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

[F1PART 5U.K.Article 2.2

“For the purposes of points (1) and (2) of paragraph 1, the following shall not be considered to constitute insurance distribution or reinsurance distribution—

(a)the provision of information on an incidental basis in the context of another professional activity where—

(i)the provider does not take any additional steps to assist in concluding or performing an insurance contract;

(ii)the purpose of that activity is not to assist the customer in concluding or performing a reinsurance contract;

(b)the management of claims of an insurance undertaking or of a reinsurance undertaking on a professional basis, and loss adjusting and expert appraisal of claims;

(c)the mere provision of data and information on potential policyholders to insurance intermediaries, reinsurance intermediaries, insurance undertakings or reinsurance undertakings where the provider does not take any additional steps to assist in the conclusion of an insurance or reinsurance contract;

(d)the mere provision of information about insurance or reinsurance products, an insurance intermediary, a reinsurance intermediary, an insurance undertaking or a reinsurance undertaking to potential policyholders where the provider does not take any additional steps to assist in the conclusion of an insurance or reinsurance contract.”]