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My simple answer, after much searching, appears to be 'no'. UK personal pensions are seemingly not classed as "assurance vie" / life insurance products. Tbh, I find that surprising. Not complaining obviously, as there's less for me to do when filling in the tax return.

Indeed you can. La Poste are getting quite tech savvy these days.

You might have to send a lettre recommandée. Some companies are still quaintly old fashioned when it suits them.

If you ask the new insurer they should do all the necessary (cancel your existing contract etc) for you. You might need to ask your existing insurer for a releve d'information but even that, ime, has been handled by the new insurer. If not, there are template letters that you can find on the web to send and, yes you're right, it's a month before. Your insurer you should send you a renewal notice latest a month before renewal date and you can cancel once you've received that. Tbh, I think it's much simpler than it once was but I am going back many years now (10+) Edit: Links to template letters.... https://www.service-public.fr/particuliers/vosdroits/F2659 https://www.service-public.fr/particuliers/vosdroits/R2689

With someone, or 'in tandem' if you like.

I'm revisiting this old topic because I found it when searching for an answer to something. French tax authorities have seemingly 'pinged' the requirement to declare foreign accounts and 'life insurance' policies.... https://www.impots.gouv.fr/international-particulier/questions/declaring-foreign-bank-accounts-and-life-insurance-policies-held My simple question: should UK personal pensions be declared? Previously, the consensus seemed to be 'no'. Today, I'm not so sure. I can see that personal pensions could be of interest to Impots (e.g. wealth tax) but not sure they can be classed as life insurance policies per se. They are, after all, savings vehicles but not like the classic French assurance vie - the latter being what I think the French impots are thinking of. Maybe it is a matter of translation.