Insurance companies and all other French and foreign insurers who have insured jewellery, gems, objets d’art or collectors’ items against theft or fire under a contract or agreement in force at the time of death, situated in France and belonging to an estate they know to be open, or belonging to the spouse of a person they know to be deceased, must, within fifteen days of the day on which they become aware of the death, send to the competent authority of the State of their department of residence, a notice stating:
1° The name or business name and domicile of the insurer;
2° The surname, first names and domicile of the insured, as well as the date of his death or the death of his spouse;
3° The number, date and duration of the policy and the value of the insured items.
These notices are drawn up on forms made available by the tax department.