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Singapore life insurers in growing unease as MAS zooms in on agents' compensation
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ST understands the line of questioning is centred on whether insurers who rely on agents or advisors to distribute their products, have breached any rules in their compensation structures.
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Claire Huang , Claire Huang
SINGAPORE - Singapore's financial regulator has ramped up efforts in recent weeks to look more deeply into life insurers' compensation structures for agents, triggering a sense of nervousness in the industry.
The Straits Times understands from market sources, who spoke on condition of anonymity, that senior agency leaders of Prudential - one of the major life insurance players - were roped in to help with queries from the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) more than a month ago.
