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Article (55)

FED LAW 6/2007 Effective from 15/2/2007

1. Branches of foreign insurance companies shall be obliged before getting registered to appoint an authorized manager for the branch to carry out insurance operations on their behalf and they shall be responsible for his actions provided attaching along with the appointment decision an official documents and an attested copy thereof in order to be deposited with the Authority authorizing him to exercise all necessary powers to manage the branch including the acts of:

  1. Issuing insurance policies, making endorsements and paying the accrued indemnities.
  2. Representing the company before the Authority, the courts of jurisdictions, and all official and non-official bodies in connection with the branch's operations and management.
  3. Receiving of warnings and all notices and correspondences intended to the company.

2. The branches of the foreign insurance companies shall be obliged to notify the director general of the name of the so authorized manager within a month as form date of his appointment and shall appoint a replacement thereto within a month as from date of vacating his position.

3. The branches of the foreign insurance companies shall publish the company's consolidated final accounts in two widely circulated local daily newspapers issued in Arabic and in one local daily newspaper issued in English.