For the period 01.05.2021 – 31.05.2021 no notifications were received from the competent authorities of EU Member States regarding the intention of insurance companies based in EU Member States to operate on the territory of the Republic of Bulgaria under the terms of freedom to provide services or the right of establishment or notifications regarding the withdrawal of the intention to carry out insurance activity on the territory of the Republic of Bulgaria.
As of the end of May 2021, the number of insurance companies based in other EU and EEA Member States which have notified the FSC of their intention to operate on the territory of the Republic of Bulgaria under the principle of freedom to provide services, remains 427 (six hundred and twenty-seven).
During the same period, the FSC received notifications regarding the intention of 16 (sixteen) 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 5 (five) notification 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 31.05.2020, the insurance intermediaries based in Member States that have stated their intention to carry out insurance intermediation activities on the territory of the Republic of Bulgaria under the terms of freedom to provide services or the right of establishment (through a branch) are 2,282 (two thousand two hundred and seventy-one).
During the period 01.05.2021 – 31.05.2021, the FSC has not sent any notifications to the competent supervisory authorities of EU Member States regarding the intention of insurers based in the Republic of Bulgaria to operate on their territory under the terms of freedom to provide services or notifications 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 May 2021, 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 01.05.2021 – 31.05.2021 the FSC has not sent notifications to the competent supervisory authorities of the EU Member States about the intention of insurance intermediaries to operate on the territory of another Member State under the terms of freedom to provide services or the right of establishment.
At the end of the period, the total number of insurance intermediaries based in the Republic of Bulgaria which declared their intention to carry out insurance intermediation activities in the territory of EU Member States under the terms of freedom to provide services or the right of establishment, remains 52 (fifty two) intermediaries.
The updated lists of notifications are available on the FSC website in the section “Supervised entities” – “Notifications”.