Finance Act 2011

33 (1) Relevant insurance liabilities are excluded. U.K.

(2) “Relevant insurance liabilities” means liabilities of a regulated insurer carrying on an insurance business which are—

(a) liabilities to policyholders under contracts of general insurance or contracts of long-term insurance, including such contracts effected or carried out outside the United Kingdom,

(b) liabilities representing unallocated surpluses, or

(c) liabilities representing participants' interests in collective investment schemes.

(3) The liabilities of a regulated insurer within sub-paragraph (2)(c) include a liability which would be a liability of the insurer within that provision if the insurer prepared consolidated financial statements.

(4) In this paragraph—

• “collective investment scheme” has the same meaning as in Part 17 of FISMA 2000 (see sections 235 and 237 of that Act);

• “contract of general insurance” means a contract of a type described in Part 1 of Schedule 1 to the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Regulated Activities) Order 2001 (S.I. 2001/544);

• “contract of long-term insurance” means a contract of a type described in Part 2 of that Schedule;

• “regulated insurer” means an entity which—

  (a)

  is authorised under the law of any territory to carry on insurance business, or

  (b)

  is a member of a body or organisation which is so authorised;

• “unallocated surplus” means the fund for future appropriations shown in line 15 of Form 3 of a return deposited with the Financial Services Authority under section 9.6 of the Interim Prudential Sourcebook for Insurers made by that Authority under FISMA 2000.