Consumer Insurance Contracts Act 2019

12

Renewal of contract of insurance

12. (1) In the case of a contract of non-life insurance, the insurer, when issuing a renewal notice to a consumer, shall provide the consumer with a schedule outlining the following:

(a) any premiums paid by the consumer to the insurer in the preceding five years on foot of the contract, and

(b) a list of any claims, including if such have been made, third party claims, that have been paid, on foot of the contract, by the insurer to the consumer (or, as the case may be, to the third party or parties concerned) in the preceding 5 years, except, where the contract concerned is a health insurance contract in within the meaning of section 2(1) of the Health Insurance Act 1994.

(2) Where there has been any mid-term adjustment made to the contract in any of the previous five years, the information to be provided for the purposes of subsection (1)(a) shall be met by:

(a) the provision of an annualised premium figure for the relevant year or years excluding fees or charges applied as a result of that adjustment, and

(b) a statement indicating that the annualised premium figure shown may not reflect the actual premium paid in the relevant year or years.

(3) In subsection (2) the reference to any mid-term adjustment made to the contract is a reference to any alteration lawfully made to the provisions of the contract, at any time during its currency, that results in a change in the amount of the premium charged or in the application of any fee or other charge.

Annotations:

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Reference to "insurer" construed in limited circumstances (8.07.2022) by Insurance (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2022 (11/2022), s. 10(2), S.I. No. 346 of 2022, art. 3.

Amendment of Central Bank Act 1942

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(2) With respect to the amendment effected to the Central Bank Act 1942 by subsection (1), and that amendment only and so as not to affect the operation of the general law specified in subsection (3), where a reference occurs in section 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16, 16A or 16B of the Act of 2019 to “insurer”, that reference shall be construed, where an insurance intermediary is acting on behalf of an insurer, as including a reference to the insurance intermediary.

(3) The general law referred to in subsection (2) is the general law whereby an act or omission done or made by an agent, such as an insurance intermediary, on behalf of an insurer is regarded as an act or omission done or made by the insurer.

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