Questão jurídica principal
Whether the revocation of the insurance business licence for insufficient free capital was lawful.
Decisão extraída
Yes. The company had long fallen below the mandatory minimum free capital and the authority had to act; the licence revocation was lawful.
Fundamentação extraída
The Court held that the appellant confused the capital requirement at incorporation with the ongoing solvency and guarantee-fund requirements. Once the minimum guarantee fund is no longer covered, the supervisory authority must require prompt recapitalization or secure revocation of the licence. No discretion existed to ignore the shortfall.