Overseas insurance licensees, whilst not having to give advance notice of a proposed merger with another undertaking, a proposed acquisition, disposal or establishment of a new subsidiary undertaking under Paragraph BR-2.3.17, will still need to consider the implications of such transactions in the context of the controllers and close links rules set out in Module GR. Where an overseas insurance licensee proposes to enter into a merger, the BMA would ordinarily expect to be notified in the context of the controller notification requirements set out in Module GR and Paragraph BR-2.3.16.