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← Insurance Act 1966

Insurance Act 1966 s 86

s 86 Restriction as to receipt and payment of remuneration

86.—(1) An insurer must not pay to a registered insurance broker, and a registered insurance broker must not receive from an insurer, in respect of the arranging or effecting of contracts of insurance by the insurance broker with the insurer, remuneration at a rate or on a basis that has been varied, having regard solely to all or any of the following:(a) the number of contracts so arranged or effected; (b) the total amount of premiums paid or payable under such contracts; (c) the total amount of sums insured under such contracts. (2) Subsection (1) does not apply to the receipt and payment of profit commissions. (3) Any person who contravenes subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $50,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or to both and, in the case of a continuing offence, to a further fine not exceeding $5,000 for every day or part of a day during which the offence continues after conviction. (4) This section does not apply to general reinsurance brokers and life reinsurance brokers in respect of contracts for the reinsurance of liabilities under insurance policies.[35ZH

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