With effect from 23 September 2019, the Hong Kong Insurance Authority (the IA), an independent statutory body, will take over regulation of insurance intermediaries from the three existing self-regulatory organisations (the Hong Kong Confederation of Insurance Brokers, the Professional Insurance Brokers Association, and Insurance Agents Registration Board) and administer a new statutory licensing regime.
Hong Kong: Key persons in control functions – 30 September 2017 deadline for approval under transitional arrangements
Summary
Hong Kong has recently introduced fit and proper requirements for “key persons in control functions”. As a result, an insurer must now obtain the Insurance Authority’s prior approval before appointing a key person in a control function. Individuals who were key persons in control functions before 26 June 2017 can benefit from the Insurance
Hong Kong: Changes to the Guidance Note on Corporate Governance
What you and your board need to know
Changes to GN10
From 1 January 2017, the first phase of changes to the Hong Kong Insurance Authority’s Guidance Note on the Corporate Governance of Authorized Insurers (GN10), will take effect. The second phase of changes (which are more substantive) will take effect from 1 January 2018,