ACT 553
INSURANCE ACT 1996

PART II - LICENSING OF INSURER, INSURANCE BROKER AND ADJUSTER



Section 18.Minimum paid-up share capital or surplus of assets over liabilities.


(1) A licensed local insurer shall maintain a minimum paid-up share capital of such amount as may be prescribed.

Penalty: Three million ringgit. Default penalty.

(2) A licensed foreign insurer shall maintain in Malaysia at all times a minimum surplus of assets over liabilities of such amount as may be prescribed.

Penalty: Three million ringgit. Default penalty.

(3) A licensed insurance broker, licensed adjuster or licensed financial adviser shall maintain at all times a minimum paid-up share capital unimpaired by losses of such amount as may be prescribed.

[Am. Act A1247:s.10]
Penalty: One hundred thousand ringgit. Default penalty.


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