Pan-European Personal Pension Product – Insurance Perspective

Abstract

The article presents the regulatory arrangements adopted so far for a Pan-European Personal Pension Product (PEPP) at both European and Polish levels. What is more, it provides a preliminary analysis of the proposed regulations in terms of the opportunity for insurance undertakings to offer PEPPs, taking into consideration the pension schemes currently available on the Polish market. The subject of the article is consistent with the discussions conducted for several years about life insurance contracts as savings and investment tools. The author also points to a number of uncertainties that will be of vital importance for the success of the PEPP project – especially tax arrangements in individual countries that under the PEPP Regulation are to be decided discretionally at a national level, as well as tax issues when changing a PEPP provider to another Member State.