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The Insurance Distribution Directive (IDD) permits each Member State to develop general good rules (i.e. national rules)

The European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) recently published its Supervisory Convergence Plan for 2021 (Plan).

The Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2020 (the Bill) has progressed through Dáil Éireann and will now go through Seanad Éireann before it can be

The European Commission has published its first Solvency II third-country equivalence decision on 5 June 2015.

Beale & Co have closely monitored the Irish and UK's insurance industry's approach to dealing with policy response for Covid-19 related losses under Business Interruption ("BI")...

The Central Bank of Ireland ("CBI") has entered into settlements with two former directors of Quinn Insurance Limited.

From 1 January 2018, Key Information Documents (KIDs) will be required when a ‘Packaged Retail and Insurance-Based Investment Product' (PRIIP) is offered to retail investors.

At an Irish regulatory level we have seen operational resilience feature in several outputs of the Central Bank of Ireland

On 22 November 2022, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) published a decision affecting European member states national beneficial ownership registers (Decision).

In Richardson v Financial Services Ombudsman the High Court recently upheld a finding of the Financial Services Ombudsman (FSO) that an insurer was entitled to avoid a life assurance policy...

On 1 August 2022, the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) published a consultation paper setting out a draft supervisory statement on the use of governance...

Following the recent English Commercial Court decision in Beazley Underwriting Limited and another v. The Travelers Companies Incorporated, brokers should ensure that the risk of the Insured, the cover on offer and the suitability of the cover are considered properly every year, and not only on the original placement.

The Central Bank of Ireland (CBI) has published its final report into differential pricing in the home and motor insurance markets in Ireland.

In advance of Solvency II implementation, the Central Bank's Fitness and Probity Regime was reviewed to determine its compatibility with the Solvency II regime.

The High Court set aside an order joining the third named defendant to the proceedings on the basis that the claim made by the plaintiff was time barred.