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On 1 October 2025, the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) published its strategic supervisory priorities for 2026.

The proposed EU Insurance Recovery and Resolution Directive (IRRD), once implemented will introduce, for the first time at a European level, a harmonised recovery and resolution framework for failing...

The Insurance (Disregard of Certain Medical History and Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2026 introduces sweeping changes to the Central Bank of Ireland's regulatory powers over insurers and reinsurers. Beyond the widely discussed "right to be forgotten" provisions for cancer survivors seeking mortgage protection, the legislation fundamentally expands the grounds on which the Central Bank can petition for winding-up orders and extends these powers to cover reinsurers for the first time.

Many law firms renewing their professional indemnity insurance (PII) on 1 October this year were faced with higher premiums and a reduced choice of insurer.

The new rules will introduce a two tier capital requirement for (re)insurance undertakings which seek to ensure the financial soundness of undertakings and to protect policyholders.

The latest Central Bank of Ireland's (CBI) Intermediary Times newsletter (Newsletter) covers various topics of interest to (re)insurance intermediaries (Intermediaries),

The Act aims to address several insurance-related issues set out in the Action Plan for Insurance Reform which was published by the Department of Finance to reflect the insurance-related...

Moloney v Cashel Taverns Limited (In Voluntary Liquidation) & Anor (10 December 2020)...

On 7 March 2024, the Central Bank of Ireland (Central Bank) published its consultation paper (CP 158) on the revised draft Consumer Protection Code (Revised Code) and connected areas.

On 5 August 2020, the CBI issued its supervisory framework, setting out its approach to dealing with the issue of business interruption insurance cover for losses arising from the outbreak of Covid-19 in Ireland.

A recent Court of Appeal decision has reminded practitioners that interrogatories – essentially a series of questions involving yes or no answers – should not be disregarded as a litigation tool.

In the recent case of Earls v Financial Services Ombudsman, the High Court considered whether the Financial Services Ombudsman (FSO) had erred in law in determining that an insurer was entitled...

On 4 January 2022, the Council of the EU published a progress report, dated 16 December 2021, on its work on the European Commission's package of insurance reforms (Progress Report).

On 1 February 2021, the European Commission published a summary report on its consultation on the review of the Solvency II Directive (2009/138/EC) (the Solvency II Directive).

The question of employee's liability to the employer was considered by the Court of Appeal and the House of Lords in the UK in Lister v. Romford Ice & Cold Storage [1956] UKHL J1220-2 (Lord Denning dissenting).

Of the 364 legally binding decisions published by the FSPO in 2020, approximately 66% of these were rejected