Insurance Industry Bill gets Parly nod
Thursday, July 23, 2015
Parliamentary gave a go- ahead to the insurance Bill
The Bill seeks to, amongst others, import all provisions relating to the insurance industry from the Non-Banking Financial Institutions Regulatory Act. Currently, the insurance industry is regulated under the Insurance Industry Act of 1987.
The house’s nod for the Bill provides for the licensing, governance and regulation of all insurers, insurance brokers, insurance agents and representatives operating in Botswana and for matters incidental to or connected therewith.
Speaker of the National Assembly, Dithapelo Keorapetse, has this week rightly washed his hands of the mess, refusing to wade into a party squabble that has no clear leadership and no single version of the truth.When a single party sends six different letters to the Speaker’s office, each claiming to be the authoritative voice, it is not just confusion, but an embarrassment.Keorapetse is correct to insist on institutional boundaries. Parliament...