Since 1 January 2006, non-tied insurance intermediaries must be registered in a public register as specified in Article 43 para. 1 of the Insurance Supervision Act (
ISA), while tied intermediaries have the right to be entered in the register (Art. 43 para. 2 ISA).
The circumstances under which insurance intermediaries are considered to be tied and are therefore not subject to compulsory registration are set out in Article 183 of the Insurance Supervision Ordinance (
ISO).
Intermediary registration requirements can be found
here.
Instructions for intermediary registration and answers to frequently asked questions are also provided.