the market bythe Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority;
(e) any other criteria as may be specified by the Authority from time totimethroughresolutions, notifications, circulars, guidelines, norms or memoranda.
(2) The Authority reserves the right to waive or modify some or all of the abovecriteriafor reasons to be recorded in writing.