Indonesia
Answer ... Under the Insurance Law, insurance and reinsurance companies, brokerage companies and insurance loss appraisers doing business in Indonesia must be licensed by the Financial Services Authority (OJK).
A life insurance company can only engage in life insurance business, which includes annuity, health and self-accident insurance. A general insurance company can only engage in general insurance business, which includes health insurance, self-accident insurance and reinsurance business. Reinsurance companies can only engage in reinsurance activities.
However, POJK 69/2016 allows life and general insurance companies to expand their business activities as follows:
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General insurance companies can expand their business to:
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- investment-related insurance products (unit-linked);
- fee-based activities (ie, administrative services in relation to employee benefits and the marketing of non-insurance and reinsurance products from financial services institutions licensed by the OJK);
- credit insurance and suretyship; and
- other activities assigned by the government.
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Sharia general insurance companies can expand their business to:
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- investment-related insurance products;
- fee-based activities; and
- other activities assigned by the government;
- Life insurance companies and Sharia life insurance companies can only expand their business to include fee-based activities.
Insurance brokerage companies, reinsurance brokerage companies and insurance loss appraiser companies can only engage in the insurance brokerage, reinsurance brokerage and insurance loss appraiser business, respectively.
Indonesia
Answer ... Insurance and reinsurance providers: The details of the licensing of insurance and reinsurance companies are regulated in POJK 67/2016. The application for a business licence is submitted by the director of the company to OJK and must be supported with the following documents:
- a copy of the company’s deed of establishment, with the minister of law and human rights’ approval;
- its organisational structure;
- evidence of payment of paid-in capital;
- an initial report of a guarantee fund and evidence of placement of a guarantee fund;
- a list of ownership;
- shareholder data;
- information on the controlling party;
- evidence that the company has employed experts, an actuary and internal auditor;
- the business plan for the next three years;
- risk management guidelines;
- details of insurance products;
- a copy of any agreements with any other party;
- details of the data processing administration and infrastructure system;
- evidence of licensing fee payment;
- evidence of operational readiness;
- the initial/opening financial statement;
- a human resources plan;
- anti-money laundering and prevention of terrorism funding guidelines;
- good corporate governance guidelines;
- investment governance guidelines;
- a shareholders’ or joint venture agreement between the Indonesian and foreign shareholders;
- an automatic reinsurance support plan; and
- a retrocession support plan (for reinsurance companies).
During the business licence application process, the board of directors, board of commissioners, controlling shareholder, controller, Sharia supervisory board, internal auditor and actuary are subject to fit and proper tests. The application for fit and proper tests must be submitted together with the business licence application.
Insurance and reinsurance intermediaries: The details of the licensing of insurance and reinsurance brokerage companies are regulated in POJK 68/2016.
The application for a business licence is submitted by the director of the company to the OJK and must be supported with the following documents:
- a copy of the company’s deed of establishment and the minister of law and human rights’ approval;
- its organisational structure;
- evidence of the payment of paid-in capital;
- a list of ownership;
- shareholder data;
- information on the controlling party;
- evidence that the company has employed experts;
- a business plan for the next three years;
- risk management guidelines;
- a copy of any agreements with any other party;
- details of its data processing administration and infrastructure system;
- confirmation from the supervisory body in the country of origin of the foreign shareholder;
- evidence of licensing fee payment;
- evidence of operational readiness;
- an initial/opening financial statement;
- a human resources plan;
- anti-money laundering and prevention of terrorism funding guidelines;
- good corporate governance guidelines;
- investment governance guidelines; and
- a shareholders’ or joint venture agreement between the Indonesian and foreign shareholders.
The business licence application is submitted together with the fit and proper test application (see above).
An insurance agent (ie, a person working individually or working in a legal entity acting on behalf of an insurance company to market insurance products) must:
- possess an agency certificate;
- be registered with the OJK; and
- have a written agreement with the insurance company.
Other providers of insurance and reinsurance-related activities: An insurance loss appraiser company must also follow the licensing procedures stipulated in POJK 68/2016 (see above).
The OJK provides an online system to apply for an insurance service providers business licence, as regulated under SE OJK 9/2018 and SE OJK 10/2018. The online OJK system – through which insurance service provider companies apply for licences and provide the necessary information and documents – also provides for the submission of self-assessment forms with all the background information on the company that must be submitted together with the licence application and other documents.
Indonesia
Answer ... The business licence application must be submitted to the OJK along with supporting documents as discussed in question 5.2. Theoretically, the OJK will approve the application, request any missing documents or reject the application within 20 working days of receipt of the application. However, in practice, it may take up to two to three months from receipt of a complete application for the OJK to issue the licence.