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Long Term Insurance Act, 1998 (Act No. 52 of 1998)RegulationsRegulations under the Long-term Insurance Act, 1998Part 3 : RemunerationPart 3B : Investment policies that started on or after 1 January 20093.16 Redirecting of commission |
| (1) | A policyholder (excluding a person to whom the policy has been ceded as security) or member may at any time during the life of an investment policy instruct the insurer in writing to stop paying further discounted and undiscounted commission to an independent intermediary or a representative, provided that as part of that instruction the policyholder or member also must instruct the insurer— |
| (a) | to pay the further commission to another independent intermediary, nominated by the policyholder or member in that instruction, who has a contract with the insurer for rendering services as intermediary in respect of policies of the insurer of the type of policy in question; or |
| (b) | to pay the applicable portion of the further commission, in accordance with the principle of equivalence of reward referred to in regulation 3.11(2), to another representative of the insurer nominated by the policyholder or member in that instruction, who is approved by the insurer to render services as intermediary in respect of the policy in question; or |
| (c) | to pay the applicable portion of the further commission, in accordance with the principle of equivalence of reward referred to in regulation 3.11(2), to another representative of the insurer to be appointed by the insurer to render services as intermediary to the policyholder or member in respect of the policy in question. |
| (2) | The insurer must, at no additional cost to the policyholder, comply with an instruction contemplated in subregulation (1). |
