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COBS 13 Annex 1 Solvency II Directive Information

01/01/2021

This annex belongs to COBS 13.1.2 R (The Solvency II Directive information)

Information about the firm
(1)The firm's name and its legal form;
(2)The name of the state in which the head office and, where appropriate, agency or branch concluding the contract is situated;
(3)The address of the head office and, where appropriate, agency or branch concluding the contract; and
(3A)A concrete reference to the firm's SFCR allowing the policyholder easy access to this information.
Information about the commitment
(4)Definition of each benefit and each option;
(5)Term of the contract;
(6)Means of terminating the contract;
(7)Means of payment of premiums and duration of payments;
(8)Means of calculation and distribution of bonuses;
(9)Indication of surrender and paid-up values and the extent to which they are guaranteed;
(10)Information on the premiums for each benefit, both main benefits and supplementary benefits, where appropriate;
(11)For unit-linked policies, the definition of the units to which the benefits are linked;
(12)Indication of the nature of the underlying assets for unit-linked policies;
(13)Arrangements for application of the cancellation period or right to withdraw;
(14)General information on the tax arrangements applicable to the type of policy;
(15)The arrangements for handling complaints concerning contracts by policyholders, lives assured or beneficiaries under contracts including, whereappropriate, the existence of a complaints body (usually the Financial Ombudsman Service), without prejudice to the right to take legal proceedings; and
(16)Law applicable to the contract where the parties do not have a free choice or, where the parties are free to choose the law applicable, the law the insurer proposes to choose.
[Note: article 185(2) and (3) of the Solvency II Directive]