Insurance Ordinance

(1)
The Authority must keep a register of licensed insurance intermediaries, in a form it thinks fit,
containing—
(a)
the name or names, and the reference number assigned by the Authority, of each licensed insurance intermediary, and if applicable, the name of each of its responsible officers;
(b)
the business address of each licensed insurance intermediary;
(c)
the conditions of the licence of each licensed insurance intermediary;
(d)
the conditions of approval of each responsible officer;
(e)
the period for which the licence of each licensed insurance intermediary is valid;
(f)
in relation to each licensed insurance
agency—
(i)
the name of each of the authorized insurers by which the licensed insurance agency is appointed;
(ii)
the date of appointment; and
(iii)
the date on which the appointment is terminated (if applicable);
(g)
in relation to each licensed individual insurance
agent—
(i)
the name of each of the authorized insurers by which the licensed individual insurance agent is appointed;
(ii)
the date of appointment; and
(iii)
the date on which the appointment is terminated (if applicable);
(h)
in relation to each licensed technical representative (agent
)—
(i)
the name of the licensed insurance agency by which the licensed technical representative (agent) is appointed;
(ii)
the date of appointment;
(iii)
the date on which the appointment is terminated (if applicable); and
(iv)
information on whether the licensed technical representative (agent) is a responsible officer of the licensed insurance agency;
(i)
in relation to each licensed technical representative (broker
)—
(i)
the name of each of the licensed insurance broker company by which the licensed technical representative (broker) is appointed;
(ii)
the date of appointment;
(iii)
the date on which the appointment is terminated (if applicable); and
(iv)
information on whether the licensed technical representative (broker) is a responsible officer of the licensed insurance broker company;
(j)
the line or lines of business which each licensed insurance intermediary may carry on;
(k)
a record of every disciplinary action (except a private reprimand) taken by a specified authority against any licensed insurance intermediary or responsible officer in the last 5 years, and if a suspension is involved, the period of the suspension;
(l)
if a licence is suspended under this Part, a note to that effect;
(m)
if a licensed insurance broker company notifies the Authority of cessation of carrying on regulated activities under
section 64T
, a note to that effect; and
(n)
any other particulars that are prescribed by rules made under
section 129
.
(2)
A person may, at all reasonable
times—
(a)
if the register is kept in a documentary form—inspect the register free of charge; or
(b)
if the register is kept otherwise than in a documentary form—inspect a reproduction in a legible form of any information recorded in the register free of charge.
(3)
A person may, at all reasonable times and on payment of a prescribed fee,
obtain—
(a)
a copy of an entry in, or extract of, the register; or
(b)
a copy of the entry or extract, certified by an authorized officer of the Authority as a true copy of the entry or extract.
(4)
A right under subsection (2) or (3) is only exercisable for enabling a
person—
(a)
to ascertain whether the person is dealing with a licensed insurance intermediary or a responsible officer in matters of or connected with any regulated activity; or
(b)
to ascertain the particulars
of—
(i)
the licensing of a person as a licensed insurance intermediary; or
(ii)
the approval of an individual as a responsible officer.
(5)
In any legal
proceedings—
(a)
a document purporting to be a copy of an entry in, or extract of, the register, and purporting to be certified by an authorized officer of the Authority as a true copy of the entry or extract, is admissible in evidence on its production without further proof; and
(b)
unless there is evidence to the contrary, on being admitted in evidence under paragraph (a), the
document—
(i)
is presumed to be certified by an authorized officer of the Authority;
(ii)
is presumed to be a true copy of the entry or extract; and
(iii)
is proof of its contents.
(6)
The Authority must, as far as practicable, make the register available to any person for inspection free of charge on the Internet.
(7)
In this
section—
*
commencement date
(
生效日期
) means the date on which
section 74
of the Amendment Ordinance comes into operation;
specified authority
(
指明當局
) means—
(a)
in relation to a disciplinary action taken on or after the commencement date—the Authority; or
(b)
in relation to a disciplinary action taken before the commencement
date—
(i)
the Insurance Agents Registration Board set up by the Hong Kong Federation of Insurers; or
(ii)
a body of insurance brokers approved under
section 70
of the pre-amended Ordinance.