• HC-10.2 HC-10.2 Approved Persons Loyalty

    • HC-10.2.1

      The approved persons shall have full loyalty to the insurance consultants, insurance managers, insurance aggregators or captive insurance firms.

      Amended: October 2019
      January 2011

    • Personal Accountability

      • HC-10.2.2

        Each approved person should understand that under the Company Law he is personally accountable to the insurance consultants, insurance managers, insurance aggregators or captive insurance firms and the shareholders if he violates his legal duty of loyalty to the insurance consultants, insurance managers, insurance aggregators or captive insurance firms, and that he can be personally sued by the insurance consultants, insurance managers, insurance aggregators or captive insurance firms or the shareholders for such violations.

        Amended: October 2019
        January 2011

      • HC-10.2.3

        The duty of loyalty includes a duty not to use property of the insurance consultants, insurance managers, insurance aggregators or captive insurance firms for his personal needs as though it was his own property, not to disclose confidential information of the insurance consultants, insurance managers, insurance aggregators or captive insurance firms or use it for his personal profit, not to take business opportunities of the insurance consultants, insurance managers, insurance aggregators or captive insurance firms for himself, not to compete in business with the insurance consultants, insurance managers, insurance aggregators or captive insurance firms, and to serve the insurance consultants, insurance managers, insurance aggregators or captive insurance firms' interest in any transactions with the company in which he has a personal interest.

        Amended: October 2019
        January 2011

      • HC-10.2.4

        For purposes of Paragraph HC-10.2.3, an approved person should be considered to have a "personal interest" in a transaction with the company if:

        (a) He himself;
        (b) A member of his family (i.e. spouse, father, mother, sons, daughters, brothers or sisters); or
        (c) Another company of which he is a director or controller,

        is a party to the transaction or has a material financial interest in the transaction. (Transactions and interests which are de minimis in value should not be included.)

        January 2011

    • Avoidance of Conflicts of Interest

      • HC-10.2.5

        Each approved person should make every practicable effort to arrange his personal and business affairs to avoid a conflict of interest with the insurance consultants, insurance managers, insurance aggregators or captive insurance firms.

        Amended: October 2019
        January 2011

      • HC-10.2.5A

        Bahraini insurance consultants, Bahraini insurance managers or Bahraini captive insurance firms should have in place a board approved policy on the employment of relatives of approved persons and a summary of such policy must be disclosed in the annual report of the insurance consultant, insurance manager, insurance aggregators or captive insurance firm.

        Amended: October 2019
        Amended: July 2016
        April 2016

      • HC-10.2.5B

        Overseas insurance managers or overseas captive insurance firms should have in place a policy on the employment of relatives of approved persons pertaining to their Bahrain operations.

        Added: July 2016

    • Disclosure of Conflicts of Interest

      • HC-10.2.6

        Each approved person should inform the entire Board of conflicts of interest as they arise and abstain from voting on the matter in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Company Law. This disclosure should include all material facts in the case of a contract or transaction involving the approved person. The approved persons should understand that any approval of a conflict transaction is effective only if all material facts are known to the authorising persons and the conflicted person did not participate in the decision.

        January 2011

      • HC-10.2.6A

        The chief executive/general manager of the Bahraini insurance consultants, Bahraini insurance managers, Bahraini insurance aggregators or Bahraini captive insurance firms should disclose to the board of directors on an annual basis those individuals who are occupying controlled functions and who are relatives of any approved persons occupying controlled functions within the insurance consultant, insurance manager, insurance aggregators or captive insurance firm.

        Amended: October 2019
        Amended: July 2016
        April 2016

      • HC-10.2.6B

        The chief executive/general manager of the overseas insurance managers or overseas captive insurance firms should disclose to a designated officer at its head office or regional manager on an annual basis those individuals who are occupying controlled functions and who are relatives of any approved persons within the overseas insurance licensee.

        Added: July 2016

      • HC-10.2.7

        The Board of the Bahraini insurance consultants, Bahraini insurance managers, Bahraini insurance aggregators or Bahraini captive insurance firms should establish formal procedures for:

        (a) Periodic disclosure and updating of information by each approved person on his actual and potential conflicts of interest; and
        (b) Board of Director's approval of any direct or indirect personal interest of an approved person, in the contracts and actions in which the licensee is a party.
        Amended: October 2019
        Amended: July 2016
        January 2011

    • Disclosure of Conflicts of Interests to Shareholders

      • HC-10.2.8

        The insurance consultants, insurance managers, insurance aggregators and captive insurance firms should disclose to their shareholders in the Annual Report any abstention from voting motivated by a conflict of interest and should disclose to its shareholders any authorisation of a conflict of interest contract or transaction in accordance with the Company Law.

        Amended: October 2019
        January 2011