Press release Fatum Holding N.V. (Fatum), today announced the acquisition by Fatum of 100% of the issued share capital of Royal & Sun Alliance Insurance (Antilles) N.V. from the RSA Group and Maduro & Curiel’s Bank. The financial terms of the transaction are not being disclosed at this time. The successful completion of this transaction… Continue reading FATUM HOLDING ACQUIRES ROYAL & SUN ALLIANCE (ANTILLES)
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INSURANCE BUSINESS IN ARUBA (II)
Different insurance contracts According to the SOSIB a “life insurance agreement” is an insurance contract concerning the payment of cash benefits related to the life or death of man, and a “general insurance contract” is an insurance contract, other than a life insurance contract. Generally, an insurance contract is understood to be an agreement whereby… Continue reading INSURANCE BUSINESS IN ARUBA (II)
INSURANCE BUSINESS IN ARUBA (I)
The Central Bank of Aruba is the regulator The Central Bank of Aruba supervises insurers incorporated in Aruba and the branches and agencies in Aruba of insurers incorporated outside Aruba based on the State Ordinance on the Supervision of the Insurance Business (SOSIB). The SOSIB, effective since 2001, stipulates that life and non-life insurance business… Continue reading INSURANCE BUSINESS IN ARUBA (I)
INSURANCE BUSINESS IN THE DUTCH CARIBBEAN (II)
Limitations apply to a foreign insurance company A foreign insurance company, i.e. a company not having its seat in the Netherlands Antilles and not operating through any kind of branch office (including a local representative), is allowed to insure a risk located in the Netherlands Antilles (for instance Curaçao), provided this occurs on an incidental… Continue reading INSURANCE BUSINESS IN THE DUTCH CARIBBEAN (II)
INSURANCE BUSINESS IN THE DUTCH CARIBBEAN (I)
A license is required The insurance business in the Netherlands Antilles is regulated by the National Ordinance on the Supervision of the Insurance Business 1990 (Landsverordening toezicht verzekeringswezen, the “NOSI”). The NOSI divides the insurance business into life insurance and indemnity insurance products. Indemnity insurance products are in turn divided into a number of categories:… Continue reading INSURANCE BUSINESS IN THE DUTCH CARIBBEAN (I)