... Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorist Financing Ordinance, Cap. 615 (AMLO) and section 133 of the Insurance Ordinance, Cap. 41 (IO), and shall take effect from 1 November 2018. 1.2 Terms and abbreviations used in this Guideline should be interpreted by reference to the definitions set out in the...

... Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorist Financing Ordinance, Cap. 615 (AMLO) and section 133 of the Insurance Ordinance, Cap. 41 (IO), and shall take effect from 23 September 20191 November 2018. 1.2 Terms and abbreviations used in this Guideline should be interpreted by reference to the definitions set...

..., designated under the heading of "Details of Specially Designated Global Terrorist [SDGT] Entities", the US Government added five new aliases and amended the name of a former aliase on 22 March 2004. Detailed information is set out in Annex. You should review your records carefully to see...

... sector, the FATF calls for its member to continue to apply counter-measures against this jurisdiction. Accordingly, you should continue to apply the counter-measures against Nauru as set out in my letter of 10 December 2001. Furthermore, in view of the inadequate progress made by Nigeria and...

...) announced today (21 February 2020) a set of temporary facilitative measures1 to reduce the risk of infection from face-to-face meetings between intermediaries and their clients. These temporary facilitative measures cover only Qualifying Deferred Annuity Policy and Voluntary Health Insurance...

... point-of-sale is duly performed and an extended cooling-off period of no less than 30 calendar days is in place. Fast Track to process VO Sandbox applications The IA has set up a fast track to expedite the processing of applications from insurers without VO Sandbox intending to sell life...

... authorized insurers taken into account, and contains a set of Frequently Asked Questions (“FAQs”) to help illustrate the relevant requirements. The FAQs are not intended to be exhaustive, and will be kept under review and updated when necessary. We will conduct two briefing sessions jointly with the HKFI to...

... authorized insurers taken into account, and contains a set of Frequently Asked Questions (“FAQs”) to help illustrate the relevant requirements. The FAQs are not intended to be exhaustive, and will be kept under review and updated when necessary. We will conduct two briefing sessions jointly with the HKFI to...

... development of the RBC regime, the Insurance Authority (IA) has finalized the remaining package of template and technical specifications on matching adjustment (MA package) for insurers carrying on long term business. We are writing to enlist your continuous support in completing and submitting data as set...

... introduce the Bill into the LegCo in the 2018-19 legislative year. Last but not least, we are working diligently to set up the statutory licensing regime for insurance intermediaries by mid-2019. A working group involving industry representatives has been set up to collate comments and inputs from the...