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Life Insurance Act Section 91 — Penalties for unlicensed insurance and fraud
Life Insurance Act (พระราชบัญญัติประกันชีวิต) — Section 91.
Plain-English Summary
Acting as an insurer without a licence (Section 18) is punishable by two to five years' imprisonment or a fine of THB 200,000 to 500,000, or both, plus up to THB 20,000 a day while the breach continues. Acting as an agent or broker without a licence faces up to six months or THB 50,000 (Section 105). A fraudulent claim or false evidence in a claim is punishable by up to three years or THB 300,000 (Section 114/4).
Official Text
Official Thai text at the Royal Gazette / Office of the Council of State. Translation summary only.
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Life Insurance Act
พระราชบัญญัติประกันชีวิต · B.E. 2535 (1992)
The Life Insurance Act B.E. 2535 (1992) governs life insurers in Thailand and repeals the Life Insurance Act B.E. 2510 (1967) (Section 3). Life insurance may be carried on only by a public limited company holding a licence from the Minister with Cabinet approval (Section 7); a foreign insurer may set up a licensed branch (Section 8). At least 75% of voting shares must be held by Thai nationals and at least three-quarters of directors must be Thai (Section 10), subject to the Commission's permission for non-Thai holdings of up to 49% and the Minister's power to relax the requirement, so 49% is not an absolute cap; foreign-insurer branches are exempt (Section 13). The Act also covers security deposits, reserves and capital funds, policy-form approval, the ban on unjustified delay in paying policy money, licensing of life agents and brokers, the Life Insurance Fund, and penalties. It is supervised through the Commission and Registrar of the Office of Insurance Commission (OIC). Non-life business is governed by a separate Act, and a life insurer may not carry it on (Section 33(1)). The Government Savings Bank's life insurance business is outside the Act (Section 4).
The summary above is a plain-English educational paraphrase of Section 91 of the Life Insurance Act. It is not an authoritative translation. For the binding Thai text, consult the Royal Gazette or the Office of the Council of State. Educational use only — not a substitute for advice from a Thai-qualified lawyer.
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