Short-Term Insurance Act, 1998 (Act No. 53 of 1998)

Regulations

Regulations under the Short-term Insurance Act, 1998 (Act No. 53 of 1998)

Part 5 : Remuneration (Section 48)

Part 5B : Limitation on Remuneration for Binder Functions

5.6 Application of this Part 5B, and definitions

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(1)This Part 5B applies to remuneration provided by an insurer or any person on its behalf to a person for rendering a binder function.

 

(2)In this Part 5B, unless the context indicates otherwise, any word or expression to which a meaning has been assigned in Part 6 has the meaning assigned to it in that Part, and—

 

"cell structure"

means an arrangement under which a person (cell owner)—

(a)holds an equity participation in a specific class or type of shares of an insurer, which equity participation is administered and accounted for separately from other classes or types of shares;
(b)is entitled to a share of the profits and liable for a share of the losses as a result of the equity participation referred to in paragraph (a), linked to profits or losses generated by the Insurance business referred to in paragraph (c); and
(c)places insurance business with the insurer referred to in paragraph (a), which business is contractually ring- fenced from the other insurance business of that insurer for as long as the insurer is not in winding -up.

 

[Regulation 5.6 inserted by regulation 5(d) of Act No. 1439 of 2017]