RegAlert2023-09-08
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Circular 14: Licensing and Allied Application with Sponsors/Director as Foreign Individual/Entities
The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan mandates that licenses for insurers and insurance intermediaries with foreign sponsors, directors, or shareholders can only be granted after obtaining prior security clearance from the Ministry of Interior. This requirement applies to all licensing and allied applications under the Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan Act, 1999, or the Insurance Ordinance 2000. The directive takes immediate effect.
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OF PAKISTAN
INSURANCE DIVISION
No. LRD/LD/Circular / /2003
CIRCULAR NO 14 OF 2023
Islamabad, September 5, 2023
SUBJECT: LICENSING AND ALLIED APPLICATIONS WITH SPONSORS/DIRECTORS AS FOREIGN INDIVIDUALS/ENTITIES
In exercise of powers conferred by section 40B read with clause (s) and (u) of sub-section (4) of section 20 of the Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan Act, 1999 (XLII of 1997), (hereinafter referred as the “Act”), the Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (“the Commission”) is hereby pleased to direct that license of licensed activities of insurers/ insurance intermediaries, under the Act, or Insurance Ordinance 2000, or any rules or regulations made thereunder, wherein proposed sponsors/directors/shareholders are foreigners, shall only be granted upon receipt of requisite prior security clearance from Ministry of Interior, Government of Pakistan.
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