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The Central Bank (Individual Accountability Framework) Act 2023 (‘the Act') has been introduced with the aim of providing for enhanced individual accountability and to promote positive...

The European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) has launched a public consultation on its draft supervisory statement on supervision of reinsurance arrangements...

The European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority ("EIOPA") published a peer review on Product Oversight...

On 4 July 2011, EIOPA announced the results of the second Europe-wide stress test for the insurance sector which took place between March and May 2011.

On 14 September 2016, the European Parliament voted to reject the PRIIPs Regulatory Technical Standards (the "RTS") which were endorsed by the Commission on 30 June 2016.

The High Court recently delivered a judgment which will be of interest to insurance and insolvency practitioners alike, in the matter of CBL Insurance Europe DAC ("CBL").

Since the publication of our insight " Central Bank of Ireland - Thematic Inspection of Product Oversight & Governance" on 30 June 2023, the European Insurance and Occupational...

Insurance Quarterly Legal and Regulatory Update for the period July to September 2020.

On 29 June, the Department of Finance published the European Union (Insurance Distribution) Regulations 2018

The Central Bank of Ireland has announced a significant reduction in the Insurance Compensation Fund Levy from 1% to 0%, effective January 1, 2027, marking the lowest rate since the levy's reintroduction in 2012. This development follows the full repayment of the Exchequer loan advanced after Quinn Insurance's administration in 2011 and reflects the improved financial position of the Insurance Compensation Fund. Insurers must now review their policy documentation and processes to ensure compliance with the

Following on from the announcement that the European Council and Parliament had agreed on the amendments to Solvency II in December 2023 (see my previous post for details), the agreed amendments...

A recent decision of the High Court confirms that an insurer can decline cover where an insured fails to comply with specific conditions set out in their insurance policy...

Over the summer, EIOPA published its peer review report on outsourcing (the Report). It looked at the performance of national supervisory authorities (NSAs) across Europe in supervising outsourcing...

The Solvency II Directive (Directive 2009/138/EC) was transposed into domestic Irish law by the European Union (Insurance and Reinsurance) Regulations 2015...

On 30 September 2025, Seána Cunningham, Director of Insurance at the Central Bank of Ireland (CBI), addressed the European Insurance Forum.

In its review of differential pricing (Review), the Central Bank of Ireland (CBI) has proposed that the practice of "price walking", whereby customers are in effect penalised for not walking away from their insurer after a year of coverage, is abolished.

On November 5 2015 the Court of Appeal delivered its much-anticipated judgment in Russell v Health Service Executive, which considered the 'real rate of return' discount...