Licensing
26 guides. Every fact links to a primary regulator, statute or named insurer document.
- Does TCM Practitioner Registration Require Professional Indemnity Insurance in Singapore?Registering as a traditional Chinese medicine physician or acupuncturist does not require you to buy professional indemnity insurance. Registration runs...
- SCDF Petroleum and Flammable Materials Licence: Insurance Implications for Singapore BusinessesAn SCDF licence to store, import, transport, dispense or pipe petroleum and flammable materials is a fire-safety authorisation under Part 6 of the Fire...
- What Insurance Does an AVS Pet Shop or Animal Business Licence Need in Singapore?An Animal & Veterinary Service (AVS) licence for a pet shop or animal business does not require you to buy an insurance policy. AVS, part of the National...
- Does an IMDA Dealer's Licence Require Insurance in Singapore?If you deal in or supply telecommunication equipment in Singapore, you sit under the Infocomm Media Development Authority and the Telecommunications Act...
- What Insurance Does an MAS Payment Services Licence Need in Singapore?A payment services licence under the Payment Services Act 2019 does not make a commercial insurance policy a condition of the licence. What the Act...
- Does a CPE / EduTrust Private Education Licence Require Insurance in Singapore?Registering as a private education institution under the Private Education Act 2009 does not, on its own, force you to buy a general business insurance...
- What Insurance Does an HSA-Licensed Retail Pharmacy Need in Singapore?Running a retail pharmacy in Singapore puts you under three regulators' rulebooks at once: the Health Products Act 2007, which governs dealing in health...
- What Insurance Does an MOH Nursing Home or Eldercare Licence Need in Singapore?A nursing home, and many eldercare and home-care services, must be licensed by MOH under the Healthcare Services Act 2020 (HCSA), the Act that...
- Does a Hotel-Keeper's Licence Require Insurance in Singapore?A hotel-keeper's licence under the Hotels Act 1954 does not require you to buy any insurance policy. To run a hotel lawfully you need two things from the...
- Does a Public Entertainment Licence Require Insurance in Singapore?The Public Entertainments Act 1958 does not name an insurance policy as a fixed condition of a public entertainment (PE) licence. The licence is the legal...
- What Insurance Does a Massage Establishment Licence Need in Singapore?A massage establishment in Singapore is licensed by the Police Licensing and Regulatory Department (PLRD) under the Massage Establishments Act 2017....
- What Insurance Does a Licensed Pawnbroker Need in Singapore?A pawnbroker's licence in Singapore is unusual: insurance is not a prudent extra, it is a statutory condition. Under section 26 of the Pawnbrokers Act...
- What Insurance Does a Licensed Moneylender Need in Singapore?A moneylender's licence under the Moneylenders Act 2008 does not require you to buy a commercial insurance policy. What it requires is a security deposit:...
- Does a Travel Agent Licence Require Insurance in Singapore?A travel agent licence under the Travel Agents Act 1975 does not require you to buy any insurance policy. The licence, granted by the Singapore Tourism...
- What Insurance Does a Licensed Security Agency Need in Singapore?A security agency in Singapore is licensed by the Police Licensing and Regulatory Department (PLRD) under the Private Security Industry Act 2007. You need...
- What Insurance Does an SFA Food Establishment Licence Need in Singapore?The food establishment licence administered by the Singapore Food Agency (SFA) is a food-safety licence, not an insurance requirement. The licence to...
- Does a Liquor Licence Require Insurance in Singapore?A liquor licence under the Liquor Control (Supply and Consumption) Act 2015 does not require you to buy an insurance policy. The Act makes it an offence...
- Does an Employment Agency Licence Require Insurance in Singapore?An employment agency (EA) licence under the Employment Agencies Act 1958 does not require you to buy an insurance policy. What it requires is a security...
- What Insurance Does an ECDA-Licensed Childcare Centre Need?Per the ECDA setting-up page, all Early Childhood Development Centres (ECDCs) are required to obtain a licence under the Early Childhood Development...
- Does an MOH Clinic Licence Require Professional Indemnity Insurance?Singapore's regulation of medical practice splits cleanly between:
- What Insurance Do BCA ME Workhead Contractors Need?The ME Specific Registration Requirements (ME SRR) define each ME workhead and the regulatory licences each requires. Examples:
- What Insurance Do BCA CW01 and CW02 Contractors Actually Need?CW01 and CW02 are BCA's two main "construction workheads" under the Contractors Registration System (CRS). Per the BCA CW SRR (Jun 2025 Edition), CW01...
- SCDF Fire Safety Certificate: Insurance Implications for Singapore BusinessesPer the SCDF Fire Certificate page, an FC is mandatory under Section 35 of the Fire Safety Act 1993 for designated buildings - public buildings with...
- BCA Builders Licensing Scheme: Insurance Requirements (Singapore)Per the BCA Builders Licensing Scheme page, the BLS itself does not mandate specific insurance policies as a licence condition. It mandates paid-up...
- BCA CRS bizSAFE Level 3: Insurance Proof for Specific Registration RequirementsPer the BCA Contractors Registration System (CRS), bizSAFE Level 3 (or ISO 45001) is a registration requirement for many CW, CR, and ME workhead grades....
- SCAL SLOTS Application: Insurance Requirements (Singapore 2026)The published SCAL SLOTS Application Terms & Conditions do not make Workmen's Compensation, Public Liability or Contractors All Risk insurance a...