BR-3.4.1
The BMA uses various methods of information gathering on its own initiative which require the cooperation of
(a) representatives of the BMA may make onsite visits at the premises of the insurance licensee . These visits may be made on a regular basis, on a sample basis, for special purposes such as theme visits (looking at a particular issue across a range of insurance licensees ), or when the BMA has a particular reason for visiting an insurance licensee ;
(b) appointees of the BMA may also make onsite visits at the premises of the insurance licensee . Appointees of the BMA may include persons who are not BMA staff, but who have been appointed to undertake particular monitoring activities for the BMA, such as in the case of Appointed Experts (refer to Chapter EN-2).
(c) the BMA may request the insurance licensee to attend meetings at the BMA's premises or elsewhere;
(d) the BMA may seek information or request documents by telephone, at meetings or in writing, including electronic communication;
(e) the BMA may require insurance licensees to submit various documents or notifications, as per Chapter BR-2, in the ordinary course of their business such as financial reports or on the happening of a particular event in relation to the insurance licensee such as a change in control.