I. – The civil liability insurance contract taken out by a financial investment adviser pursuant to article L. 541-3 includes cover that takes effect on 1st March for a period of twelve months. The contract is tacitly renewed on 1st January of each year.
II. – Persons commencing the activity of financial investment adviser must take out the contract provided for in I for the period running from the date of their registration in the single register referred to in article R. 546-1 until 1 March of the following year.
III. – The insurer will issue a professional indemnity insurance certificate to the guaranteed person.
IV. – The insurer must inform the body referred to in article L. 546-1 without delay of any suspension of cover, denunciation of tacit renewal or termination of the insurance contract.
V. – The minimum levels of cover under the professional indemnity insurance contract provided for in Article L. 541-3 are set as follows:
1° 150,000 euros per claim and 150,000 euros per insurance year for natural persons and legal entities with fewer than two employees exercising the activity of financial investment adviser in accordance with the provisions of article L. 541-1 ;
2° 300,000 euros per claim and 600,000 euros per insurance year for legal entities with at least two employees carrying on the business of financial investment advisers in accordance with the provisions of article L. 541-1.
The amounts mentioned above do not apply to financial investment advisers providing advice exclusively on the services mentioned in article L. 321-2, paragraph 3.