On 14 July the Polish Insurance Association received a Regulation proposal from the Council of Ministers on the establishment of the National Coordinating Committee on the Euro, the Coordinating Council and interdepartmental Working Teams for preparation for introducing the Euro by the Polish Republic.
On the website of the Ministry of Finance in the Public Information Bulletin were published the follwing: a draft law amending the Law on tax on goods and services, road transport law and the law amending the Law on tax on goods and services (2 July 2009). Information about this project was also communicated to all Members of the Association.
The Polish Insurance Association sent a letter to Mr. Jacek Sadowy, the president of the Public Procurement Office, criticising the opinion of the UZP entitled “Award of contracts for employee group life insurance”. The Procurement Office recommends the use of the Public Procurement Law in the context of contracts of group life insurance.
The Polish Insurance Association, together with professional organizations like PIIT (Polish Association of Information Technology and Telecommunications) and PTI (Polish Society of Computer Sciences) has maintained a negative stance on the draft amendments to the Law on electronic signatures.
Polish Insurance Association presented to the Ministry of Finance a negative opinion on the possibility of partial funding of the Voluntary Fire Service and the State Fire Service by insurance companies. This position is a response to the proposal raised by Ms Bozena Szydłowska.
Polish Insurance Association for the first time took part in the Economic Forum in Krynica. In this year’s edition, which took place on 9 – 12 September, PIU has organized a panel discussion “Private health insurance as part of health care in Europe.”
The European Commission responded to the information provided by Polish Insurance Association on 1 June this year on non-compliance with the EU standards governing the Polish law for drivers to hold mandatory liability insurance policy (OC). PIU appealed to the EC amendment of the Law on Road Traffic about liquidation of the right of the police to tow a vehicle without OC and not introducing in its place any other penalties.
Legal proceedings have started against Casus Investigation of Insurance Claims company, which, according to the Polish Insurance Association, misleads customers through their advertisements, by giving false information on insurance companies. District Court in Warsaw has already given the case a signature II C 620/09.
Polish Insurance Association supports the idea of a Travel Security Fund (FZT) – a mechanism for protecting clients against unfair travel agencies. The fund would be based on contributions paid by all tour operators. The contribution will depend on a type of service – the highest would be paid for a customer who is sent on charter trip, less for the client sent on a bus trip or youth trip. This system would complement the current model of the guarantee provided by commercial insurers. The guarantee would remain the basis for the system. PIU also proposes that the charter tour operators could operate only as joint-stock companies – perhaps with a larger amount than the statutorily required 0.5 million PLN. From this point of view, charter tour oparators are most likely to announce the bankruptcy.
Witold Janusz agreed to become the new President of the PIU Committee of Property Insurance PIU. He replaced Robert Szyszka, who due to his increased professional responsibilities resigned from directing the work of the Committee.
