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The EU Consultation on the Insurance Block Exemption
Steptoe’s EU insurance and competition teams invite you to a complimentary seminar via telephone and internet.
Date: 18 June 2008
Time: 15:00 - 16.15 (
Ms. Eithne McCarthy, Project Leader from the Competition Directorate-General of the Commission, will discuss the consultation on the renewal of the Insurance Block Exemption (BER). We expect a useful, informative and lively discussion with our panel of speakers on key issues including:
- A quick look at the use of the existing exemption: what have been the Commission’s and the industry’s experiences with the BER?
- Information exchange in relation to pure premiums and standard policy conditions: what are the Commission’s intentions? Should the rules be maintained or improved to foster cooperation?
- Insurance pools: does the exemption cover pro-competitive pools? Would non-renewal of the BER result in loss of capacity and coverage?
- Legal certainty: merits of the block exemption in the context of modernisation of EC competition rules.
We will be asking the Commission speaker to clarify some of the questions raised in the consultation paper, the likely next steps and the expected timetable, and how insurers may respond and put forward their positions most effectively.
Guest speakers:
- Eithne McCarthy, Project Leader, DG Comp, European Commission,
- Dieter Pscheidl, Association of Austrian Insurers,
- Philippe Bourguignon, President of
Steptoe & Johnson moderators:
For background information on this seminar and to learn more about the impact of EC competition rules on the business insurance sector, click here for European Commission materials and a selection of Steptoe briefings and articles.
To contact our insurance team, please call: +32 2 626 05 00 or e-mail EUInsurance@steptoe.com
