Terms of Business for Pure Finance Ltd

These terms of business set out the basis on which Pure Finance Ltd will provide business services to you.  Please take a few minutes to read through these and if you have any questions I will be happy to answer them.  The full name, address and contact details of the firm is set out on the bottom of this document

Authorisation with the Central Bank of Ireland

Pure Finance Ltd. C163443 is regulated by the Central Bank of Ireland as an insurance intermediary registered under the European Communities (Insurance Mediation) Regulations, 2005; as an Investment Intermediary authorised under the Investment Intermediaries Act, 1995. Copies of our regulatory authorisations are available on request. The Central Bank of Ireland holds registers of regulated firms. You may contact the Central Bank of Ireland on 1890 777 777 or alternatively visit their website at www.centralbank.ie  to verify our credentials.

Codes of Conduct

Pure Finance Ltd is subject to the Consumer Protection Code, Minimum Competency Code and Fitness & Probity Standards which offer protection to consumers. These Codes can be found on the Central Bank’s website www.centralbank.ie

Our Services

Pure Finance Ltd is a member of Brokers Ireland.

Our principal business is to provide advice and arrange transactions on behalf of clients in relation to life & pensions/investments. A full list of insurers, product producers with which we deal is available on request.

Pure Finance Ltd acts as an Independent Broker which means that:

  1. a) the principal regulated activities of the firm are provided on the basis of a fair analysis of the market; and
  2. b) you have the option to pay in full for our services by means of a fee.

 Fair Analysis

Pure Finance Ltd provides advice on a fair analysis basis in relation to Insurance Policies, Tracker Bonds, Investments, Pensions and PRSAs.  This means we conduct comprehensive based research across the market to find the most suitable product for you.  Fair analysis of the market means that our firm provides its services on the basis of a sufficiently large number of contracts and product producers available on the market to enable our firm to make a recommendation, in accordance with professional criteria, regarding which contract would be adequate to meet our client’s consumer needs.  We receive and transmit orders from you for submission to the product providers which we hold an agency – a list of these product providers is available on request.

Life & Pensions/Deposits & Investments

We will provide assistance to you for any queries you may have in relation to the policies or in the event of a claim during the life of the policies and we will explain to you the various restrictions, conditions and exclusions attached to your policy. However, it is your responsibility to read the policy documents, literature and brochures to ensure that you understand the nature of the policy cover; particularly in relation to PHI and serious illness policies.  Specifically on the subject of permanent health insurance policies it is our policy to explain to you a) the meaning of disability as defined in the policy; b) the benefits available under the policy; c) the general exclusions that apply to the policy; and d) the reductions applied to the benefit where there are disability payments from other sources. For a serious illness policy, we will explain clearly to you the restrictions, conditions and general exclusions that attach to that policy

Disclosure of Information

Any failure to disclose material information may invalidate your claim and render your policy void.

Pure Finance Ltd. is remunerated by commission and other payments from product producers or lenders on the completion of business. You may choose to pay in full for our services by means of a fee. Where we receive recurring commission, this forms part of the remuneration for initial advice provided.

Fees

The firm may charge you a fee for the services provided instead of, or in conjunction with, commission and other payments from financial institutions to which we transmit orders on your behalf.  If a fee is paid from our services we may offset commission received from product providers against the fee due.  The firm currently charges such fees based on a time charge of €200 per hour plus VAT.  The firm will notify you of the fee basis in writing in advance of providing a service.  Our clients have the option of dealing with us on a fee only basis for the services we provide.

 Regular Reviews

It is in your best interests that you review, on a regular basis, the products which we have arranged for you. As your circumstances change, your needs will change. You must advise us of those changes and request a review of the relevant policy so that we can ensure that you are provided with up to date advice and products best suited to your needs. Failure to contact us in relation to changes in your circumstances or failure to request a review, may result in you having insufficient insurance cover and/or inappropriate investments.

Conflicts of interest

It is the policy of our firm to avoid conflicts of interest in providing services to you. However, where an unavoidable conflict of interest arises we will advise you of this in writing before providing you with any service.

Default on payments by clients

Our firm will exercise its legal rights to receive payments due to it from clients (fees and insurance premiums) for services provided. In particular, without limitation of the generality of the foregoing, the firm will seek reimbursement for all payments made to insurers on behalf of clients where the firm has acted in good faith in renewing a policy of insurance for the client. Product producers may withdraw benefits or cover in the event of default on payments due under policies of insurance or other products arranged for you. We would refer you to policy documents or product terms for the details of such provisions.

Complaints

Whilst we are happy to receive verbal complaints, it would be preferable that any complaints are made, in writing. Pure Finance Ltd will acknowledge your complaint within 5 business days from the date the complaint is received and will fully investigate it. Eoin Wilson the Complaints officer shall investigate the complaint as swiftly as possible, and, the complainant will receive an update on the complaint at intervals of not greater than 20 business days starting from the date on which the complaint is received.  On completion of our investigation, the complaints officer will provide you with a written report of the outcome. In the event that you are still dissatisfied with our handling of or response to your complaint, you are entitled to refer the matter to the Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman. A full copy of our complaints procedure is available on request.

Data Protection

Pure Finance Ltd. complies with the requirements of the Data Protection Acts, 1988 and 2003 and GDPR Regulations.  The data which you provide to us will be held on a computer database and paper files for the purpose of arranging transactions on your behalf. The data will be processed only in ways compatible with the purposes for which it was given. We would also like to keep you informed of insurance, investment and any other services provided by us or associated companies with which we have a formal business arrangement; which we think may be of interest to you.  We would like to contact you by way of letter, email or telephone call. If you do not wish to receive such marketing information please tick the box in the Terms of Business acknowledgement letter.

Compensation Scheme

We are members of the Investor Compensation Scheme operated by the Investor Compensation Company Ltd. See below for details.

Investor Compensation Scheme

The Investor Compensation Act, 1998 provides for the establishment of a compensation scheme and the payment, in certain circumstances, of compensation to certain clients (known as eligible investors) of authorised investment firms, as defined in that Act. The Investor Compensation Company Ltd. (ICCL) was established under the 1998 Act to operate such a compensation scheme and our firm is a member of this scheme. Compensation may be payable where money or investment instruments owed or belonging to clients and held, administered or managed by the firm cannot be returned to those clients for the time being and where there is no reasonably foreseeable opportunity of the firm being able to do so.

A right to compensation will arise only:

  • If the client is an eligible investor as defined in the Act; and
  • If it transpires that the firm is not in a position to return client money or investment instruments owned or belonging to the clients of the firm; and
  • To the extent that the client’s loss is recognised for the purposes of the Act.

Where an entitlement to compensation is established, the compensation payable will be the lesser of:

  • 90% of the amount of the client’s loss which is recognised for the purposes of the Investor Compensation Act, 1998; or
  • Compensation of up to €20,000.

For further information, contact the Investor Compensation Company Ltd. at (01) 224 4955.

Pure Finance Ltd is regulated by the Central Bank of Ireland.

Business Address: 29 Johnstown Road, Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin