Singapore legislation

Clause 17

of Deposit Insurance and Policy Owners’ Protection Schemes (Amendment) Bill

Clause 17

Amendment of section 54

Section 54 of the principal Act is amended —

(a)

by deleting subsection (1) and substituting the following subsections:“(1) In determining under section 46 —

(a)

whether the PPF Life Fund or the PPF General Fund is to be utilised to fund —

(i)

any transfer of the whole or part of the insurance business of the failed PPF Scheme member to another insurer;

(ii)

any run‑off of the insurance business of the failed PPF Scheme member; or

(iii)

any termination of insured policies issued by the failed PPF Scheme member; and

(b)

the amount of the PPF Life Fund or the PPF General Fund to be utilised,the Authority must (without limiting any other factor that the Authority may consider relevant) have regard to the factors in subsection (1A).(1A) For the purposes of subsection (1), the factors are —

(a)

the costs of transferring the whole or part of the insurance business of the failed PPF Scheme member, running‑off the insurance business of the failed PPF Scheme member, or terminating the insured policies issued by the failed PPF Scheme member, as the case may be; and

(b)

the impact of not transferring the whole or part of the insurance business of the failed PPF Scheme member, not running‑off the insurance business of the failed PPF Scheme member, or not terminating the insured policies issued by the failed PPF Scheme member, as the case may be.”;

(b)

by deleting subsection (3) and substituting the following subsections:“(3) Where the insurance business of a failed PPF Scheme member is transferred to another insurer, or the insurance business is run‑off by the Agency or by a person appointed by the Agency or the Authority, and a contingency upon which policy moneys are payable under an insured policy issued by the failed PPF Scheme member occurs after the transfer, or during the run‑off, of the insurance business —

(a)

the benefits that an insured policy owner, or a trustee of a trust, of an insured policy which is covered under the PPF Life Fund or the PPF General Fund is entitled to receive under the insured policy; or

(b)

in the case of an insured policy which is covered under the PPF Life Fund or the PPF General Fund and which provides third party benefits, the benefits that —

(i)

any insured policy owner;

(ii)

any trustee of a trust of the insured policy;

(iii)

any beneficiary of the insured policy;

(iv)

any insured policy owner and any beneficiary of the insured policy; or

(v)

any trustee of a trust of the insured policy and any beneficiary of the insured policy,as the case may be, is or are entitled to receive under the insured policy,must be an amount not less than the protected liabilities in respect of the insured policy.(3A) Where an insured policy issued by a failed PPF Scheme member is terminated by the Agency —

(a)

the benefits that a covered party is entitled to receive under an insured policy which is covered under the PPF Life Fund or the PPF General Fund; or

(b)

in the case of an insured policy which is covered under the PPF Life Fund or the PPF General Fund and which provides third party benefits, the benefits that —

(i)

any insured policy owner;

(ii)

any trustee of a trust of the insured policy;

(iii)

any beneficiary of the insured policy;

(iv)

any insured policy owner and any beneficiary of the insured policy; or

(v)

any trustee of a trust of the insured policy and any beneficiary of the insured policy,as the case may be, is or are entitled to receive under the insured policy,must be an amount not less than the protected liabilities in respect of the insured policy.(3B) The entitlement to benefits mentioned in subsections (3) and (3A) is subject to the maximum amounts of benefits prescribed by the Authority for the class or type of insured policy.(3C) The Authority may make regulations to prescribe the maximum amount of benefits that the persons mentioned in subsections (3) and (3A) are entitled to for each class or type of insured policy.”;

(c)

by deleting the words “subsection (3)” in subsection (4) and substituting the words “subsections (3) and (3A)”;

(d)

by deleting the word “and” at the end of subsection (5)(a);

(e)

by deleting the full‑stop at the end of paragraph (b) of subsection (5) and substituting the word “; and”, and by inserting immediately thereafter the following paragraph:“(c)in the event of the termination of insured policies issued by the failed PPF Scheme member, the costs and expenses of effecting such termination.”; and

(f)

by inserting, immediately after the words “insurance business” in the section heading, the words “or for termination of insured policies”.

Clause 17 — Deposit Insurance and Policy Owners’ Protection Schemes (Amendment) Bill