# Insurance Companies Act 1982 (repealed), Section 83: Requirements to be complied with by Lloyd’s underwriters.

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

(1) The requirements referred to in section 15(4) above are as follows.
(2) Every underwriter shall, in accordance with the provisions of a trust deed approved by the Treasury, carry to a trust fund all premiums received by him or on his behalf in respect of any insurance business.
(3) Premiums received in respect of long term business shall in no case be carried to the same trust fund under this section as premiums received in respect of general business, but the trust deed may provide for carrying the premiums received in respect of all or any classes of long term business and all or any classes of general business either to a common fund or to any number of separate funds.
(4) The accounts of every underwriter shall be audited annually by an accountant approved by the Committee of . . . and the auditor shall furnish a certificate in the prescribed form to the Committee and the Treasury.
(4A) The Council of Lloyd’s and the Treasury shall be furnished with a certificate from the accountant who audits the accounts of an underwriter which—
(a) is in the prescribed form; and
(b) contains the statements mentioned in subsection (5) below.
(5) The statements so required in relation to the accounts of an underwriter are statements that in the opinion of the auditor—
(a) the value of the assets available to meet the underwriter’s liabilities in respect of insurance business is correctly shown in the accounts; and
(b) the value of those assets is sufficient to meet the liabilities calculated—
(i) in the case of long term business by an actuary; and
(ii) in the case of other liabilities, by the auditor on a basis approved by the Treasury.
(6) Where any liabilities of an underwriter are calculated by an actuary under subsection (5) above, he shall furnish a certificate of the amount thereof to the Committee of Lloyd’s and to the Treasury, and shall state in his certificate on what basis the calculation is made; and a copy of his certificate shall be annexed to the auditor’s certificate.
(7) The underwriter shall, when required by the Committee of Lloyd’s, furnish to them such information as they may require for the purpose of preparing the statement of business which is to be deposited with the Treasury under section 86 below.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1982/50/section/83 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/insurance-companies-act-1982-repealed/section-83
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