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1. This Directive lays down rules and procedures relating to the recovery and resolution of the following entities:

(a) insurance and reinsurance undertakings that are established in the Union and fall within the scope of Article 2 of Directive 2009/138/EC;

(b) parent insurance and reinsurance undertakings established in the Union;

(c) insurance holding companies and mixed financial holding companies that are established in the Union;

(d) parent insurance holding companies in a Member State and parent mixed financial holding companies in a Member State;

(e) Union parent insurance holding companies and Union parent mixed financial holding companies;

(f) branches of insurance and reinsurance undertakings that are established in a third country and that fulfil the conditions laid down in Articles 75 to 80. This Directive also lays down rules and procedures relating to essential service providers where the relevant insurance or reinsurance undertaking enters into resolution. Resolution authorities and supervisory authorities shall, when establishing and applying the requirements laid down in this Directive and when applying the different tools at their disposal in relation to an entity as referred to in the first or second subparagraph, take account of the nature of the business of that entity, its shareholding structure, legal form, risk profile, size, legal status and interconnectedness to other institutions or to the financial system in general, and the scope and complexity of the entity’s activities.

2. Member States may adopt or maintain rules that are stricter or additional to those laid down in this Directive and in the delegated and implementing acts adopted on the basis of this Directive, provided that those rules are of general application and do not conflict with this Directive and with the delegated and implementing acts adopted on its basis.