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The Insurance Bill, B1B-2016 was passed by the National Assembly on 28 November 2017 and by the National Council of Provinces on 5 December 2017 and has now been submitted to the President for assent.
The Insurance Bill forms part of the Twin Peaks reforms and
provides a consolidated legal framework for the prudential
regulation and supervision (by which is meant measures to ensure
that the institution is and remains financially sound) of
insurers, reinsurers, branches of foreign reinsurers,
insurance groups, micro insurers and Lloyd's in South Africa.
The Insurance Bill will repeal substantial portions of the
Long-term Insurance Act, 52 of 1998 and the Short-term Insurance
Act, 53 of 1998 dealing with prudential supervision.
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