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PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE ACT 2007 (NO. 31, 2007) - SECT 160.1

Appointment

             (1)  Subject to subsection (2), a private health insurer must have an actuary appointed by the insurer.

             (2)  Within 6 weeks after a person ceases to be the * appointed actuary of a private health insurer, the insurer must appoint another person to be the insurer's actuary.

             (3)  A person must not hold an appointment as actuary of a private health insurer unless the person is eligible for such an appointment.

             (4)  A private health insurer may, in writing, ask the Council to approve the appointment of a specified person as the insurer's actuary.

             (5)  The Council may, in writing, approve the appointment of a person as actuary of a private health insurer if the Council is satisfied that the person has actuarial qualifications and experience that fit him or her to perform the functions of the insurer's * appointed actuary.

Note:          Refusals to give approval are reviewable under Part 6‑9.

             (6)  An appointment of a person as actuary of a private health insurer cannot take effect while there is in force an appointment of another person as the insurer's actuary.



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