IRDAI has appointed K Ganesh as the new Member (Life) on July 31, 2019. Ganesh has replaced Nilesh Sathe who retired in May 2019.
Prior to joining IRDAI, Ganesh was executive director (corporate communications) in LIC of India. He joined LIC in 1983.
He was senior divisional manager of LIC of India at Indore and Chennai, regional manager (marketing) and zonal manager at Hyderabad. He has also worked as chief of health insurance and as executive director (customer relationship management) in LIC of India.