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Variable annuities to take off in Hong Kong

  • Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP
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  • Hong Kong
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  • September 22 2008

Variable annuities (VAs) have met with success in the US and Japan and are beginning to appear in Europe

Non-admitted reinsurance in China and Hong Kong

  • Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP
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  • China, Hong Kong
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  • October 29 2008

China and Hong Kong are one country

Insurance outsourcing in Asia: the legal and regulatory essentials

  • Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP
  • -
  • Afghanistan, Armenia, Asia-Pacific, Australia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Burundi, Cambodia, China, Fiji, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nauru, Nepal, New Zealand, North Korea, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Philippines
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  • February 22 2011

Asia's insurance businesses are increasingly looking to outsourcing and offshoring as part of their regional operations strategies

Investment-linked insurance contracts in China and Hong Kong

  • Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP
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  • China, Hong Kong
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  • June 10 2009

Recent developments in the regulation of sales of investment-linked insurance in China and Hong Kong are designed to enlighten investors about the risks involved in such investments

When the inspector calls: routine inspections by regulators in Hong Kong

  • Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP
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  • Hong Kong
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  • February 10 2010

Recent investigations into regulated entities and financial institutions, and subsequent disciplinary sanctions, suggest that regulators will continue to take an active approach in Hong Kong

Category One and Category Two licensed corporations required to take out insurance

  • Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP
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  • Hong Kong
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  • August 6 2009

On 28 April 2009, the SFC released a circular setting out that under the SFO a corporation which is either a participant of the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited and is licensed for Type 1 regulated activities (dealing in securities) (Category One), or is a participant of the Hong Kong Futures Exchange Limited and licensed for Type 2 regulated activities (dealing in futures contracts) (Category Two), is required to take out and maintain insurance against specific risks for a specified amount, following the SFC’s approval of a master policy of insurance applicable to the relevant corporation

Insurance brokers entitled to receive commission payments

  • Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP
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  • Hong Kong
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  • January 20 2012

The Hong Kong Court of First Instance has upheld the long-established common law position that commissions paid by insurers to insurance brokers do not constitute an illegal secret profit unless it is in excess of what is normally paid within the insurance market

Insurance brokers entitled to receive commission payments

  • Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP
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  • Hong Kong
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  • February 10 2012

The decision is a clear indication that insurance companies or agents may continue with the practice of commission payments, but should take the following steps in association with such payments

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