If you want to provide your services as an insurance agent in another EU country, you must notify the Polish Financial Supervision Authority (KNF).
How to proceed
This procedure can be completed:
What you should know and who can use this service
Entities entitled to execute the procedure:
An insurance agent who intends to take up the agency activity in the territory of another Member State of the European Union is obliged to notify the supervision authority about the fact.
When you should complete this procedure
At any time
Where you can complete this procedure
URZĄD KOMISJI NADZORU FINANSOWEGO
ul. Piękna
20,
00-549
Warszawa
What to do step by step
Submit a notification of intent to take up the agency activity in the territory of another Member State of the European Union
In the notification, inform about:
- the country in which you want to operate
- the address of your branch
- the company and the registered office of the insurance company, in the name or on behalf of which you want to act
- the names and surnames of the persons authorised to manage the branch and represent you
Documents
You can submit a document as:
Oryginał
The Authority will forward the notification to the appropriate authority in the EU Member State
The Polish Financial Supervision Authority, within 30 days from the date of notice, forwards the information on the insurance agent's intent to take up the activity to the competent authority keeping the Register of Insurance Agents in the Member State of the European Union in the territory of which the insurance agent intends to pursue the activity, along with information whether the insurance agent is entered in the register kept by supervision authority.
The notification is not forwarded if the Member State of the European Union in the territory of which the insurance agent intends to take up the activity has not expressed its will to receive information.
Time limit
The Polish Financial Supervision Authority will transmit the notification 30 days
Notification of the applicant
The Polish Financial Supervision Authority will inform you that:
1) the information has been forwarded to the relevant authority keeping the Register of Insurance Agents in the Member State of the European Union where you want to pursue the activity of ian nsurance agent, or
2) the Member State of the European Union has not expressed its will to receive such information.
The Polish Financial Supervision Authority makes relevant changes in the register.
How much you will have to pay
The service is free of charge
How long you will have to wait
Your case will be settled within one month. This period may be extended to two months, subject to notification by the official.