The Insurance Companies (Accounts and Statements) Regulations 1996

Certificate by directors etc.

1.  Subject to paragraph 7 below, the certificate required by regulation 28(a) above shall state—

(a)in relation to the part of the return comprising Forms 9 to 17, 20 to 45 and the statements required by regulations 19 to 21, 23, 24 and 26 above that—

(i)the return has been prepared in accordance with the Regulations;

(ii)proper accounting records have been maintained and adequate information has been obtained by the company; and

(iii)an appropriate system of control has been established and maintained by the company over its transactions and records;

(b)that reasonable enquiries have been made by the company for the purpose of determining whether any person and any body corporate are connected for the purposes of regulations 19, 20 and 21 above;

(c)that in respect of the company’s business which is not excluded by regulation 32 of the Insurance Companies Regulations, the assets held throughout the financial year in question enabled the company to comply with regulations 27 to 31 (matching and localisation) of those Regulations; and

(d)in relation to the statement required by regulation 31 above—

(i)that for the purpose of preparing the statement, proper accounts and records have been maintained; and

(ii)that the information given has been ascertained in conformity with that regulation.