Please note that if you have signed a car insurance contract through the online player Zebrance, you will not be protected at all. The ACPR, the administrative authority that controls the banking and insurance sectors, launches an alert this Friday.
“This company registered in the United States does not have an authorization issued periodically by the ACPR or by a competent authority of a member state of the European Union. Therefore, it is not authorized to carry out commercial operations.” direct insurance in France. This company is also not registered as an insurance intermediary,” reads a press release from the organization.
worthless contracts
Consequently, “the contracts issued by this company have no value”, warns the Authority, which points out that “French policyholders have recently taken out motor insurance contracts for vehicles registered in France.”
“In addition, if you have taken out insurance with Zebrance, the ACPR invites you to file a claim as soon as possible and take out insurance with an insurance company authorized in the “European Economic Area”, continues the insurer’s supervisory authority.
However, this company’s website is still online and also offers home, two-wheeler and smartphone insurance. No approval appears in their legal notices.
The APCR points out that it is easy to know which insurance companies are authorized to carry out insurance operations in France (or in any other banking establishment). Just go to this site.
Source: BFM TV
