Scale of Fees and Commissions

Scale of Fees

Our Remuneration

We, CastleView Financial Services Ltd act as intermediary between you, the consumer, and the product provider with whom we place your business.

 

The background

Pursuant to provision 4.58A of the Central Bank of Ireland’s September 2019 Addendum to the Consumer

Protection Code, all intermediaries, must make available in their public offices, or on their website if they have one, a summary of the details of all arrangements for any fee, commission, other reward or remuneration provided to the intermediary which it has agreed with its product producers.

 

What is commission?

For the purpose of this document, remuneration is the payment earned by the intermediary for work undertaken on behalf of both the provider and the consumer. The amount of remuneration is generally directly related to the value of the products sold.

 

Details of Commission Range

Our firm’s commission options are displayed as a range, showing the maximum amount which can be received. The level of commission depends on individual circumstances, based on the following factors:

• The firm’s discretion

• Whether the level of commission is negotiable

• Client relationship

• Length / Term of the policy or contract

• Size of the investment

• Commercial decision

• Complexity of the case

• Product constraints / rules set by the product provider

There are different types of remuneration/commission models:

Single commission model: where payment is made to the intermediary shortly after the sale is completed and is based on a percentage of the premium paid/amount invested/amount borrowed.

Trail/Renewal commission model: Further payments at intervals are paid throughout the life span of the product.

 
 

Indemnity commission

Indemnity commission is the term used to describe a commission payment made before the commission is deemed to be ‘earned’. Indemnity commission may be subject to a clawback (see below) if the consumer lapses or cancels the product before the commission is deemed to be earned.

Other forms of indemnity commission are advances of commission for future sales granted to intermediaries in order to assist with set up costs or business development.

 
 

Sustainability Factors (‘’SFDR’’)- Investments/IBIPs/Pension Advice

When providing advice, the firm does not consider the adverse impacts of investment decisions on sustainability. The firm will review this approach on an annual basis in March.

 
 

Life Assurance/Investments/Pension products

For Life Assurance products commission is divided into initial commission and renewal commission (related to premium), fund based or trail (relating to accumulated fund).

Trail commission, bullet commission, fund based, flat commission or renewal commission are all terms used for ongoing payments. Where an investment fund is being built up through an insurance-based investment product or a pension product, the increments may be based on a percentage of the value of the fund or the annual premium. For a single premium/lump sum product, the increment is generally based on the value of the fund.

Life Assurance products fall into either individual or group protection policies and Investment/Pension products would be either single or regular contribution policies. Examples of products include Life Protection, Regular Premium Life Assurance Investments, Single Premium (lump sum) Insurance-based Investments, and Single Premium Pensions.

 
 

Investments

Investment firms, which fall within the scope of the European Communities (Markets in Financial Instruments) Regulations 2007 (the MiFID Regulations), offer both standard commission and commission models involving initial and trail commission. Increments may be based on a percentage of the investment management fees, or on the value of the fund.

 
 

Clawback

Clawback is an obligation on the intermediary to repay unearned commission. Commission can be paid directly after a contract is concluded but is not deemed to be ‘earned’ until after a specified period of time.  If the consumer cancels or withdraws from the financial product within the specified time, the intermediary must return commission to the product producer.

 
 

Other Fees, Administrative Costs/ Non-Monetary Benefits

The firm may also be in receipt of other fees, administrative costs, or non-monetary benefits such as:

-Attendance at product provider educational seminars

-Assistance with Advertising/Branding

 
 

Maximum Commission Rates

Single Contribution Products

Initial commission

Clawback

Period Trail Commission

Single Contribution Pension

AVIVA

5%

5 years

1% per annum

Zurich Life

5.5%

5 years

0.50% per annum

New Ireland

5%

5 Years

1% per annum

Royal London Ireland

5%

5 years

Irish Life

5%

5 years

0.75% per annum

Standard Life

5%

5 years

1% per annum

Single Contribution PRSA

AVIVA

4%

5 years

0.50% per annum

Zurich Life

5.5%

5 years

0% per annum

New Ireland

7%

5 Years

0.50% per annum

Royal London Ireland

6%

5 years

0.75% per annum

Irish Life

5%

5 years

0.75% per annum

Standard Life

5%

5 years

0.50% per annum

ARF

AVIVA

5%

5 years

1% per annum

Zurich Life

5%

5 years

0.50% per annum

New Ireland

5%

5 Years

1% per annum

Royal London Ireland

5%

5 years

1% per annum

Irish Life

5%

5 years

0.75% per annum

Standard Life

4%

5 years

1% per annum

Annuity

AVIVA

3%

N/A

N/A

Zurich Life

3%

N/A

N/A

New Ireland

3%

N/A

N/A

Royal London Ireland

N/A

N/A

N/A

Irish Life

3%

N/A

N/A

Standard Life

4%

N/A

1% per annum

Investment Bonds

AVIVA

5%

1% per annum

Zurich Life

5%

0.5% per annum

New Ireland

4%

3 Years

1% per annum

Royal London Ireland

N/A

N/A

N/A

Irish Life

3%

0.5% per annum

Standard Life

4%

1% per annum

Individual

Protection

Yr 1

Yr 2

Yr 3

Yr 4

Yr 5

Yr 6

Yr 7

Yr 8

Yr 9 +

Clawback

Period

AVIVA

200%

30%

30%

30%

30%

30%

30%

30%

30%

2 Years

Zurich Life

100%

12%

12%

12%

12%

12%

12%

12%

12%

1 Year

New Ireland

225%

50%

20%

20%

20%

12.5%

12.5%

12.5%

12.5%

5 Years

Royal London Ireland

225%

0%

0%

0%

0%

3%

3%

3%

3%

5 Years

Irish Life

120%

28%

30%

28%

28%

30%

28%

28%

28%

Group Protection

Death in Service

Clawback

AVIVA

6%

n/a

Zurich Life

6%

n/a

New Ireland

15%

1 Year

Royal London

n/a

n/a

Irish Life

6%

n/a

Standard Life

n/a

n/a