Chapter 3 The Inspection of Internal Control System
Section 2 Self-inspection and Internal Control System Statement
Article 24
An insurance enterprise should establish a self-inspection system to strengthen internal check so as to prevent the occurrence of fraud. Its finance, business and information units shall conduct routine self-inspection at least once every year and conduct special self-inspection as needed.
For the self-inspection mentioned in the preceding paragraph, the head of the unit should assign a person other than the original handling staff to conduct the inspection and keep the inspection activity confidential beforehand.
The self-inspection report and its working papers shall be retained for at least 5 years for future reference.
An insurance enterprise should establish self-inspection training programs and continue proper training to self-inspection personnel in accordance with the business nature of each unit.
Article 25
The general manager of an insurance enterprise shall supervise all units to carefully assess and review the implementation status of its internal control system. The chairman, general manager, chief auditor and head office chief compliance officer shall jointly issue an internal control system statement (Attachment), which shall be submitted to the board of directors for approval, and submitted together with the annual report set forth in Article 148-1 of the Act to the competent authority before the end of March each year.
An insurance enterprise shall disclose its internal control system statement on its website.