Over the past year or so, the regulatory regime for merger control in Indonesia has seen significant changes. In October 2019, the Indonesian Business Competition Supervisory Commission (“KPPU”) issued a new rule on assessments of M&A transactions (“2019 Rule”), which was further clarified by the guidelines issued in October 2020 (“2020 Merger Guide”).

We discussed these issues in the webinar on “Navigating Merger Control Rules in Cross-Border M&A Transactions” broadcasted on 17 December 2020.

The Indonesian Financial Services Authority (OJK) has issued OJK Regulation No. 44 of 2020 on Risk Management for Non-Bank Financial Institutions. Non-bank financial institutions under this regulation include insurance companies, pension funds and financing companies. This regulation replaces OJK Regulation No. 1 of 2015 on the same subject matter. This regulation has already come into effect. 

The Indonesian Financial Services Authority (OJK) has issued OJK Regulation No. 44 of 2020 on Risk Management for Non-Bank Financial Institutions. Non-bank financial institutions under this regulation include insurance companies, pension funds and financing companies. This regulation replaces OJK Regulation No. 1 of 2015 on the same subject matter. This regulation has already come into effect.

In this publication, we focus on the impact of the regulation on insurance companies and insurance intermediary companies. For the purpose of this publication, ‘insurance companies’ also refers to insurance intermediary companies.