(i)direct insurance (including co-insurance):(a)life(b)non-life(ii)reinsurance and retrocession(iii)insurance intermediation, such as brokerage and agencyRO: not committed (iv)services auxiliary to insurance, such as consultancy, actuarial, risk assessment and claim settlement services | (1)CY:life insurance (including intermediation):no insurer can offer life insurance services in the Republic of Cyprus unless licensed as an insurer by the Superintend ...[+++]ent of Insurance, in accordance with the Insurance Companies Laws.Non-life insurance (including intermediation):no insurer can offer non-life insurance services (except Marine, Aviation and Transit) in the Republic of Cyprus unless licensed as an insurer by the Superintendent of Insurance, in accordance with the Insurance Companies Laws.Reinsurance and retrocession (including intermediation):any foreign reinsurer approved by the Superintendent of Insurance (on prudential criteria) may offer reinsurance or retrocession services to insurance companies incorporated and licensed in Cyprus.Services auxiliary to insurance: noneEE: none | (1)CY, EE, LV, LT: noneMT:life insurance, non-life insurance and reinsurance and retrocession: noneInsurance intermediation and services auxiliary to insurance: unboundPL:unbound, except for the reinsurance, the retrocession and insurance of goods in international trade.RO:unbound, except for reinsurance and retrocession.SI:marine, aviation and transport insurance, insurance intermediation, and services auxiliary to insurance: noneLife insurance, non-life insurance (except marine, aviation and transport insurance), and reinsurance and retrocession: unbound | |

(15) In order to fill the gaps in question, it should be provided that the Member State where the insurance undertaking is authorised should require the undertaking to appoint claims representatives resident or established in the other Member States to collect all necessary information in relation to claims resulting from such accidents and to take appropriate action to settle the claims on behalf and for the account of the insurance undertaking, including the payment of compensation therefor; claims representatives should have sufficient powers to represent the insurance undertaking in relation to persons suffering damage from such acc ...[+++]idents, and also to represent the insurance undertaking before national authorities including, where necessary, before the courts, in so far as this is compatible with the rules of private international law on the conferral of jurisdiction.

(15) In order to fill the gaps in question, it should be provided that the Member State where the insurance undertaking is authorised should require the undertaking to appoint claims representatives resident or established in the other Member States to collect all necessary information in relation to claims resulting from such accidents and to take appropriate action to settle the claims on behalf and for the account of the insurance undertaking, including the payment of compensation therefor; claims representatives should have sufficient powers to represent the insurance undertaking in relation to persons suffering damage from such acc ...[+++]idents, and also to represent the insurance undertaking before national authorities including, where necessary, before the courts, in so far as this is compatible with the rules of private international law on the conferral of jurisdiction.

(a) if, within three months of the date when the injured party presented his claim for compensation to the insurance undertaking of the vehicle the use of which caused the accident or to its claims representative, the insurance undertaking or its claims representative has not provided a reasoned reply to the points made in the claim; or

(a) if, within three months of the date when the injured party presented his claim for compensation to the insurance undertaking of the vehicle the use of which caused the accident or to its claims representative, the insurance undertaking or its claims representative has not provided a reasoned reply to the points made in the claim; or

(21) In the interest of such injured parties, Member States should set up information centres to ensure that such information is made available promptly; those information centres should also make available to injured parties information concerning claims representatives; it is necessary that such centres should cooperate with each other and respond rapidly to requests for information about claims representatives made by centres in other Member States; it seems appropriate that such centres should collect information about the actual termination date of the insurance cover but not ...[+++]about the expiry of the original validity of the policy if the duration of the contract is extended owing to non-cancellation.