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Article A421-7 of the French Insurance Code

The special reserve relating to operations resulting from the withdrawal of authorisation of an insurance undertaking providing compulsory insurance cover for motor land vehicles and their trailers and semi-trailers in the territory of the French Republic, referred to in II of Article L. 421-10, is called the “special reserve relating to the withdrawal of authorisation of motor insurance undertakings”. An initial allocation of 80 million euros is made to this…

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Article A421-8 of the French Insurance Code

The percentage of the contribution to the guarantee fund, provided for in I of article L. 421-10, is set at 1% of the total expenses for the last financial year of the “Guarantee fund operations resulting from the withdrawal of authorisation for motor insurance companies” section. The proceeds of this contribution are allocated in full to the profit and loss account of the same section, together with dividends to be…

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Article A421-9 of the French Insurance Code

All income and expenses relating to the intervention of the guarantee fund, in the event of the withdrawal of authorisation of an insurance undertaking covering, on the territory of the French Republic, risks covered by compulsory insurance pursuant to Article L. 242-1, are recorded in a specific section of its accounts entitled “Operations of the guarantee fund resulting from the withdrawal of authorisation from construction insurance companies”. For this accounting…

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Article A421-10 of the French Insurance Code

The operations of the guarantee fund relating to the assumption of responsibility for the losses referred to in article L. 242-1, in the event of the withdrawal of authorisation from an insurance undertaking, are shown on the liabilities side of the balance sheet by the special reserve referred to in II of article L. 421-10-1 and the technical provisions relating to compensation for these losses. The assets side of the…

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Article A421-11 of the French Insurance Code

The special reserve relating to operations resulting from the withdrawal of authorisation of an insurance undertaking covering, on the territory of the French Republic, risks covered by compulsory insurance under Article L. 242-1, referred to in II of Article L. 421-10-1, is called the “special reserve relating to the withdrawal of authorisation of construction insurance undertakings”. An initial allocation of 40 million euros is made to this special reserve. The…

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Article A421-12 of the French Insurance Code

The amount of the contribution to the guarantee fund, provided for in I of article L. 421-10-1, is determined in accordance with the following formula, for an accounting year i : CFi = max [0; T% x (Mi –Pi)] + max [0; (P%xCi) x CAi/CA] Where: 1° For the first part, which is based on the difference between the premiums for the last ten financial years and the technical provisions…

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Article A421-13 of the French Insurance Code

The rates of the contribution to the guarantee fund provided for in I of Article L. 421-10-1 are set as follows: 1° The rate applicable to the difference between the premiums for the last ten financial years and the technical provisions for the last financial year, referred to in 1° of I of Article L. 421-10-1, is set at 5%; 2° The percentage, referred to in 2° of I of…

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Article A422-1 of the French Insurance Code

The insurance contracts on which the contribution instituted by article L. 422-1 and mentioned in article R. 422-4 is based are those that cover property located on national territory and falling under classes 3 to 9 of article R. 321-1.

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Article A422-2 of the French Insurance Code

For the entire asset portfolio, the guarantee fund only invests in assets and instruments with risks that it can identify, measure, monitor, manage, control and report adequately. All assets are invested in such a way as to guarantee both the security, quality, liquidity and profitability of the portfolio as a whole and the financial capacity of the guarantee fund to carry out its public service missions. In addition, the location…

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Article A422-3 of the French Insurance Code

Derivatives may be used insofar as they help to reduce risk or promote efficient portfolio management. Investments and assets not admitted to trading on a regulated market are maintained at prudent levels. Assets are appropriately diversified so as to avoid excessive dependence on any one asset, issuer or group of companies or any one geographical area and to avoid excessive accumulation of risk in the portfolio as a whole. Investments…

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