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1st List of Eligible Trainee Surveyors 10. While registering for III Surveyor pre-licensing exams,
October 03, 2025 the applicants are required to enter the Enrollment No.
in the form of "10000XXXXX" (10-digit no. only) and
1. First list of eligible trainees for Insurance Institute of Enrollment Date in the form of "DD-MM-YYYY".
India (III) Surveyor Pre-Licensing Examinations
December 2025 is attached herewith. Public Notice - Fake Website
2. Further to the Surveyor Enrollment Notice dated 29th September 30, 2025
February 2024, it may be noted that enrollment
applications submitted up to 15th September, 2025 The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of
shall be processed “for the December 2025 India (IRDAI) is a statutory body established under Section
examinations”. 3(1) of the Insurance Regulatory and Development
3. Those applicants who have applied multiple Authority Act, 1999 (No. 41 of 1999) to protect the interests
enrollments for different departments have been made of policyholders, regulate, promote, and ensure orderly
eligible with only 1 approved enrollment number. growth of the insurance industry.
4. For any discrepancy in the list - applicants who are 1) It has been noticed that a fraudulent website is
eligible for surveyor examination scheduled in masquerading as IRDAI’s official Consumer Education
Website. IRDAI’s official Consumer Education Website
December 2025 are advised to email to
can be assessed with the URL: https://
kiransharma@irdai.gov.in and surveyor@irdai.gov.in
policyholder.gov.in. The fraudulent website is hosted at
before 05.00 PM till 6th October, 2025 with the subject
the following URL: https://policyholdergov.org.
heading “Discrepancy in list of eligible applicants for
online Surveyor Exam December 2025”. 2) It has been observed that the fraudulent website is
misusing the official emblem and icons of IRDAI, the
5. Those applicants whose details were already appearing
in previous lists may directly approach Insurance Department of Financial Services, india.gov.in, and the
Institute of India (III) with previous issued date of Council of Insurance Ombudsman. Further, the
published list by IRDAI. fraudulent website has been found to be engaged in
unauthorized activities such as attempting to induce
6. All eligible applicants are advised to obtain student
policyholders to make premium payments online and
membership from Indian Institute of Insurance
collecting their personal details.
Surveyors & Loss Assessors (IIISLA) before appearing for
surveyor exam. 3) It is clarified that IRDAI does not collect premium, take
money for the settlement of Claim, or facilitate any
7. In case of non-receipt of Trainee Enrollment Approval
financial transactions on its website. The official
mail from IRDAI, all eligible applicants are advised to
consumer education website of IRDAI exists only to
take screen shot of status of their Trainee Enrollment
provide authentic information to policyholders on
application under their login in IRDAI BAP Portal
insurance awareness, their rights, and Grievance
[showing status as “Approved /Partially Approved”,
Redressal options.
Enrollment No. & Date of Approval (Enrollment)]; as
4) The matter has already been escalated to the
proof while applying for IIISLA membership and
concerned authorities for urgent and appropriate
registering for III Surveyor exams.
action.
8. The eligible applicants are advised to register for
5) The general public is strongly advised to refrain from
December, 2025 online surveyor examination on the
website www.insuranceinstituteofindia.com. accessing or engaging with the said fraudulent website
and to rely only on the IRDAI’s official portals (as given
9. The eligible applicants are advised to register and
hereunder) for authentic information:
appear for the examination only for the respective
https://policyholder.gov.in
Departments for which they are enrolled with IRDAI
as Trainee Surveyors. https://irdai.gov.in

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