Article 3B: Means of Disclosure of the Solvency and Financial Condition Report

The following must apply to the disclosure of (i) the SFCR; and (ii) the SFCR at the level of the group and single SFCR as provided for in Group Supervision 18.

1.

Where a firm owns and maintain a website related to their business, the SFCR shall be disclosed on that website.

2.

Where a firm does not own and maintain a website but is a member of a trade association which does own and maintain a website, the SFCR shall, where permitted by that trade association, be disclosed on the website of that association.

3.

Where a firm discloses their SFCR on a website in accordance with Article 3B(1) or (2) of Chapter 3A, that report shall remain available on that website for at least five years after the disclosure date referred to in 2.5B(12).

4.

Where a firm does not disclose their SFCR on a website in accordance with Article 3B(1) or (2) of Chapter 3A, they shall send an electronic copy of their report to any person who, within five years of the disclosure date referred to in 2.5B(12) requests the report. A firm shall send the report within 10 business days from that request.

5.

A firm shall, irrespective of whether the firm’s SFCR has been made available on a website in accordance with Article 3B(1) or (2) of Chapter 3A, send, to any person who so requests within two years of the disclosure date referred to in 2.5B(12), a printed copy of their report within 20 business days from that request.

6.

Subject to 2.13, a firm shall submit to the PRA their SFCR, and any updated version of their SFCR, in electronic form.