I. – Where an insurer, intermediary or policyholder of a group insurance contract wishes to provide or make available information or documents to a policyholder on a durable medium other than paper, it shall first check that this method of communication is appropriate to the policyholder’s situation; it shall ensure that the policyholder is able to access this information and documents on the durable medium envisaged. Where the policyholder provides an electronic address for this purpose, this shall be verified by the insurer, intermediary or policyholder.
After these verifications, the insurer, intermediary or policyholder shall inform the policyholder in a clear, precise and comprehensible manner of the continuation of the commercial relationship on a durable medium other than paper. It shall repeat these verifications annually.
Except where the contract concluded states that the service provided is exclusively electronic, the insurer, intermediary or policyholder must inform the policyholder of the latter’s right to object to the use of this medium as soon as the relationship is entered into or at any time; it must prove at any time during the relationship that this information has been brought to the policyholder’s attention.
II. – Except where it is stated in the contract concluded that the service provided is exclusively electronic, the policyholder may, at any time and by any means, request that a paper medium be used free of charge for the continuation of the commercial relationship. They may also, under the same conditions, carry out all the formalities and obligations incumbent upon them on any durable medium agreed with the insurer, intermediary or policyholder.