Equitable Life Payment Scheme contacting Irish policyholders

Just a historical note, taken from @ian_fraser Twitter account;
"Alan Steel, famous for exposing the Equitable Life scandal in 1997 and for shedding light on the scamminess of much of the UK financial sector and its regulators, who founded Alan Steel Asset Management in 1975, has died of Covid "
 
Except that there was no scam and no scandal involved in Equitable Life.

They were a great company which served its customers well.

They had a caveat on their guarantees and it was not strong enough.

Brendan
 
Except that there was no scam and no scandal involved in Equitable Life.
I don't think that this is quite correct. This (below) is arguably a scandal involving EL.