Regulations amending Finansinspektionen’s regulations regarding insurance distribution (FFFS 2024:13)

Finansinspektionen’s Regulatory Code
Publisher: Chief Legal Counsel Eric Leijonram, Finansinspektionen, Sweden, www.fi.se ISSN 1102-7460 This translation is furnished solely for information purposes. Only the printed version of the regulation in Swedish applies for the application of the law. 1 Regulations amending Finansinspektionen’s regulations (FFFS 2018:10) regarding insurance distribution; decided on 17 September 2024. Finansinspektionen prescribes1 pursuant to Chapter 9, section 3 of the Insurance Distribution Ordinance (2018:1231) that Chapter 7, section 2 of Finansinspektionen’s regulations (FFFS 2018:10) regarding insurance distribution shall have the following wording.
Chapter 7
Section 2 For liability insurance, in addition to that set out in Chapter 4, section 1
of the Insurance Distribution Ordinance (2018:1231), the following applies for the distribution of insurance. Liability insurance shall cover an amount of at least EUR 1,564,610 per claim and at least EUR 2,315,610 for all claims during one year. This does not apply if such insurance has already been provided by an insurance or reinsurance undertaking or by another firm on whose behalf or with whose authorisation the insurance intermediary is acting. If the insurance intermediary is a natural or legal person with employees, the total compensation that can be paid during a period of one year, instead of what is stated in the second paragraph, shall amount to

1. at least EUR 3,129,230 if the number of employees covered by the insurance at
   the beginning of the insurance term is between 2 and 10,
2. at least EUR 4,693,840 if the number of employees covered by the insurance at
   the beginning of the insurance term is between 11 and 20, and
3. at least EUR 6,258,450 if the number of employees covered by the insurance at
   the beginning of the insurance term exceeds 20.

These regulations shall enter into force on 09 October 2024.
1 Cf. Directive 2016/97 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 January 2016 on insurance distribution as worded according to Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2024/896. FFFS 2024:13 Published on 23 September 2024

FFFS 2024:13
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DANIEL BARR
Kamilla Atmarsson