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Part I PRELIMINARY

Part II CONDUCT OF INSURANCE BUSINESS

Division 1 —  General restriction on insurers

Division 2 — Licensed insurers

Part IIA FOREIGN INSURER SCHEMES

Part IIB INSURANCE INTERMEDIARIES

Division 1 —  General provisions relating to insurance intermediaries

Division 2 —  Conduct of insurance broking business

Part III RETURNS, INSPECTIONS AND INVESTIGATIONS, WINDING UP AND TRANSFERS OF BUSINESS

Division 1 — Returns

Division 2 — Inspections and Investigations

Division 3 — Powers where licensed insurer or insurance intermediary is unable to meet obligations, etc.

Part IIIA ASSISTANCE TO FOREIGN REGULATORY AUTHORITIES

Part IIIAA TRANSFER OF BUSINESS AND SHARES, RESTRUCTURING OF LICENSED INSURER AND WINDING UP

Division 1 — Voluntary transfer of business

Division 2 — Compulsory transfer of business

Division 3 — Compulsory transfer of shares

Division 4 — Power to restructure capital

Division 5 — Winding up

Division 6 — Miscellaneous

Part IIIB APPEALS

Part IIIC NOMINATION OF BENEFICIARIES

Part IV MISCELLANEOUS AND GENERAL

Division 1 — Administration and enforcement

Division 2 —  Miscellaneous amendments of law

Division 3 —  Supplementary

FIRST SCHEDULE Definition of Insurance Terms

SECOND SCHEDULE Specified Provisions

Legislative History

Comparative Table

 
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On 22/05/2013, you requested for the version in force on 22/05/2013 incorporating all amendments published on or before 22/05/2013. The closest version currently available is that of 18/04/2013.
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Use of words “insurance broking”
35ZM.
—(1)  No person, other than a registered insurance broker or an insurance broker who is exempt from registration under section 35ZN(1)(a), (b), (c), (d), (e) or (ea), shall —
(a)
use the words “insurance broking” or any of its derivatives in any language, or any other word indicating that that person carries on business as an insurance broker in the name, description or title under which it carries on business in Singapore; or
(b)
make any representation to such effect in any bill head, letter paper, notice, advertisement, publication or writing, including in electronic form, or in any other manner.
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(2)  Nothing in this section shall prohibit an association of insurance brokers from using the words “insurance broking” or any of its derivatives in any language as part of its name or description of its activities, subject to the Authority’s prior written approval.
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(3)  Nothing in this section shall apply to the use of the words “life insurance broking” or any of its derivatives.
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(4)  Any person who contravenes subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $12,500 and, in the case of a continuing offence, to a further fine not exceeding $1,250 for every day or part thereof during which the offence continues after conviction.
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(5)  Any association of insurance brokers that, immediately before 1st October 2002, had been using the words “insurance broking” or any of its derivatives in any language, in any bill head, letter paper, notice, advertisement, publication or writing or in any other manner, shall be deemed to have been granted approval under subsection (1) to use such words in the same manner.
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