The requirements relating to the placing and receipt of orders do not apply to contracts concluded exclusively by exchange of e-mail or by equivalent individual communications.[Note: article 10(4) and 11(3) of the E-Commerce Directive]
This section applies to:(1) an insurance intermediary in relation to any policy (other than a connected travel insurance contract);1 and(2) an insurer when it has given a personal recommendation to a consumer on a payment protection contract or a pure protection contract.