By expanding
policy loans, the FSC said it will help speed up restructuring of the corporate sector and create some 170,000 jobs.
(CIC) requiring insurers to submit the premium payments, insurance contracts and
policy loans of its clients.
Notably, the CIC cannot rely on the foregoing exemption under the Data Privacy Act applicable because
policy loans, premium payments and insurance contracts do not constitute basic credit data,' it added.
2017-04 requiring insurers to submit the premium payments, insurance contracts and
policy loans of their clients.
These lenders are not giving
policy loans to Pakistan due to the absence of a Letter of Comfort from the IMF.
Subject to overall macroeconomic stability, the
policy loans will be given for energy-sector reforms, improving trade and competitiveness and financial market development.
The decision to cancel
policy loans came following postponement of visit of a World Bank team to Pakistan.
ISLAMABAD -- A report prepared by the Independent Evaluation Group (IEG), an arm of the World Bank (WB) has said two
policy loans worth $900 million given to Pakistan failed to achieve their stated objective of stimulating economic growth.
The World Bank and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) have already withheld $700mn as balance of payments'
policy loans due to deterioration in macroeconomic indicators in the past one year.
Sources in the finance ministry said that the World Bank's
policy loans were now contingent upon a good health certificate from the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
While life insurance
policy loans and death proceeds are generally received income-tax free, the same favorable tax treatment does not necessarily apply upon sale or surrender of a policy.