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12 Mar 2025 — BRITISH expats are demanding answers following the 'disgraceful' disappearing act of a major funeral planning company in Spain. Iberian ...
4 hours ago — OLIVE PRESS INVESTIGATES: The vicious family battle brewing behind the mysterious painful collapse of Iberian Funeral Plans in Spain. by Jon ...
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For the moment, It appears that there is no indication of any wrongdoing or intent to mislead those who hold funeral plans..................... See more
Whether you're buying a new funeral plan or you already have one, find out how to make sure your provider is authorised by us, and what you should do if it isn't.
Webmaster has chosen to replace his funeral plan with Avalon as to date he has not received any advice from Iberian to date (25 March). They are one of the 2 company´s in Spain covered by the FCA
(note Avalon have advised me that a client can only have one plan and in the event of Iberian plan being effective one plan would have to be released. I have assured Avalon that if this was the case I would release Iberian not theirs
5 Mar 2025 — Recent reports suggest that Iberian Funeral Plans may have ceased trading, leaving customers uncertain about the security of their pre-paid ...
It is believed in the press and by certain bodies in the UK that we are a UK funeral planning company
THIS IS NOT TRUE
Whilst regulation of the funeral planning market came into force on the 29th July 2022 this affects ONLY UK Companies.
We have worked with the FCA and one of their approved compliance companies and have been advised :
“Our understanding is that all of Iberian’s plans are sold to ex-pat customers to cover the costs of their funeral in Spain, Portugal and their offshore islands. These funeral plans are sold outside the UK and the funeral is also provided outside the UK. Therefore, these particular plans will fall outside the FCA’s rules and Iberian does not require FCA authorisation in this situation.”
“Where Iberian sells funeral plans to ex-pat customers who reside in the primary locations and the funeral is also delivered in these locations, Iberian will not require FCA authorisation.”
“In summary, the FPCOB rules will not apply to Iberian funeral plans sold and serviced outside the United Kingdom. Therefore, Iberian does not need to be authorised by the FCA to sell and provide non-UK funeral plan contracts.”
As stated in our documentation and terms and conditions Iberian Plans are sold in Spain, Portugal and the Offshore islands for provision of services in those countries....................................
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