BIPAR - European Federation of Insurance Intermediaries
Budget
€800 — €0
EP Access
3
accredited persons
Staff
4
4 FTE
EU Grants
None
Mission & Goals
In accordance with our bylaws, the objectives of BIPAR are: 1) to represent the profession and the sector with the European, international or national authorities, institutions and organisations and to provide them with input; 2) to defend and promote the interests of the profession and of the sector and to take actions to this end with the European, international or national authorities, institutions and organisations; 3) to exchange information between its members; 4) to examine jointly subjects of general interest; 5) to inform the public on the role of its members. BIPAR is the European Federation of Insurance Intermediaries. It groups 47 national associations in 30 countries. Through its national associations, BIPAR represents the interests of insurance agents and brokers and financial intermediaries in Europe.
EU Legislative Interests
Insurance Distribution Directive (IDD) Capital Markets Union (CMU) Savings and Investments Union (SIU) and Retail Investment Strategy (RIS) Sustainable Finance General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID II) Regulation on the Key Information Documents for packaged retail and insurance-based investment products (PRIIPs) Prudential regime for investment firms Pan-European Personal Pension Products (PEPP) Institutions for Occupational Pension Funds Directive (IORP II) Consumer Credit Directive (CCD) Directive on credit agreements for consumers relating to residential immovable property Digitalisation (DORA – MiCA – DLT / Cyber Resilience Act / Digital and open finance / Artificial Intelligence / Distance Marketing of Financial Services Directive (DMFSD) / Digital Services Act and Digital Markets Act / European Strategy for Data: Data Act and Data Governance Act / European Single Access Point (ESAP)) Solvency II Directive EU Consumer law Financial education of the consumer Motor Insurance Directive (MID) Anti-Money Laundering (AML) Standardisation Social Affairs Taxation DORA FIDA
Communication Activities
Various public relations activities including social media communications (Twitter, LinkedIn, website) Various publications available on our website: - Responses to public consultations (Commission and ESAs, ...) - Handbook on Cross-Border Insurance Distribution by Insurance Intermediaries in the EU by Steptoe and Johnson LLP - Discussion note on SFDR compliance by Steptoe and Johnson LLP
Interests Represented
Promotes their own interests or the collective interests of their members
Member Of
World Federation of Insurance Intermediaries (WFII) https://www.wfii.org/ SMEunited (https://www.smeunited.eu/)
Organisation Members
https://www.bipar.eu/en/members
Commissioner Meetings
No recorded meetings with EU commissioners.