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Arbiter's Decisions

You can search for decisions delivered by the Arbiter for Financial Services and judgements delivered by the Court of Appeal (Civil, Inferior) for those decisions that have been appealed.

You may refine your search as wanted by the name of the financial services provider, the language of the decision, the decision year, decision date from/to, the sector, decision outcome, and whether the decision has been appealed or not. If you select by sector (e.g. 'Banking'), you may filter down your choice by selecting issue (e.g. 'Charges') and/or product (e.g. 'Cards'). Please browse the drop-down filters on the left-hand side.

The database of Arbiter's decisions is updated periodically. In accordance with the OAFS policy, complainants' names in such decisions are pseudonymised (the actual names are replaced by unrelated alphabetical references).

The remit of the Arbiter for Financial Services is to investigate and adjudicate complaints lodged by eligible complainants (individuals and micro-enterprises) against financial services providers who are licensed or authorised by the Maltese financial services regulator. When cases are referred to the Arbiter and a decision is issued, such a decision is binding on both parties.

Either party can request the Arbiter for clarification or correction to any computation, clerical, typographical, or similar errors within 15 days from the delivery of a decision. Decisions may be upheld in full, partially upheld, or rejected, and may be appealed by any of the parties.

As to the Court of Appeal (Civil, Inferior) judgements, we refer to the Court Services Agency's eCourts website (https://ecourts.gov.mt/onlineservices/) for the relevant case reference numbers and appeal judgements. Information about appealed decisions on our website is updated periodically. However, such information should always be cross-checked with the eCourts website as we make no representations or warranties of any kind, express or implied, as to its completeness, accuracy or reliability.

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ASF case reference Financial Service Provider Outcome Date of Arbiter's Decision Appeal Court reference
ASF 007/2021 Mapfre MSV Life plc Partially Upheld by Arbiter 16/11/2021 Not Appealed
ASF 113/2021 Riverstone Insurance (Malta) Limited (formerly Argo Global SE) Upheld by Arbiter 16/11/2021 Not Appealed
ASF 007/2020 Calamatta Cuschieri Investment Services Limited Partially Upheld by Arbiter 09/11/2021 148/2021
ASF 142/2020 Mapfre MSV Life plc Partially Upheld by Arbiter 09/11/2021 Not Appealed
ASF 058/2020 TMF International Pensions Limited Not Upheld 09/11/2021 Not Appealed
ASF 054/2020 Truevo Payments Ltd Not Upheld 09/11/2021 Not Appealed
ASF 025/2021 Mapfre MSV Life plc Partially Upheld by Arbiter 09/11/2021 Not Appealed
ASF 027/2021 Mapfre MSV Life plc Partially Upheld by Arbiter 09/11/2021 Not Appealed
ASF 020/2021 Mapfre MSV Life plc Partially Upheld by Arbiter 09/11/2021 Not Appealed
ASF 120/2020 Antes Insurance Brokers Limited(formerly Island Insurance Brokers Limited),
Mapfre Middlesea plc
Not Upheld 19/10/2021 Not Appealed
ASF 130/2020 Mapfre MSV Life plc Partially Upheld by Arbiter 19/10/2021 Not Appealed
ASF 138/2020 Bank of Valletta plc Upheld by Arbiter 19/10/2021 Not Appealed
ASF 074/2020 Momentum Pensions Malta Limited Partially Upheld by Arbiter 19/10/2021 124/2021
ASF 026/2020 Momentum Pensions Malta Limited Partially Upheld by Arbiter 19/10/2021 123/2021
ASF 008/2021 Mapfre MSV Life plc Partially Upheld by Arbiter 19/10/2021 Not Appealed
ASF 005/2021 Mapfre MSV Life plc Partially Upheld by Arbiter 19/10/2021 Not Appealed
ASF 025/2020 HSBC Bank Malta plc Not Upheld 13/09/2021 Not Appealed
ASF 091/2020 HSBC Bank Malta plc Not Upheld 13/09/2021 099/2021
ASF 004/2020 Mapfre Middlesea plc Upheld by Arbiter 13/09/2021 102/2021
ASF 114/2020 Elmo Insurance Limited Partially Upheld by Arbiter 13/09/2021 Not Appealed