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Fifthly: The Duties and Responsibilities of the Internal Controller in Insurance Brokerage Companies

The following terms include some of the main and core functions of the Internal Controller in the insurance brokerage companies:

1. Review the relevant laws and has the full knowledge of all laws, regulations and instructions issued by the Insurance Authority and the work of the insurance broker (and the subsequent amendments, or regulations and instructions issued thereafter), attached herewith the list of the most important laws, regulations and instructions to be reviewed.
2. Continue to update the senior management of the board of directors, board of managers and key employees of all the applicable rules and policies of compliance to which the company must comply.
3. To inform all employees of the company through the senior management of all the policies and compliance regulations and its updates
4. Develop comprehensive internal control policies and procedures in insurance brokers that include an effective internal audit of the regulations, instructions and practices applied in the company’s activities, and should be approved by the board of directors of the bank.
5. Updating the policies and procedures periodically to ensure that the company complies with the latest regulations and instructions related to all the company's operations and activities.
6. Conduct annual and quarterly review of all the instructions included in the policies and procedures manuals applied in the company to ensure their conformity, consistency and compliance with their implementation in accordance with the requirements of the law and the Regulation and the amendments thereof and the regulations, instructions and circulars issued by the Insurance Authority.
7. Conduct an emergency and sudden review after coordination with the company's management to ensure the validity of the procedures and policies applied as mentioned in the previous paragraph.
8. Prepare a comprehensive plan for examination and ensure that all written policies and procedures approved by the Bank are compliant with applicable compliance rules.
9. Upload the annual and quarterly reports on internal controls on the website of the Insurance Authority. The Internal Controller may submit monthly reports if necessary, or if requested by the Authority's management.
10. Ensure that the management of the company and its employees apply the correction plan approved by the company's board of directors in accordance with the approved internal control reports.