Consumer protection issues in the EU unit-linked market

By Karl Murray and Eamonn Phelan
06 July 2017
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EIOPA’s thematic review of consumer protection issues in the EU unit-linked market highlights a number of potential issues for consumers of unit-linked products and considerations for undertakings that provide these products. The report primarily focuses on potential conflicts of interest arising between providers of unit-linked products and consumers of such products, namely as a result of monetary incentives and remuneration paid by asset managers to insurance undertakings. This briefing note provides an overview of the EIOPA report.

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Karl Murray

Eamonn Phelan

Dublin Tel: 353 1 6475914

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