It will start operations as a registered direct insurance broker and exempt financial adviser under its subsidiary BaoXianBaoBao from Sept 1.

PolicyPal enetered the six-month sandbox in March this year.

The sandbox is an MAS programme aimed at encouraging more fintech experimentation in a safe and secure way.

It enables financial institutions and start-ups to experiment with innovative financial products or services in the market, but within a well-defined space and duration. It also includes appropriate safeguards to contain the consequences of failure and maintain the overall safety and soundness of the financial system.

PolicyPal has developed an app that uses artificial intelligence to simplify and digitise insurance, allowing both customers and organisations to simplify the management of their insurance policies.

The six-month sandbox trial allowed PolicyPal to test the technology and validate their distribution model in Singapore.

PolicyPal will now focus on scaling up their product offerings to individuals and small and medium-sized enterprises, with the aim of helping them analyse, manage and optimise their insurance portfolio.

Founded in April 2016, PolicyPal employs the use of algorithms to analyse someone's current insurance coverage figures and automatically propose ways they can improve their insurance protection.

The firm, which is being incubated by PayPal, has recently brought on several organisations as clients for group insurance management and will roll out additional corporate services for a growing pool of SME clients.

It has also partnered with several global insurance companies in Singapore - AIG, Aviva, AXA, Etiqa and NTUC Income.

PolicyPal plans to scale up its existing platform and operations beyond Singapore to include Japan, Taiwan, Indonesia and Thailand.

"The MAS sandbox allowed us to experiment with technology applications and our product offerings in order to fulfil our vision of making insurance simple and convenient for all," said PolicyPal founder Val Yap.

"We are delighted to be the first start-up to graduate from the MAS regulatory sandbox and are looking forward to operate and scale up as a registered direct insurance broker and exempt financial adviser under BaoXianBaoBao to provide individuals and organisations with better insurance coverage ."