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Fourthly: The Elements of Work of the Internal Control and Compliance

•The internal control job provides services to both the company's management and its board of directors. They are responsible for providing the Internal Controller with all the information that helps him to evaluate and adapt the internal control system and its effectiveness. It is the company's management responsibly to enable the Internal Controller to submit periodic reports to the Insurance Authority. The Inspection and control process is divided into several key elements according to their sequence and importance based on the following:
A. Obtaining a general knowledge about the institution and the auditor needs technical and legal indicators about the company he intends to audit.
B. Inspection and evaluation of the internal control system and internal tests of the internal control on operations (policy compliance tests) .The Internal Controller uses the practical and statistical methods of determining the sample size of the situation due to its huge quantity. In this context, the Internal Controller must act in accordance with the written procedures used in the institution in order to evaluate if the internal control system is comprehensive and reliable or not. The most important step taken by the auditor is to study the internal control system .In the light of this study, subsequent steps are determined and the size of the tests is determined.
C. Examine processes and procedures and submit reports on the extent of their compliance with the regulations, instructions and circulars issued by the Insurance Authority and work on sending a copy of the Internal Control reports through the company's management, provided that they are signed by the Authority's management and the internal auditor.
D. Ensuring that the internal control system of the company is effective at its minimum. In this context, it ensures that no mistakes or acts of fraud are committed, and then moves on to processes that are difficult for the internal control system to detect, review its analysis by comparing and studying their evolution from one cycle to the next.
E. Preparation of the audit report. In order for the Internal Controller to achieve success in his duties, he must be at the best level of professional and personal relations with all employees of the insurance brokerage company in which he works so as to create the best atmosphere for effective cooperation between him and the departments and sections of the company. Without such cooperation, the task of the Internal Controller would be difficult.