insurance-based investment product

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02/07/2014 – today applies on 12/11/2026 Article 2, Insurance Mediation Directive Scope: Chapter IIIA

For the purposes of Chapter IIIA, ‘insurance-based investment product’ means an insurance product which offers a maturity or surrender value and where that maturity or surrender value is wholly or partially exposed, directly or indirectly, to market fluctuations and shall not include: non-life insurance products as listed in Annex I of Directive 2009/138/EC (Classes of Non-life Insurance); life insurance contracts where the benefits under the contract are payable only on death or in respect of incapacity due to injury, sickness or infirmity; pension products which, under national law, are recognised as having the primary purpose of providing the investor with an income in retirement, and which entitles the investor to certain benefits; officially recognised occupational pension schemes falling under the scope of Directive 2003/41/EC or Directive 2009/138/EC; individual pension products for which a financial contribution from the employer is required by national law and where the employer or the employee has no choice as to the pension product or provider.

No text uses this concept on 12/11/2026.