Information regarding the terms and conditions and the procedure for reporting internal breaches pursuant to the Act on Protection of Persons, Reporting Information, or Publicly Disclosing Information about Breaches
Armeec Insurance JSC (the "Company") hereby provides you with information on the terms and conditions for submitting internal reports of violations in accordance with the WPA. The Company has established an internal channel for reporting violations in accordance with the Whistleblower Protection Act ("WPA") and has appointed an official within its structure who will be responsible for receiving and reviewing reports.
Contact details of the official:
Ivo Hristov – Data Protection Officer;
address: Sofia, 51 James Bourchier Blvd.
phone: +359 2 8119 184; e-mail:
Internal reports submitted should concern violations of Bulgarian legislation or European Union acts in connection with the activities carried out by Armeec Insurance JSC and should have become known to the person submitting the report during or in connection with the performance of their work/official duties or in another work context. The scope of application (description of the violations for which you can submit reports) is described in the Rules of Armeec Insurance JSC for submitting internal reports and in the "WPA."
Internal reports to Armeec Insurance JSC may be submitted by a natural person who falls into one of the following categories:
an employee, civil servant, or other person who performs work for Armeec Insurance JSC, regardless of the nature of the work, the method of payment, and the source of funding;
a person who performs work for Armeec Insurance JSC without an employment relationship and/or practises a liberal profession and/or craft activity;
a volunteer or intern;
a partner, shareholder, member of the management or supervisory body of Armeec Insurance JSC, member of the audit committee of Armeec Insurance JSC;
a person who works for Armeec Insurance JSC, its subcontractors or suppliers;
a person whose employment or service relationship is about to commence at Armeec Insurance JSC, or a person who is about to conclude a contract for the provision of any type of service, in cases where the information about the violations has been obtained during the selection process or other pre-contractual relations;
an employee or official of Armeec Insurance JSC, as well as any other person listed above, when the information was obtained within the framework of an employment, official, or other relationship in a work context that was terminated at the time of reporting or public disclosure;
any other person who reports a violation that has come to their attention in a work context.
Reports are submitted to an official responsible for their review and may be submitted in writing, including by personal delivery, regular or electronic mail, or verbally. To register each report, Armeec Insurance JSC uses a standard form approved by the Personal Data Protection Commission, which is the national authority for submitting external reports. The written report is submitted by the reporter by filling in the standard form.
Verbal reports can be made by telephone, other voice messaging systems, or, at the request of the reporting person, through a personal meeting at a time agreed upon by the parties. Verbal reports are documented by filling in the form by the official responsible for reviewing reports, who offers the person submitting the report to check, correct, and approve it by signing it. With the express consent of the reporting person, the report may also be documented by means of a recording on a durable medium, allowing it to be retrieved, if it is submitted by telephone, another voice messaging system, or in a face-to-face meeting.
More information on the conditions and procedure for submitting internal reports of violations under the WPA can be found in the Rules of Armeec Insurance JSC for submitting internal reports.
