Key legal question
Whether the supervisory authority had legal power to require a distribution plan for the CHF 5 million payment.
Extracted holding
Yes. The measure could rely in particular on the broad supervisory duty under the old Insurance Supervision Act, because the insured persons were deprived of funds that should benefit them.
Extracted reasoning
Supervision under Art. 17 aLSA covers the insurer’s overall activity and allows intervention when a situation harmful to insured persons occurs; the funds were public contributions destined for insured persons.