The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Regulated Activities) Order 2001

[F1 Exclusions U.K.

Textual Amendments

F1 Pt. 2 Ch. 7A inserted (31.10.2004 for specified purposes, 14.1.2005 in so far as not already in force) by The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2003 (S.I. 2003/1476), arts. 1(3), 7

Claims management on behalf of an insurer etc. U.K.

39B.— (1) A person does not carry on an activity of the kind specified by article 39A if he acts in the course of carrying on the activity of—

(a) expert appraisal;

(b) loss adjusting on behalf of a relevant insurer; or

(c) managing claims on behalf of a relevant insurer,

and that activity is carried on in the course of carrying on any profession or business.

(2) In this article—

(a) “relevant insurer” means—

(i) a person who has Part IV permission to carry on an activity of the kind specified by article 10;

(ii) a person to whom the general prohibition does not apply by virtue of section 316(1)(a) of the Act (members of the Society of Lloyd's);

(iii) an EEA firm falling within paragraph 5(d) of Schedule 3 to the Act (insurance undertaking); or

(iv) a relevant reinsurer;

(b) “relevant reinsurer” means a person whose main business consists of accepting risks ceded by—

(i) a person falling within sub-paragraph (i), (ii) or (iii) of the definition of “relevant insurer”; or

(ii) a person who is established outside the United Kingdom who carries on an activity of the kind specified by article 10 by way of business.

Other exclusions U.K.

39C.   Article 39A is also subject to the exclusions in articles 66 (trustees etc.), 67 (profession or non-investment business), 72A (information society services), 72B (activities carried on by a provider of relevant goods or services), 72C (provision of information about contracts of insurance on an incidental basis) and 72D (large risks contracts where risk situated outside the EEA).]