Appointments to Insurance Appeals Tribunal
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     The Government announced today (July 25) that the Financial Secretary, under the authority delegated by the Chief Executive, has appointed five new members and reappointed 22 serving members to the panel of the Insurance Appeals Tribunal (IAT) for a new term from July 26, 2025, to July 25, 2027.
      
     The panel membership of the IAT for the new term is as follows:
 
New appointees
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Professor Hui Kai-wai
Ms Janet Li Tze-yan
Professor Rita Li Yi-man
Professor Isabella Poon Wai-yin
Ms Wong Yuen-chi

Reappointed members
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Mr Au Lut-chi
Mr Kenneth Chan Kin-nin
Mr Anthony Chan Kwok-tung
Mr Chan Pui-leung
Mr Arthur Chan Sung-lai
Mr Brian Chau
Professor Chen Nan
Mr Ian Chu Pak-ning
Ms Cindi Hui Ming-ming
Mr Benson Hung Kin-ho
Mr Jiang Tao
Mr Mark Norman Reginald Johnson
Ms Nixie Lam Lam
Mr Lee Pak-kee
Mr Peter Li Po-ting
Mr Ken Lin
Mr Tommy So Chung
Professor Tam Kar-yan
Mr Kevin Wong Ho
Mr Harry Wong Wing-tai
Mr James Wong Yuk-loi
Ms Wendy Yuen Miu-ling
 
     A Government spokesman said, "The IAT provides an effective safeguard to ensure that the relevant regulatory decisions made by the Insurance Authority (IA) are reasonable and fair."
      
     The Government also expressed gratitude to the outgoing members. They are Professor Chan Koon-hung, Ms Kerry Ching Kim-wai, Dr Gladie Lui Man-ching, Professor Phyllis Mo Lai-lan and Mr Simon Tang Shu-pui.
      
     The IAT is a statutory tribunal established under the Insurance Ordinance (Cap. 41) to review specified decisions made by the IA. The IAT consists of the chairperson and two ordinary members appointed by the Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury from a pool of panel members on the recommendation of the chairperson. The current chairperson of the IAT is Mr Johnny Ma Ka-chun, SC.

Ends/Friday, July 25, 2025
Issued at HKT 12:00

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