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Article 4
IA-BOD-RES 58/2013 Effective from 8/12/2013The insurance broker shall maintain the required solvency to practice his/its activity, and shall ensure the continuous performance of his/its obligations in accordance with the following rules:
- The broker shall maintain the solvency required to pay all his/its liabilities once due without resulting in his/its default or in compromising his/its financial position.
- In all instances, the value of the broker’s existing assets must be in excess of his/its liabilities in order to enable him/it to continue the practice of his/its activity and ensure the continuous performance of his/its liabilities.
- The excess in the value of the broker’s existing assets over his/its liabilities shall represent his/its available capital.
- At all times, the broker’s available capital may not be less than his minimum capital prescribed in the Regulations.
- The broker shall report to the Insurance Authority immediately upon the occurrence of any failure to maintain the minimum capital and will be given a grace period of 15 days to submit a detailed plan to fulfill the minimum required capital. In case of failure to fulfill the minimum required capital within 30 days after the plan submission date to the Insurance Authority, the Insurance Authority may temporarily suspend the broker’s business.
- The broker shall ensure that his/its annual and interim financial reports include a clear description for all necessary data and information related to his/its solvency, as well as his/its strategy, systems and goals in managing risks associated with his/its financial position (including a detailed breakdown of receivable and payable aging and balances, as well as revenues from premiums and commission for each company).
- The broker shall provide the Insurance Authority with the risk general management framework statement, which shall include the internal procedures to assess his/its solvency as commensurate to the risks that his/its financial position may be exposed to and his/its strategy in capital allocation to counter such risks.
- The broker must strictly adhere to the payment of amounts received form the customers to the concerned insurance companies in due dates.
- The broker shall maintain liquid assets or assets convertible to liquid money within a period of no more than two weeks to cover at least 100% of all short term liabilities.
- The board of directors or the management board of the broker shall approve a financial and accounting policy for receivable collection. Such policy shall include all required procedures to collect receivables of all forms including the related party receivables.
- The broker must record all of his/its assets in the company's name and shall immediately inform the Insurance Authority in the case of any mortgage or seizure imposed on any such assets.
- The broker shall incorporate in his/its internal control procedures an effective mechanism and implementable administrative and financial procedures to manage and control risks that may be encountered in the manner commensurate with the nature and size of his/its activities.