Legislation

Please find below links to Laws and Guidelines

Prudent Person Approach to Investment and Lending

The purpose of this Guideline is to provide the Board of Directors and management of financial institutions with a framework for the establishment of policies and procedures for the prudent management and control of risk in their investment and lending portfolios. The framework will encompass statutory requirements and will also be used by the Central Bank of Trinidad and Tobago (‘the Central Bank’) in its evaluation of a financial institution’s investment and lending activities to determine whether it is in a sound financial condition.

Insurance Act 1980

An Act to revise and consolidate the law providing for the regulation of insurance business and for other purposes related to or connected with such business and for the regulation of privately administered pension fund plans.

Instructions for Group Asset Data re Cost Recovery-Insurance Sector IS

The purpose of these instructions and reporting form is to enable the Central Bank to capture the necessary information in a consistent format in order to calculate the appropriate supervisory fees for licensed financial institutions (LFIs) and registered insurance companies (RICs) that are also holding companies, and financial holding companies (FHCs) registered under the Financial Institutions Act, 2008 (FIA).

Fit and Proper

The purpose of this Guideline is to set out a framework which can be used by financial institutions in determining whether a person is fit and proper to hold a key position within the organization.