In relation to Irish Life if memory serves me right didn't this go to the High Court at the time
I just feel that given the Firm in question also holds Life Assurance Agencies and practises as an Accountant that like Insurance Brokers they should be accountable to the Financial Regulator and not to their own Institute.
To paraphrase a certain mildly crude expression in my own neck of the woods, if my uncle were called Mary, he'd be my aunt.Fair Point, But if it were the case that the complainant had, had an issue surrounding a life or a pension product with the firm...
He would end up having to go to 2 Authorities with his complaint.
Because the law provides for this.The point I am making is why are they self regulated for one aspect and the business and regulated by the Financial Regulator for the other.