---
id: sgobs.economy.insurance.mas-notice-133.mcr-share-of-pcr.2026
kind: observation
title: "MAS Notice 133 minimum capital requirement as share of prescribed capital requirement"
url: https://ik.sg/en/knowledge/observation/sgobs.economy.insurance.mas-notice-133.mcr-share-of-pcr.2026
language: en
evidence_status: final
collection_as_of: 2026-10-16
---

# MAS Notice 133 minimum capital requirement as share of prescribed capital requirement

The 50% relationship is calibration policy, not an individual insurer's reported ratio.

## Record details

- **Value type:** threshold
- **Unit:** percent_of_pcr
- **Value:** 50
- **Status:** final
- **Source revision:** MAS Notice 133 PDF dated 8 December 2025
- **Metric:** mcr share of pcr (`sgmetric.economy.insurance.mas-notice-133.mcr-share-of-pcr`)
- **Dataset:** [Insurance Regulation and Protection Anchors](https://ik.sg/en/knowledge/dataset/sgkb.data.insurance-regulation-anchors)
- **Population:** Licensed insurers subject to MAS Notice 133, including direct insurers, reinsurers and captives
- **Applies from:** 2026-01-01
- **Denominator:** MCR set at 50% of PCR under the December 2025 notice text
- **Geography:** [Singapore](https://ik.sg/en/knowledge/geography/sg.geo.country.singapore)
- **Published:** 2025-12-08
- **Reference period:** MAS Notice 133 (8 December 2025 text); page accessed 14 October 2026

## Sources

- [https://www.mas.gov.sg/-/media/mas-media-library/regulation/notices/id/notice-133/mas-notice-133_8-dec-2025.pdf](https://www.mas.gov.sg/-/media/mas-media-library/regulation/notices/id/notice-133/mas-notice-133_8-dec-2025.pdf) — Accessed 2026-10-14

## Explore connections

- Datasets: [Insurance Regulation and Protection Anchors](https://ik.sg/en/knowledge/dataset/sgkb.data.insurance-regulation-anchors)
- Topics: [Insurance regulation and supervision](https://ik.sg/en/knowledge/topic/sgtopic.economy.insurance-regulation)
- Places: [Singapore](https://ik.sg/en/knowledge/geography/sg.geo.country.singapore)

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