... Scheme) promulgated in the 2021-22 Budget. The Grant Scheme provides an incentive for insurance companies and organisations to issue insurance-linked securities (ILS) in Hong Kong, while efforts are being made in parallel to map out a new regulatory scheme for Special Purpose Insurers set up in...
https://www.ia.org.hk/english/infocenter/press_releases/20210503_1.html -
Date: 2021-05-03
...;. All fees and levies that the IA collects are set out in the IA website. If members of the public receive any suspicious payment requests claiming to be made by the IA, they should verify the documents by contacting the IA via its general enquiry hotline at 3899-9983 (select language, then...
https://www.ia.org.hk/english/infocenter/press_releases/20230627_1.html -
Date: 2023-06-27
... writing to inform you that a set of Frequently Asked Questions (“FAQs”) on the Insurance (Financial and Other Requirements for Licensed Insurance Broker Companies) Rules (“Rules”) has been issued today and is available on our website www.ia.org.hk. The FAQs aim to provide clarifications on the...
https://www.ia.org.hk/english/legislative_framework/circulars/reg_matters/files/Cir_dd_20.11.2019.pdf -
Date: 2019-11-29
... appropriate and regular training to licensed insurance intermediaries and staff, where appropriate, to ensure that the process as set out in this Guideline is duly completed. The relevant operational control mechanism and training should cover the above requirement(s) relating to the unusual features. The RPQ...
https://www.ia.org.hk/english/legislative_framework/files/Interpretation_Notes.pdf -
Date: 2020-09-24
... appropriate and regular training to licensed insurance intermediaries and staff, where appropriate, to ensure that the process as set out in this Guideline is duly completed. The relevant operational control mechanism and training should cover the above requirement(s) relating to the unusual features. The RPQ...
https://www.ia.org.hk/english/supervision/reg_ins_intermediaries/files/GL_26_Interpretation_Notes_Eng.pdf -
Date: 2020-06-24
... appropriate and regular training to licensed insurance intermediaries and staff, where appropriate, to ensure that the process as set out in this Guideline is duly completed. The relevant operational control mechanism and training should cover the above requirement(s) relating to the unusual features. The RPQ...
https://www.ia.org.hk/english/legislative_framework/circulars/reg_matters/files/Interpretation_Notes.pdf -
Date: 2019-11-29
... insurance agencies and licensed insurance broker companies be changed. Currently (i.e. prior to the promulgation of the proposed F&P Guideline), the minimum education standard for individual licensees is set at completion of Form 5 (i.e. no additional education requirement is required in respect of a...
https://www.ia.org.hk/english/infocenter/files/Conclusions_Paper_Eng_final.pdf -
Date: 2019-09-03
...;Insurance Ordinance (Cap.41) (“IO”), and the applicable requirements set out in the rules, regulations, codes and guidelines made or issued under the IO. For monitoring the continuing compliance with the statutory conduct requirements, the IA may apply suitable supervisory tools...
https://www.ia.org.hk/english/supervision/reg_ins_intermediaries/insurance_agents.html -
Date: 2021-07-13
... 5.7 It should be noted that any shares or securities listed on a foreign stock exchange not recognized by the IA (i.e. a foreign stock exchange other than those listed in Annex 3) shall be deemed as unlisted for the purposes of the Rules and must be valued in accordance with the principles set out in...
https://www.ia.org.hk/english/legislative_framework/files/GL2.pdf -
Date: 2020-09-24