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Article 3

IA-BOD-RES 3/2010 Effective from 21/3/2010

The Insurer shall comply with the following:

  1. Ensure that the business and acts performed by it and actions and decisions taken by it are consistent with the provisions of the applicable laws in the State, including the Law No. 6 of 2007 concerning the Establishment of the Insurance Authority and the Regulation of Insurance Business.
     
  2. Practice the business thereof in accordance with the principle of utmost good faith as one of the basic principles upon which the insurance business is based, and adopt the principle of disclosure and transparency when dealing in the insurance market, with Clients and relevant official bodies, particularly in all documents, instruments, commercials, advertisements, statements and researches issued by it.
     
  3. Comply with the legitimate practices towards the insurance applicants, Insured and beneficiaries or towards other insurance companies.
     
  4. Provide clear, accurate and truthful information in a sound legal language.
     
  5. Provide the Clients with the appropriate information about the nature of the products and services provided by the Company as well as the insurance cover terms and limits offered to or required from the Client.
     
  6. Not to reject the insurance proposition, not to abstain from renewing the Policy, and not to discriminate between the Insured with regard to insurance rates and the insurance terms and benefits of the insurance cover, unless such discrimination is based on technical or actuarial reasons or due to the Company's experience and expertise with the Client.
     
  7. Achieve the common interest between itself and the related third parties in accordance with the legal provisions and regulations, instructions and decisions issued pursuant thereto as well as the contractual relations and what the proper insurance practice requires.
     
  8. Not to deal with any person or entity from the professions associated with insurance that is not licensed by the IA including the business of agency, brokerage, consultation or expertise in claim settlement or actuarial expertise; and ensure that the aforesaid persons or entities have the required license.
     
  9. Fully comply with the provisions of mandatory insurance policies issued by the IA in accordance with the laws and regulations, instructions and decisions issued thereunder.
     
  10. Take the necessary actions to apply the regulations and the instructions related to anti-money laundering and combating financing of terrorism issued by the competent official authorities and the IA.
     
  11. Execute the insurance policies and all the documents concerning the relationship with the Clients in the Arabic language. An accurate translation thereof to another language may be attached thereto, provided that it is subject to the principle of prevalence of the Arabic version if any cases of difference in interpretation.
     
  12. The Company shall circulate these Instructions to its employees and shall explain as may be required for the proper application thereof; and shall develop internal professional code of conduct for the Company and circulate the same to its employees.