Insurance Cover on Loans/Financing

Central Bank of Bahrain  
مَحْكَمَةُ البحرين المركزيّة

OG/375/2023  
12<sup>th</sup> November 2023

**Chief Executive Officer**  
All Retail Banks  
Manama  
Kingdom of Bahrain  

Dear Sir/ Madam,

## Consultation: Insurance Cover on Loans/Financing

Further to circular OG/221/2023 dated 26<sup>th</sup> June 2023 with regards to the consultation on Insurance Cover on Loans/Financing and CBB’s communication with Bahrain Association of Banks and Bahrain Insurance Association in this regard, the CBB, having considered the practical implications and the importance of fairness to customers in the cost recovery methodology, it has made a further amendment to the consultation draft.

The proposed amendment is included in Paragraph BC-4.21.2 in the Business and Market Conduct Module (Module BC) under the CBB Rulebook, Volumes 1 and 2 for consultation (see attached) and shall be available on the CBB website ([www.cbb.gov.bh](http://www.cbb.gov.bh)) under the “open consultations” section.

The CBB requests you to provide your comments, including “nil comments” on the proposed amendment in an **editable format** to [consultation@cbb.gov.bh](mailto:consultation@cbb.gov.bh) by 26<sup>th</sup> November 2023.

Yours faithfully,

Rasheed M. Al-Maraj  
Governor

cc: Bahrain Association of Banks  
Audit Firms  

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