COMP 5.7 211Protected non-investment insurance mediation

Protected non-investment insurance mediation is an insurance mediation activity where the investment concerned is a relevant general insurance contract or a pure protection contract but3 which is not a long-term care insurance contract or a 3reinsurance contract, provided that the condition in COMP 5.7.2 R is satisfied.12

COMP 5.7.1 R only applies if the conditions in (1) and (2) are satisfied:3

1. (1)

   the protected non-investment insurance mediation was carried on from:3

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   1. (a)

      an establishment of the relevant person in the United Kingdom; or3

   2. (b)

      a branch of a UK firm established in another EEA State in the exercise of an EEA right derived from the IMD; and3

2. (2)

   the customer making the claim (or where COMP 3.2.4 R applies, the customer on behalf of whom a firm makes a claim) was in contact with:3

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   1. (a)

      a firm carrying on an insurance mediation activity in the United Kingdom; or3

   2. (b)

      a branch of a UK firm established in another EEA State which is carrying on an insurance mediation activity in the exercise of an EEA right derived from the IMD.3