The lists of insurance companies and insurance intermediaries from EU Member States that have stated their intention to operate on the territory of the Republic of Bulgaria have been updated

For the period 01.04.2021 – 30.04.2021 the FSC has not received any notifications from competent national authorities of EU Member States regarding the intention of insurer companies based in their territory to operate on the territory of the Republic of Bulgaria under the terms of the freedom to provide services or right of establishment (through a branch). For the same period the FSC received 1 (one) notification regarding the withdrawal of intention of an insurer based in its territory to operate on the territory of the Republic of Bulgaria under the terms of the freedom to provide services.

During the period, the FSC received notifications from the competent EU supervisory authorities regarding the intention of 23 (twenty-three) insurance intermediaries based in EU Member States to carry out insurance intermediation activities on the territory of the Republic of Bulgaria under the terms of freedom to provide services, as well as 3 (three) notifications for termination of the activity of insurance mediation on the territory of the Republic of Bulgaria under the terms of the freedom to provide services.

As of 30.04.2021, the number of insurers based in other EU Member States which have notified the FSC of their intention to operate on the territory of the Republic of Bulgaria amounts to 427 (four hundred and twenty-seven). At the same date, the insurance intermediaries which intend to carry out insurance intermediation activities on the territory of the Republic of Bulgaria are 2,271 (two thousand two hundred and seventy-one).

During the period, the FSC sent 1 (one) notification to the competent supervisory authorities of an EU Member State regarding the intention of an insurer based in the Republic of Bulgaria to operate on their territory under the terms of freedom to provide services and 1 (one) notification of withdrawal of the intention of an insurer based in the Republic of Bulgaria to carry out insurance activity on the territory of another Member State.

As of the end of April, the total number of insurance companies based in the Republic of Bulgaria which have stated their intention to carry out insurance activities on the territory of other EU Member States under the terms of freedom to provide services, remains 18.

For the period 01.04.2021 – 30.04.2021 the FSC has sent 1 (one) notification to the competent national authority of an EU Member State regarding the intention of an insurance broker based in its territory to carry out insurance intermediation under the terms of the freedom to provide services. As of 30.04.2021, the total number of insurance intermediaries based in the Republic of Bulgaria which have declared their intention to carry out insurance intermediation activities on the territory of EU Member States, remains 52.

The updated lists of notifications are available on the FSC website in the section “Supervised entities” – “Notifications”.