Fees

This page covers the following

1. Comsure's Consultancy rates
2. Comsure's Training rates
3. Comsure's OSINT EDD rates

CONSULTANCY SERVICES

The Comsure fees shown are an hourly rate and which will vary due to the nature of the engagement, and any instruction will incur a minimum fee of £130.00 (equivalent to 30 mins).

Any time after 30 mins, will be made up of each 15 minutes after that (15 mins = 1 unit of time)

• The Comsure regulatory consultants' net hourly rates range between £260 – £300 (support fees for Comsure unqualified support staff are less). Comsure will only exceed these rates when Comsure uses specialist support. For example, a Comsure legal consultant's [knowledge level - Jersey legal advocate ] hourly rate is £300.00. And Comsure will always advise what hourly fees are before any work starts.

  

 

Standard rate

In general terms Comsure's rates (outside any pre-agreed project or retainer cost) are as follows:

• £285.00 an hour = Principal / Senior Consultant 
• £130 an hour = Support staff, e.g. Karolina Suchecka, Martyna Czerny

(Please note if you choose the retainer option (see below), the charges calculated on a 2:1 ratio (1 retainer hour [£260.00] = two chargeable hours (£130x2=£260.00)

RETAINER ARRANGEMENT

Further to the above, a Comsure client can either:

• “Pay as you go" based on Comsure's regular charge-out rate (above); or
• "Pay through a Retainer Arrangement" (that offers a discount to the costs above) – contact Comsure for more details

SPECIALIST RATES

If Comsure use specialist support (e.g., legal expert), at the outset of any engagement, Comsure will tell you what their fees will be

OTHER MATTERS

Following any instruction, and outside of any formal arrangement, the Comsure standard terms of business apply at all times.
These conditions can be found on its website or made available on request.

TRAINING

Standard Comsure face-to-face [live/remote] training FEE

For all standard Comsure face-to-face [live/remote] training [e.g. AML/COMPLIANCE/MLCO Updates], Comsure's minimum fee is £900 for up to a maximum of 20 persons for up to 3hrs

For more than 20 persons attending, there is a maximum fee of £67.50 per additional person up to a maximum of 40. Comsure can offer further advice on pricing for over 40 persons.

What the fee covers:-

• Administration costs – agreeing on dates and times, inviting delegates, sending training material [e.g. PowerPoint]
• Preparation of training material – all training is refreshed /updated to reflect current issues
• Delivery of the training event itself
• CPD certificates – Comsure will ensure all delegates receive CPD certificates
• Travel and set up[*] – for face-to-face training, most training requires the Comsure speaker to arrive at least 15 minutes before an event, and after dealing with delegate end-of-session questions, the Comsure speaker leaves at least 15 mins after the end time. Taking account of any journey between Comsure and the training venue Comsure will usually add at least 45 mins to the speaker's time sheet.
• Technology[*] – if the training is remote, Comsure has invested in MSTEAMS. It also requires Comsure to have an additional employee oversee training to deal with technical issues.

ONLINE TRAINING

Comsure also offers online training, which can be used as an effectiveness test against face-to-face training.

Where the online training is bundled with the face training, Comsure discounts the per-delegate fee from £50.00 to £30.00. The cost is based on 20 multi-choice questions. Comsure authors the questions based on the face-to-face training. However, customers can author questions that Comsure will apply to the test.

To avoid doubt:-

• The above covers in-house and online training [where applicable*]

Training Cancellations:

• ONCE BOOKING IS MADE, payment is due on demand. A full refund, less 20% per person administrative charge, will be made for cancellations made by letter and received X10 working days before the event.

• After that, Comsure regrets there are no refunds.

Bespoke training

For none standard Comsure face-to-face [live/remote] training, please get in touch with training@comsuregroup.com if you have any questions or would like to request training on a specific topic.

 

Enhanced open-source internet (osint) diligence reports

Comsure provides an OSINT EDD report service that will research and report on reputational and regulatory risks and any actual or potential links to criminal/terrorist/proliferation activities and/or sanctions issued by a government, including the UK/Jersey, EU & OFAC.

The minimum OSINT EDD report fee is £1,750.00. The minimum payment is based on an EDD report on no more than 3 x person(s) and/or entity(s) [TARGETS]. For any instruction over 3 TARGETS, Comsure can, on request, provide a separate fee quote.

The £1,750.00 Comsure fee includes:-

• Liaising with the client,
• 4 hours total Research on TARGET[S] [a trained Comsure investigator undertakes the research],
• Four-eyes result fact-checking [another Comsure operative will double-check the research]
• Writing the OSINT EDD report

As noted, the OSINT EDD report is based on 4-hour research. After this time, we will produce a fact-checked report highlighting any findings and whether we believe we have exhausted the information available or whether more research is required.

Please also note to enable the Comsure OSINT investigators to do their jobs, they need as much information as you are willing to share but must include the following:

• Full names – supported with any verification documents, e.g.,
• passport and/or identification card.
• Corporate documents
• Residence and citizenship and business location details
• Family connections
• Business activities
• Professional associations/associates
• Other relevant information

Please note all these fees are correct at the time of publication, and Comsure can be contacted at any time to confirm the prices – yes@comsuregroup.com