Insurance Intermediation

The Firm advises, on regularly basis,  insurance intermediaries acting in Italy on distribution agreements and insurance mediation issues; service agreements with call centers, cooperation agreements among intermediaries; distance selling techniques.

We also provide assistance in the participation in market surveys promoted by the Italian Insurance Supervisory Authority and advice and support in connection with surveys or audits conducted by the Italian Authority.

We assist intermediaries in compliance with the new rules on registration with IVASS, mandatory training, courses and disclosure.

We have recently assisted:

• an Italian insurance intermediary in a number of proceedings related to the breach of contractual obligations deriving from sub-agency agreements;
• an Italian reinsurer on a cross-border reinsurance case against a British broker relating to misrepresentations and non-disclosure of relevant information as pertaining to a reinsurance treaty;
• a foreign insurer on a number of matters relating to the breach of contractual obligations deriving from brokerage contracts as well as to insurer’s Risk Management Programme in Italy;
• a leading international broker on a dispute with an Italian insurance broker regarding coverage under marine risk policies;
• a foreign broker on a complex case of suspect fraud involving also domestic brokers.