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GOVERNMENT OF
ZAMBIA
ACT
No. 27 of 1997
Date of assent: 11th
November, 1997
An Act to regulate the
insurance industry; to repeal the Insurance Act (Cap 392); and to provide
for matters connected with or incidental to the foregoing.
[14th November,
1997]
ENACTED by the parliament
of Zambia.
PART I
PRELIMINARY
1. This Act may be cited as
the insurance Act, 1997, and shall come into operation on such dates as
the Minister may, by statutory order,
appoint.
2.
In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires
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“admitted asset”,
in relation to an insurer, has the meaning assigned
to it in section
thirty-eight;
“assessor’ means
a person who, where a claim is made against an
insurer for loss
or damage, assesses the extent of the loss or damage;
“auditor” has the meaning
assigned to it in the Companies Act;
“Authority” means
the Pensions and Insurance Authority
established by
section four of the Pensions Scheme Regulation
Act;
(as amended by Act No.26 of
2005)
“Board” means the
Pensions and Insurance Authority Board
established by
section six of the pensions Scheme Regulation Act
(as amended by Act No.26 of
2005)
“broker” means a person who,
on behalf of an insured person or a
person who intends to take
up an insurance policy, arranges
insurance policies;
“child” includes a child born
out of wedlock, a step child, an
unborn child
or an adopted child;
(as amended by Act No.26 of
2005)
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