All persons required to receive or disclose information in connection with the provisions of this chapter are bound by professional secrecy under the conditions set out inArticle L. 612-17 of the Monetary and Financial Code.
I.-Insurance or reinsurance intermediaries and insurance intermediaries on an ancillary basis, as defined in article L. 511-1, must be registered in a single register of intermediaries, which is freely accessible to the public. A Conseil d’Etat decree specifies the conditions for registration in this register and determines the information that must be made public. It also sets out the procedures for the register to be maintained by a body with…
Undertakings subject to supervision by the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution, other undertakings mentioned in article L. 310-2 or reinsurance undertakings, which use the services of intermediaries, must ensure that these intermediaries are registered in accordance with the provisions of article L. 512-1. Undertakings which use the services of intermediaries who are nationals of a Member State of the European Union or of another State party to the…
I.-When they are registered or renew their registration, insurance or reinsurance intermediaries and insurance intermediaries acting on an ancillary basis are required to provide the body that keeps the register provided for in I of Article L. 512-1 with any information necessary to verify the conditions relating to access to the activity of intermediary and the exercise thereof. They are also required to inform this body as soon as possible…
The provisions set out in I to VI of article L. 322-2 apply to insurance or reinsurance intermediaries and secondary insurance intermediaries who are natural persons acting in their own name, persons who direct, manage or administer intermediaries who are legal persons, persons who are members of a supervisory body, have signing authority on behalf of or are directly responsible for the intermediation activity within these intermediaries, and employees of…
The conditions of professional competence to be met by insurance or reinsurance intermediaries and ancillary insurance intermediaries who are natural persons acting in their own name, persons who direct, manage or administer intermediaries who are legal persons or insurance or reinsurance undertakings, persons who are members of a supervisory body, have the power to sign on behalf of or are directly responsible for the intermediation activity within these intermediaries or…
All insurance or reinsurance intermediaries and all insurance intermediaries acting in an ancillary capacity must take out an insurance policy covering them against the financial consequences of their professional civil liability, unless such insurance or an equivalent guarantee is already provided by an insurance or reinsurance undertaking or by an insurance or reinsurance intermediary or by another undertaking on whose behalf they are acting or by whom they have been…
Any insurance or reinsurance intermediary and any insurance intermediary on an ancillary basis who, even on an occasional basis, collects funds intended for payment either to an insurance undertaking or to policyholders, or who has recourse to a non-agent agent responsible for transmitting these funds, must take out a financial guarantee specifically earmarked for the repayment of these funds to policyholders, unless this agent can provide proof of such a…
A decree in the Conseil d’Etat shall specify the application of this chapter and determine the conditions of intermediation.
The obligations set out in this Book do not apply to insurance intermediaries on an ancillary basis where all of the following conditions are met: 1° The insurance contract complements the goods or services provided by a supplier and covers : a) either the risk of malfunction, loss, including theft, or damage to the goods or non-use of the service; b) or damage to or loss of luggage, including theft…
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