Insurance Companies Act 1982

42Actuarial investigations

(1)The Secretary of State may require a company which carries on long term business—

(a)to cause the person who for the time being is its actuary under section 19(1) above or any corresponding enactment previously in force to make an investigation into its financial condition in respect of that business, or any specified part of that business, as at a specified date;

(b)to cause an abstract of that person's report of the investigation to be made; and

(c)to prepare a statement of its long term business or of that part thereof as at that date.

(2)For the purposes of any investigation made in pursuance of a requirement under this section the value of any assets andthe amount of any liabilities shall be determined in accordance with any applicable valuation regulations.

(3)The form and contents of any abstract or statement made in pursuance of a requirement under this section shall be the same as for an abstract or statement made under section 18 above and subsection (2) of that section shall apply to an investigation made in pursuance of this section as it applies to an investigation to which subsection (1)(b) of that section relates.

(4)Five copies of any abstract or statement made in pursuance of a requirement under this section shall be deposited by the company with the Secretary of State on or before such date as he may specify, and one of those copies shall be a copy signed by the persons required to sign copies of abstracts or statements made under the said section 18 which are deposited under section 22 above.