Vijayan appointed chairman of Indian regulator
The Indian government has appointed T S Vijayan, former head of the Life Insurance Corporation, as chairman of the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority.
Vijayan, 59, is the third chief of the regulatory body and is the first from the life insurance industry.
Vijayan succeeds J. Hari Narayan who completed his five-year term last week.
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