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Central Bank of Ireland (CBI) has recently published its first Intermediary Times newsletter of 2020 (the Newsletter).The Newsletter provides a number of updates from the CBI for retail intermediaries

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The Central Bank of Ireland (CBI) has recently published its first Intermediary Times newsletter of 2020 (the Newsletter). The Newsletter provides a number of updates from the CBI for retail intermediaries, including (re)insurance intermediaries. In the foreword to the Newsletter, the CBI highlights the importance of retail intermediaries developing their business in a manner which puts consumers first and many of the topics covered demonstrate the CBI's focus on consumer risk. We have briefly summarised the key issues highlighted in the Newsletter below.

Brexit

The Newsletter stresses the importance of Brexit contingency planning. In particular, the implications of a no-deal Brexit for consumers and the impact on the obligations of (re)insurance intermediaries to existing and prospective consumers.

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