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Contents

Part I Preliminary

Part II requirements relating to and duties of members of lloyd’s carrying on insurance business under scheme

Part III requirements relating to and duties of Service companies

Part IIIA VALUATION OF ASSETS

Part IIIB VALUATION OF LIABILITIES

Part IV Requirements relating to and duties oF Administrator

Part V Miscellaneous

FIRST SCHEDULE Permitted insurance business

SECOND SCHEDULE Particulars to be furnished by applicant for registration as agent for member of Lloyd’s

THIRD SCHEDULE Particulars to be contained in register of members of Lloyd’s maintained by administrator

FOURTH SCHEDULE Particulars to be contained in register of Service Companies maintained by administrator

FIFTH SCHEDULE

Legislative History

 
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On 19/05/2013, you requested for the version in force on 19/05/2013 incorporating all amendments published on or before 19/05/2013. The closest version currently available is that of 18/04/2013.
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Establishment and maintenance of separate insurance funds
11.
—(1)  A Service Company shall, on behalf of each member of Lloyd’s of which it is an agent under these Regulations, establish and maintain in Singapore, in respect of each syndicate in relation to which it acts for that member, the following insurance funds in respect of policies issued by the member in the course of carrying on insurance business in Singapore:
(a)
an insurance fund for Singapore policies; and
(b)
an insurance fund for offshore policies.
(2)  A Service Company shall pay all premium receipts received by it in respect of policies issued by any member of Lloyd’s in respect of which it is an agent under these Regulations into the respective insurance fund established under paragraph (1).
(3)  The premium receipts of different members of Lloyd’s carrying on insurance business in Singapore through the same Service Company or different Service Companies may be placed or pooled in the same bank account or may be otherwise mixed together except that the assets of an insurance fund for Singapore policies must not be mixed with the assets of an insurance fund for offshore policies.
(4)  The assets of the insurance funds established under paragraph (1) shall only be used to meet permitted trust outgoings.
(5)  During any year, there shall remain in the respective insurance funds, assets not less in value than the amount of premiums received respectively for policies issued by the members of Lloyd’s as members of the syndicate concerned in the course of carrying on insurance business in Singapore under these Regulations in the same year, less the amount of permitted trust outgoings attributable to the respective policies paid during the year.
(6)  Subject to paragraph (7), a Service Company may, at any time, transfer all or any assets of an insurance fund established under paragraph (1) to such premiums trust funds outside Singapore as the Authority may permit if, and only if —
(a)
there is a surplus of cash and deposits in the insurance fund over the claims liabilities of the syndicate concerned in respect of the insurance fund; and
(b)
immediately after such transfer, the cash and deposits in the insurance fund will not fall below the claims liabilities of the syndicate concerned in respect of the insurance fund.
(7)  For the purposes of paragraph (6) —
(a)
except as provided in sub-paragraph (b), the amount of assets that the Service Company may transfer shall not exceed the surplus of cash and deposits in the insurance fund over the claims liabilities of the syndicate concerned in respect of the insurance fund, as stated in —
(i)
the audited statement of accounts for the last accounting period lodged with the Authority in accordance with regulation 21; or
(ii)
the statement of accounts for the last quarter lodged with the Authority in accordance with regulation 21,
whichever is the lower; and
(b)
where an audited statement of accounts as at a date after the end of the period to which the statement of accounts referred to in sub-paragraph (a) relates has been lodged with the Authority, the amount of assets that the Service Company may transfer shall not exceed the surplus of cash and deposits in the insurance fund over the claims liabilities of the syndicate concerned in respect of the insurance fund as stated in the first-mentioned audited statement of accounts.
(7)  [Deleted by S 814/2004 wef 01/01/2005]