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Financial services: insurance
Outline of the Community (European Union) legislation about Financial services: insurance
Topics
These categories group together and put in context the legislative and non-legislative initiatives which deal with the same topic.
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Financial services: insurance
European policy in the field of insurance seeks to put in place a common framework enabling insurers to operate, establish themselves and provide services freely within the European Union. It also aims to protect insured parties, particularly individuals, for whom it is often crucial that insurers deliver on their commitments. Specific provisions apply to different sectors of activity, such as life and travel insurance.
FREEDOM TO PROVIDE SERVICES
- Freedom to provide services
- Insurance brokerage
- Reinsurance (until November 2012)
- The principle of equal treatment for men and women outside the labour market
INSURANCE COMPANIES
- Insurance and reinsurance
- Insurance Guarantee Schemes (White Paper)
- Insurance companies: annual accounts
- Insurance undertakings: supervision
- Reorganisation and winding-up of insurance undertakings (until November 2012)
- Export credit insurance
SECTORAL PROVISIONS
Insurance and transport
- Civil liability insurance for motor vehicles
- Motor vehicle liability insurance: freedom to provide services
- Insurance for air carriers and aircraft operators
Life insurance
- Life assurance: freedom to provide services (until November 2012)
Insurance other than life assurance
- Direct insurance other than life assurance: freedom to provide services (until November 2012)
- Non-life insurance: third Directive
- Legal expenses insurance (until November 2012)
- Credit and suretyship insurance
Supervisory bodies
- European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA)
- Insurance and occupational pensions: regulatory and supervisory committee