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MIPRU 3.2.1R01/11/2007

A firm must take out and maintain professional indemnity insurance that is at least equal to the requirements of this section from:(1) an insurance undertaking authorised to transact professional indemnity insurance in the EEA; or(2) a person of equivalent status in:(i) a Zone A country; or(ii) the Channel Islands, Gibraltar, Bermuda or the Isle of Man.[Note: Article 4(3) of the Insurance Mediation Directive2]2

MIPRU 3.2.2G06/04/2007

The minimum limits of indemnity for a firm whose Part IV permission covers both insurance mediation activity and home finance mediation activity1is the higher of the limits of indemnity for these activities. If the firm opts for a single comparable guarantee to finance the claims which might arise as a result of both activities, the requirements for insurance mediation activity apply.1

MIPRU 3.2.3G01/01/2007

A non-EEA firm (such as a captive insurance company outside the EEA) will be able to provide professional indemnity insurance only if it is authorised to do so in one of the specified countries or territories.. The purpose of this provision is to balance the level of protection required for the policyholder against a reasonable level of flexibility for the firm.

MIPRU 3.2.4R06/04/2007

The contract of professional indemnity insurance must incorporate terms which make provision for:(1) cover in respect of claims for which a firm may be liable as a result of the conduct of itself, its employees and its appointed representatives (acting within the scope of their appointment);(2) the minimum limits of indemnity per year set out in this section;(3) an excess as set out in this section;(4) appropriate cover in respect of legal defence costs;(5) continuous cover in

MIPRU 3.2.7R01/11/2007

If the firm is an insurance intermediary, then the minimum limits of indemnityare:(1) for a single claim, €1 million; and(2) in aggregate, €1.5 million or, if higher, 10% of annual income up to £30 million.[Note: Article 4(3) of the Insurance Mediation Directive2]2

MIPRU 3.2.8R01/01/2007

If a policy is denominated in any currency other than euros, a firm must take reasonable steps to ensure that the limits of indemnity are, when the policy is effected and at renewal, at least equivalent to those required.

MIPRU 3.2.9R06/04/2007

If the firm is a home finance intermediary,1 then the minimum limit of indemnity is the higher of 10% of annual income up to £1 million, and:1(1) for a single claim, £100,000; or(2) in aggregate, £500,000.

MIPRU 3.2.11R01/01/2007

For a firm which does not hold client money or other client assets, the excess must not be more than the higher of:(1) £2,500; and(2) 1.5% of annual income.

MIPRU 3.2.13R01/01/2007

If a policy provides cover to more than one firm, then:(1) the limits of indemnity must be calculated on the combined annual income of all the firms named in the policy; and(2) each firm named in the policy must have the benefit of the relevant minimum limits of indemnity.

MIPRU 3.2.14R01/01/2007

If a firm seeks to have an excess which is higher than the relevant limit, it must hold additional capital as calculated in accordance with the appropriate table below:

Table: Calculation of additional capital for firm not holding client money or other client assets (£000's)

Income		Excess obtained up to and including:
More than	Up to	2.5	5	10	15	20	25	30	40	50	75	100	150	200+
0	100	0	5	9	12	14	17	19	23	26	33	39	50	59
100	200	0	7	12	16	19	22	25	30	34	43	51	64	75
200	300	0	7	12	16	20	24	27	32	37	47	56	71	84
300	400	0	0	12	16	21	24	28	34	39	50	60	77	91
400	500	0	0	11	16	21	24	28	34	40	53	63	81	96
500	600	0	0	10	16	20	24	28	35	41	54	65	84	100
600	700	0	0	0	15	20	24	28	35	41	55	67	87	104
700	800	0	0	0	14	19	24	28	35	42	56	68	89	107
800	900	0	0	0	13	18	23	27	35	42	56	69	91	109
900	1,000	0	0	0	0	17	22	27	34	41	57	70	92	111
1,000	1,500	0	0	0	0	0	21	26	34	41	57	71	97	118
1,500	2,000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	30	38	56	71	98	121
2,000	2,500	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	24	33	53	69	99	126
2,500	3,000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	28	50	68	101	130
3,000	3,500	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	47	67	101	132
3,500	4,000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	43	65	101	133
4,000	4,500	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	39	62	101	134
4,500	5,000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	58	99	134
5,000	6,000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	54	97	133
6,000	7,000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	91	131
7,000	8,000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	84	126
8,000	9,000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	75	120
9,000	10,000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	113
10,000	100,000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
100,000	n/a	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Table: Calculation of additional capital for firm holding client money or other client assets (£000's)

Income		Excess obtained up to and including:
More than	Up to	5	10	15	20	25	30	40	50	75	100	150	200+
0	100	0	4	7	9	12	14	18	21	28	34	45	54
100	200	0	7	11	14	17	20	25	29	38	46	59	70
200	300	0	7	11	14	17	20	25	30	40	49	64	77
300	400	0	0	9	13	16	19	25	30	40	50	67	81
400	500	0	0	0	11	14	18	24	29	40	51	68	83
500	600	0	0	0	8	12	15	22	28	40	51	69	85
600	700	0	0	0	0	9	13	20	26	39	50	69	86
700	800	0	0	0	0	6	10	17	24	38	49	69	87
800	900	0	0	0	0	0	7	15	22	36	48	69	87
900	1,000	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	19	34	47	68	87
1,000	1,500	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	16	32	45	67	86
1,500	2,000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	18	34	59	81
2,000	2,500	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	19	48	71
2,500	3,000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	37	64
3,000	3,500	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	26	55
3,500	4,000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	45
4,000	4,500	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	33
4,500	5,000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	21
5,000	6,000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8
6,000	7,000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7,000	8,000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8,000	9,000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9,000	10,000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10,000	100,000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
100,000	n/a	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

MIPRU 3.1.1R01/11/2007

2This chapter applies to a firm with Part IV permission to carry on any of the activities:(1) insurance mediation activity;(2) home finance mediation activity;1unless any of the following exemptions apply:1(3) in relation to insurance mediation activity, this chapter does not apply to a firm if another authorised person which has net tangible assets of more than £10 million provides a comparable guarantee; for this purpose:(a) if the firm is a member of a group in which there

MIPRU 3.1.3G01/01/2007

The purposes of this chapter are to:(1) implement article 4.3 of the Insurance Mediation Directive in so far as it requires insurance intermediaries to hold professional indemnity insurance, or some other comparable guarantee, against any liability that might arise from professional negligence; and(2) meet the regulatory objectives of consumer protection and maintaining market confidence by ensuring that firms have adequate resources to protect themselves, and their customers,

MIPRU 3.1.4G01/01/2007

Any breach in the duty of a firm or of its agents under the regulatory system or civil law can give rise to claims being made against the firm. Professional indemnity insurance has an important role to play in helping to finance such claims. In so doing, this chapter amplifies threshold condition 4 (Adequate resources). This threshold condition provides that a firm must have, on a continuing basis, resources that are, in the opinion of the FSA, adequate in relation to the regulated

MIPRU 3.1.6G01/01/2007

Although financial resources and appropriate systems and controls can generally mitigate operational risk, professional indemnity insurance has a role in mitigating the risks a firm faces in its day to day operations, including those arising from not meeting the legally required standard of care when advising on investments. The purpose of this chapter is to ensure that a firm has in place the type, and level, of professional indemnity insurance necessary to mitigate these ri

SUP 16.12.22AR01/01/2008

2The applicable data items referred to in SUP 16.12.4 R are set out according to type of firm in the table below:

Description ofData item	Firm prudential category and applicable data item (note 1)
Description ofData item	BIPRU 730K firm	BIPRU 125K firm and UCITS investment firm	BIPRU 50K firm	IPRU(INV)2Chapter 13 firms carrying out European-wide activities under MiFID	IPRU(INV)2Chapter 13 firms not carrying out European-wide activities under MiFID
Annual accounts	No standard format
Annual accounts of the mixed-activity holding company (note 10)	No standard format
Solvency statement	No standard format (note 11)
Balance Sheet	FSA001 (note 2)	FSA001 (note 2)	FSA001 (note 2)	Section A RMAR2	Section A RMAR2
Income Statement	FSA002 (note 2)	FSA002 (note 2)	FSA002 (note 2)	Section B RMAR2	Section B RMAR2
Capital Adequacy	FSA003 (note 2)	FSA003 (note 2)	FSA003 (note 2)	FSA0312	Section CAPITAL ADEQUACYD1 and D2 RMAR2
Credit risk	FSA004 (notes 2, 3)	FSA004 (notes 2, 3)	FSA004 (notes 2, 3)
Market risk	FSA005 (notes 2, 4)	FSA005 (notes 2, 4)	FSA005 (notes 2, 4)
Market risk - supplementary	FSA006 (note 5)	FSA006 (note 5)	FSA006 (note 5)
Operational risk	FSA007 (notes 2, 6, 7)	FSA007 (notes 2, 6, 7)	FSA007 (notes 2, 6, 7)
Large exposures	FSA008 (note 2)	FSA008 (note 2)	FSA008 (note 2)
UK integrated group large exposures	FSA018 (note 12)	FSA018 (note 12)	FSA018 (note 12)
Solo consolidation data	FSA016	FSA016	FSA016
Pillar 2 questionnaire	FSA019 (note 8)	FSA019 (note 8)	FSA019 (note 8)
Non-EEA sub-group	FSA028 (note 9)	FSA028 (note 9)	FSA028 (note 9)
Professional indemnity insurance	Section E RMAR	Section E RMAR	Section E RMAR	Section E RMAR2	Section E RMAR2
Threshold Conditions	Section F RMAR	Section F RMAR	Section F RMAR	Section F RMAR2	Section F RMAR2
Training and Competence	Section G RMAR	Section G RMAR	Section G RMAR	Section G RMAR2	Section G RMAR2
COB data	Section H RMAR	Section H RMAR	Section H RMAR	Section H RMAR2	Section H RMAR2
Supplementary product sales data	Section I RMAR	Section I RMAR	Section I RMAR	Section I RMAR2	Section I RMAR2
Client money and client assets				Section C RMAR2	Section C RMAR2
Fees and levies	Section J RMAR	Section J RMAR	Section J RMAR	Section J RMAR2	Section J RMAR2
6IRB portfolio risk	FSA045 (note 13)	FSA045 (note 13)	FSA045 (note 13)
6Securitisation	FSA046 (note 14)	FSA046 (note 14)	FSA046 (note 14)
Note 1	When submitting the completed data item required, a firm must use the format of the data item set out in SUP 16 Annex 24 R, or SUP 16 Annex 18A in the case of the RMAR2. Guidance notes for completion of the data items are contained in SUP 16 Annex 25 G, or SUP 16 Annex 18B in the case of the RMAR2.
Note 2	Firms that are members of a UK consolidation group subject to the capital resources requirement at stages 2, 3 or 4 of BIPRU 8 Annex 5 are also required to submit this report on a UK consolidation group basis.
Note 3	This is only applicable to a firm where, at the annual review of this requirement, following its accounting reference date, (a) for a firm that was reporting this data item or similar in the previous year, one or both of the last two submissions in the previous year show that the threshold was exceeded; or (b) for a firm that was not reporting this data item or similar in the previous year, both of the last two submissions in the previous year show that the threshold was exceeded; and in either case the FSA has notified the firm that it is required to submit the data item in accordance with the above. In both cases, the threshold is exceeded if data element 77A in data item FSA003 (or similar) is greater than £10 million, or its currency equivalent at the reporting date.
Note 4	This is only applicable to a firm where, at the annual review of this requirement, following its accounting reference date, (a) for a firm that was reporting this data item or similar in the previous year, one or both of the last two submissions in the previous year show that the threshold was exceeded; or (b) for a firm that was not reporting this data item or similar in the previous year, both of the last two submissions in the previous year show that the threshold was exceeded; and in either case the FSA has notified the firm that it is required to submit the data item in accordance with the above. In both cases, the threshold is exceeded if data element 93A in data item FSA003 (or similar) is greater than £50 million, or its currency equivalent at the reporting date.
Note 5	Only applicable to firms with a CAD2 waiver under GENPRU 2.1.52 R.
Note 6	This will not be applicable to BIPRU limited activity firms or BIPRU limited licence firms unless they have a waiver under BIPRU 6.1.2 G.
Note 7	This is only applicable to a firm that has adopted, in whole or in part, either the Standardised Approach, Alternative Standardised Approach, or Advanced Modelling Approaches under BIPRU 63.
Note 8	Only applicable to BIPRU investment firms 5 that are: (a) subject to consolidated supervision under BIPRU 8, except those that are either included within the consolidated supervision of a group that includes a UK credit institution, or that have been granted an investment firm consolidation waiver; (b) subject to consolidated supervision under BIPRU 8 that have been granted an investment firm consolidation waiver; and (c) not subject to consolidated supervision under BIPRU 8. A BIPRU investment firm 5 under (a) should complete the report on the basis of its UK consolidation group. A BIPRU investment firm 5 under (b) or (c) should complete the report on the basis of its solo position.
Note 9	This will be applicable to firms that are members of a UK consolidation group 4 on the reporting date. Firms' attention is drawn to SUP 16.3.25 G regarding a single submission for all firms in the group.
Note 10	Only applicable to a firm whose ultimate parent is a mixed-activity holding company.
Note 11	Only applicable to a firm that is a sole trader or a partnership, when the report must be submitted by each partner.
Note 12	Members of a UK integrated group should only submit this data item at the UK integrated group level. Firms' attention is drawn to SUP 16.3.25 G regarding a single submission for all firms in the group.
6Note 13	Only applicable to firms that have an IRB permission to use the IRB approach and BIPRU 4.
6Note 14	Only applicable to firms that undertake securitisations.

SUP 16.12.28AR01/01/2008

2The applicable data items, reporting frequencies and submission deadlines referred to in SUP 16.12.4 R are set out in the table below. Reporting frequencies are calculated from a firm's accounting reference date, unless indicated otherwise. The due dates are the last day of the periods given in the table below following the relevant reporting frequency period.

Description of data item	Data item (note 1)	Frequency		Submission deadline
		Annual regulated business revenue up to and including £5 million	Annual regulated business revenue over £5 million
Balance Sheet	Section A RMAR	Half yearly	Quarterly	30 business days
Income Statement	Section B RMAR	Half yearly	Quarterly	30 business days
Capital Adequacy	Section D1 RMAR	Half yearly	Quarterly	30 business days
Professional indemnity insurance	Section E RMAR	Half yearly	Half yearly	30 business days
Threshold Conditions	Section F RMAR	Half yearly	Half yearly	30 business days
Training and Competence	Section G RMAR	Half yearly	Half yearly	30 business days
COB data	Section H RMAR	Half yearly	Half yearly	30 business days
Supplementary product sales data	Section I RMAR	Annually	Annually	30 business days
Client money and client assets	Section C RMAR	Half yearly	Quarterly	30 business days
Fees and levies	Section J RMAR	Annually	Annually	30 business days
Note 1	When submitting the completed data item required, a firm must use the format of the data item set out in SUP 16 Annex 18A. Guidance notes for the completion of the data items is set out in SUP 16 Annex 18B.

MIPRU 4.3.1R01/01/2007

This section contains provisions relating to the calculation of annual income for the purposes of: (1) the limits of indemnity for professional indemnity insurance; and(2) the capital resources requirements.

MIPRU 4.1.15G01/01/2007

Capital has an important role to play in protecting consumers and complements the roles played by professional indemnity insurance and client money protection (see the client money rules). Capital provides a form of protection for situations not covered by a firm's professional indemnity insurance and it provides the funds for the firm's PII excess, which it has to pay out of its own finances (see MIPRU 3.2.11 R and MIPRU 3.2.12 R for the relationship between the firm's capital

SUP 13A.9.5G01/11/2007

(1) The purpose of the precautionary measure rule is to ensure that an incoming EEA firm is subject to the standards of MiFID and the MiFID implementing Directive to the extent that the Home State has not transposed MiFID or the MiFID implementing Directive by 1 November 2007. It is to 'fill a gap'.(2) The rule is made in the light of the duty of the United Kingdom under Article 62 of MiFID to adopt precautionary measures to protect investors. (3) The rule will be effective for

BIPRU 2.2.64G01/01/2007

In relation to the issues identified in BIPRU 2.2.63 G, an asset manager should consider, for example:(1) the direct cost to it resulting from fraud or theft;(2) the direct cost arising from customers' claims and legal action in the future; an asset manager could consider the impact on its financial position if a legal precedent were to encourage its customers to take legal action against that firm for failing to advise correctly on a certain type of product; the relevance of

COBS 20.2.46G01/11/2007

A firm may include, within the policyholder advocate's terms of appointment, arrangements for the policyholder advocate to be indemnified in respect of certain claims that may be made against him in connection with the performance of his functions. If such indemnity is included, it should not include protection against any liability arising from acts of bad faith.

PERG 8.14.40CG01/10/2005

1An advice centre is defined in article 73 as a body which:(1) gives advice which is free and in respect of which it does not receive any fee, commission or other reward;(2) provides debt advice as its principal financial services activity; and(3) in the case of a body which is not part of a local authority, holds adequate professional indemnity insurance or a guarantee providing comparable cover.This exemption should be of particular use to bodies such as Citizens Advice Bur

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