CTHRepealedAct
Insurance (Agents and Brokers) Act 1984
12Certain insurance intermediaries to be agents of insurers
Start here
Get a plain-English read of 12
Turn the raw legal text into a practical explanation grounded in Insurance (Agents and Brokers) Act 1984.
##### 12 Certain insurance intermediaries to be agents of insurers
(1) Subject to this section, an insurance intermediary shall be deemed, in relation to any matter relating to insurance and as between an insured or intending insured and an insurer, to be the agent of the insurer and not of the insured or intending insured.
(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to a general insurance broker in relation to any matter relating to general insurance business.
(3) Subsection (1) does not apply to a life insurance broker in relation to any matter relating to life insurance business.
(4) Subsection (1) does not affect any liability to which, if that subsection had not been enacted, an insurer would have been subject in respect of the conduct of an insurance intermediary.