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Insurance consultant - permission

Service Description

An insurance advisor is a person who professionally advises third parties on the agreement, amendment or review of insurance contracts or on the assertion of claims arising from insurance contracts in the event of an insured event, or who represents third parties out of court vis-à-vis the insurance company without receiving an economic benefit from an insurance company or being dependent on it in any other way.

Insurance consultants require

  • a permit in accordance with § 34d para. 2 GewO and
  • have to be entered in the register of intermediaries.

The permit is issued by the competent Chamber of Industry and Commerce (IHK). It also keeps the register of intermediaries.
In addition, a business registration is required at the responsible trade office.

Who should I contact?

Contact the Chamber of Industry and Commerce at your company's headquarters.

What are the fees?

In addition to the fees for the business registration, fees are charged for the certificate of good conduct and the information from the central business register. Please refer to the fee schedule of the respective Chamber of Industry and Commerce for fees for the permit, registration and expert examination.

Legal basis

Appeal

The application forms, the legal basis and further information can be found on the homepage of your IHK. The documents you need to submit are listed in the application forms.

Which requirements must be met?

  • Personal reliability
  • Orderly financial circumstances
  • Proof of expertise
  • Proof of mandatory professional liability insurance

What else should I know?

  • You can take the "Certified Insurance Specialist IHK" examination at any IHK that offers this examination (in Thuringia, this is the IHK Erfurt).
  • Insurance consultants must fulfill extensive information, consulting and documentation obligations (§ 11 VersVermV, § 59 ff VVG).

Further information can be found on the homepage of the IHK and the Federal Association of Insurance Consultants.

Author

The text was automatically translated based on the German content per DeepL.

Technically approved by

East Thuringia Chambers of Commerce and Industry in Gera

Professionally released on

14.06.2018

Source: Zuständigkeitsfinder Thüringen (Linie6PLus)

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