Assessing Competence
TC-2.1.5
Insurance licensees must not allow an individual to undertake or supervisecontrolled functions unless that individual has been assessed by theinsurance licensee as competent in accordance with this Section.Added: October 2020TC-2.1.6
In determining an individual’s competence,
insurance licensees may assess if the person is fit and proper in accordance with Chapter AU-3.Added: October 2020TC-2.1.7
Insurance licensees must assess individuals as competent when they have demonstrated the ability to apply the knowledge and skills required to perform a specificcontrolled function .Added: October 2020TC-2.1.8
The assessment of competence will be dependent on the nature and the level of complexity of the
controlled functions . Such assessment of competence of new personnel may take into account the fact that an individual has been previously assessed as competent in a similarcontrolled functions .Added: October 2020TC-2.1.9
If an
insurance licensee assesses an individual as competent in accordance with TC-2.1.7 to perform a specificcontrolled function , it does not necessarily mean that the individual is competent to undertake othercontrolled functions .Added: October 2020TC-2.1.10
An
insurance licensee should use methods of assessment that are appropriate to thecontrolled functions as it relates to the individual’s role.Added: October 2020