Authority ends commissions accord

The Competition Authority has refused to license the long-standing agreement on commission payments between life assurance companies…

The Competition Authority has refused to license the long-standing agreement on commission payments between life assurance companies and intermediaries who sell life products. The authority has ruled that the agreement was "a form of price-fixing and was anti-competitive and did not meet the criteria for a licence".

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