Dear Members, Dear insurance lawyers,
The bill of 16 May 2023 transposing the Directive (EU) 2019/1937 on the protection of persons who report breaches of Union law has set a new legal framework in relation to the protection of whistleblowers. The bill created the Office for whistleblowers (“Office des signalements”) to help whistleblowers and monitor the implementation of the bill. It has appointed the CAA as insurance sector-specific authority to ensure compliance by insurance companies and to receive whistleblowers’ reports.
Mr Francis MAQUIL gave an introduction on the bill and explained the missions and expectations of the Office for whistleblowers.
Ms Valérie SCHEEPERS and Ms Eva GYORI detailed insurance sector-specific obligations and gave insights on how the CAA intends to check compliance by insurance companies.
Mr Peter VERMEULEN moderated the conference and gave some insights on setting up the required internal reporting mechanisms in an insurance company.
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Date : Thursday 21 March 2024, from 12h15 to 13h00, followed by a light lunch
Venue : SOGELIFE, Place Hamilius, entry through 11, Avenue Emile Reuter, L-2420 Luxembourg
Introduction by Mr Jean Elia, CEO SOGELIFE
Speakers : Ms Valérie SCHEEPERS, Member of the Executive Committee at CAA
Ms Eva GYORI, Legal advisor at CAA
Mr Francis MAQUIL, Managing Director of the Office for whistleblowers, Ministry of Justice
Moderation: Mr Peter VERMEULEN, Chief legal and compliance officer, Foyer Group
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Language: The session was held in English.
Members only: Thanks to the generous sponsoring by SOGELIFE, the event was free of charge but reserved for ALJB (including AIDA) members. It was therefore recommended that all insurance experts interested in the conference who are not yet a member, filed their application through ALJB’s website before the registration deadline and sent an e-mail to AIDA as indicated below. Becoming a member is easy (website registration: https://www.aljb.lu/index.php/en) and only costs 95 EUR per year for individuals and 300 EUR per year for corporate members.
Registrations: only possible via www.aljb.lu (section Events – Next events, accessible with your member credentials) by Thursday 14 March 2024 at the latest.
Certificate of attendance: Participants who registered via our website and signed the register on premises received a certificate of attendance.
Parking: Public parking Hamilius.
Pictures: During the event, pictures were taken and published on ALJB and AIDA websites, as well as on social media.
AIDA: The “AIDA - Association Internationale du Droit de l’Assurance” has relaunched its Luxembourg Chapter in collaboration with ALJB since 2020. Those who are interested in joining AIDA’s Luxembourg Chapter have to become an ALJB member and are invited to express their interest by sending in parallel an e-mail to info@aidaluxembourg.org. The initiatives of the AIDA Luxembourg Chapter can be followed on its LinkedIn page and its website.
