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The Competition and Consumer Protection Commission ("CCPC") recently issued preliminary findings to seven parties alleged to have been engaged in anti-competitive cooperation in the...

Insurers and brokers are already receiving a significant number of queries and starting to see a rise in the number of claim notifications as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Newsletter highlights specific areas of interest to Irish retail intermediary firms and notably, what the CBI regards as the potential risks to a firm's business.

All divorces involve decisions and choices such as which financial/legal and/or medical professionals to use and how to utilise their help. These decisions can powerfully affect whether a divorce moves forward smoothly or not. Some couples resolve all their divorce issues without any professional assistance whatsoever. More frequently, some couples engage in drawn out courtroom battles, which drains the family’s emotional and financial resources, are destructive to relationships and can take con

In recent months business interruption cover has emerged as a bone of contention, particularly for business owners who felt that their insurance policy...

Legal Entity Identifiers – January 2018 Update (including the recent 6 month grace period granted by ESMA from the MiFIR LEI requirements).

The signing of the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA) on 30 December 2020 gives greater clarity on the new relationship between the UK and the EU27 Member States, including Ireland

In May 2025, the CBI issued a data request in relation to asset-intensive reinsurance ("AIR") to 11 firms, made up of life insurers and reinsurers covering domestic and international business...

The Newsletter includes many noteworthy articles for Irish (re)insurers, including the Central Bank's annual Regulatory & Supervisory Outlook Report, the use of asset-intensive reinsurance...

It is not uncommon in professional negligence claims for there to be long periods of inactivity where the claimant does not prosecute the claim.

On 4 April 2024, EIOPA published its finalised supervisory statement on the supervision of reinsurance concluded with third-country (re)insurance undertakings (Supervisory Statement).

At a workshop in Brussels on 31 January 2013, Chairman of EIOPA, Gabriel Bernardino, expressed his views on the current challenges in revising the insurance regulatory framework, particularly with regard to IMD2 and Solvency II.

The implementation of the Solvency II Directive into Irish law on the 1 January 2016 is a major development for the Irish insurance industry.

Together with the other European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs), EIOPA recently published its final report on greenwashing. The report reiterated the ESAs common high-level of understanding...

Published during a period of widespread uncertainty regarding motor insurance premiums and a perceived increase in personal injury awards, the updated Book of Quantum is timely.