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Life Insurance: Prudential Standards

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The Prudential Standards listed below are available in PDF format (click here for instructions).

On 1 January 2008, APRA introduced new, amended and reissued prudential standards for life insurers and friendly societies (click here for an explanation of these changes).

Please click here for a list of revoked and superseded prudential standards.

Non-enforceable guidance in relation to prudential matters is contained in Prudential Practice Guides.

Prudential Standards                                   Application
PS 3 Prudential Capital Requirement All life companies (including friendly societies)
LPS 1.04 Valuation of Policy Liabilities(formerly AS 1.04) All life companies (including friendly societies)
LPS 2.04 Solvency Standard  (formerly AS 2.04)

All life companies (including friendly societies)

LPS 3.04 Capital Adequacy Standard  (formerly AS 3.04)

All life companies (including friendly societies)

LPS 4.02 Minimum Surrender Values and Paid-up Values (formerly AS 4.02)

All life companies (including friendly societies)
LPS 5.02 Cost of Investment Performance Guarantees  (formerly AS 5.02) All life companies (including friendly societies)
LPS 6.03 Management Capital Standard (formerly AS 6.03) All life companies (including friendly societies)
LPS 7.02 General Standard (formerly AS 7.02) All life companies (including friendly societies)
LPS 220 Risk Management  All life companies (including friendly societies)
LPS 230 Reinsurance All life companies (including friendly societies)
LPS 231 Outsourcing  All life companies (including friendly societies)
LPS 232 Business Continuity Management  All life companies (including friendly societies)

LPS 310 Audit and Actuarial Requirements

All life companies (including friendly societies)
LPS 350 Contract Classification for the Purpose of Regulatory Reporting  All life companies (including friendly societies)
LPS 510 Governance All life companies (including friendly societies)
LPS 520 Fit and Proper All life companies (including friendly societies)  
LPS 900 Consolidation of Prudential Rules Nos. 15, 18, 22, 27 and 28 All life companies (other than friendly societies)
LPS 902 Approved Benefit Fund Requirements All life companies that are friendly societies

Prudential Standards for Friendly Societies

The following standards for Friendly Societies cease to have effect from 1 January 2008 (except PS 6.4D Service Contracts which ceased to have effect from 1 April 2007):

Number                       Title Application
PS 6.1 Risk Management Friendly societies
PS 6.3C Audit Friendly societies
PS 6.4A Subsidiaries Friendly societies
PS 6.4C Guarantees Friendly societies
PS 6.4D Service Contracts Friendly societies
PS 6.4E Overseas Trading Friendly societies
PS 6.7 Non-Benefit Fund Based Funds Management and Associated Market Activities Friendly societies

 



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