Insurance (prudential standard) determination No. 1 of 2006 - Prudential Standard GPS 220 - Risk Management
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- This Prudential Standard is made under paragraph 32(1)(a) of the Insurance Act 1973 (the Act).
Application
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This Prudential Standard applies to all general insurers (insurers) authorised under the Act.[1]
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Subject to any specific transition rules set out in Attachment C, an insurer:
(a) must comply with this Prudential Standard from 1 October 2006 (effective date);
(b) must continue to comply with Prudential Standard GPS 220 Risk Management for General Insurers made on 7 February 2002 (old Prudential Standard) until the effective date.
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Where specifically indicated in this Prudential Standard, certain requirements may be complied with on an insurance group basis provided APRA has agreed.
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For the purposes of this Prudential Standard, an insurance group comprises:
(a) a company that is either:
(i) an insurer; or
(ii) an authorised non-operating holding company of an insurer; and
(b) one or more subsidiary companies of (a) that are insurers (but not any other subsidiary)
within a corporate group. A corporate group comprises two or more companies that are related bodies corporate within the meaning of section 50 of the Corporations Act 2001. There may be more than one insurance group within a corporate group.