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Article L511-3 of the French Insurance Code

Insurance and reinsurance intermediaries, natural persons who work for an insurance or reinsurance undertaking or an insurance or reinsurance intermediary, and who are responsible for the distribution of insurance or reinsurance, as well as staff directly involved in this activity, must be of sufficiently good repute for their duties, this condition being verified in the light of the provisions of I to VI of article L. 322-2 which apply to them.

Persons responsible for the distribution of insurance on an ancillary basis also satisfy this good repute requirement.

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Article L511-3

Les intermédiaires d’assurance et de réassurance, les personnes physiques qui travaillent pour une entreprise d’assurance ou de réassurance ou un intermédiaire d’assurance ou de réassurance, et qui sont responsables de l’activité de distribution d’assurances ou de réassurances, ainsi que le personnel qui prend directement part à cette activité, doivent posséder l’honorabilité nécessaire à leurs fonctions, cette condition étant vérifiée au regard des dispositions des I à VI de l’article L. 322-2 qui leurs sont applicables.


Les personnes responsables de la distribution d’assurances à titre accessoire satisfont également à cette exigence d’honorabilité.

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