Welcome to the Insurance Appeals Tribunal's website.
The Tribunal was established in July 2017 under the Insurance Ordinance (Cap. 41) (IO). It has jurisdiction to review, on application, the specified decisions made by the Insurance Authority (IA); and to hear and determine a question or issue arising out of or in connection with a review. It consists of the chairperson and two ordinary members. Its statutory purpose is to ensure that the relevant regulatory decisions made by the IA are reasonable and fair.
The Tribunal is empowered to make a range of orders under the IO in relation to its review proceedings.
The chairperson of the Tribunal is appointed by the Chief Executive (CE). For determining a review, the Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury on the recommendation of the chairperson must appoint from a panel of members appointed by the Financial Secretary under the delegated authority by the CE two ordinary members in relation to the review. Every sitting of the Tribunal must be held in public unless the Tribunal determines that in the interests of justice a sitting, or a part of the sitting, must be held in private.