Ireland: Insurance Laws and Products

The Irish Government recently launched the Motor Insurance Transparency Code (Transparency Code), a priority commitment under its Action Plan for Insurance Reform 2025–2029.

On 26 February 2026, the Central Bank of Ireland published its 2026 Regulatory and Supervisory Outlook (RSO), outlining the key trends and risks shaping the financial sector, as well as its regulatory and supervisory...

In a recent English High Court judgment, the Court (Hutton KC) granted an application by an insurer to be added as a defendant to proceedings in which its insured was the existing defendant...

On 2 July 2025, EIOPA launched a public consultation on its draft revised Guidelines on the Supervisory Review Process. The aim of the consultation is to update the Guidelines by clarifying existing instructions...

On 3 October 2025, Deputy Governor at the Central Bank of Ireland ("Central Bank"), Mary-Elizabeth McMunn, delivered...

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

The Central Bank of Ireland (CBI) recently published its Insurance Newsletter – June 2025.

The Newsletter features a range of articles that will be of interest to insurers and (re)insurers. This includes updates on the Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA), the protected disclosures regime...

The Senior Executive Accountability Regime (SEAR) was brought into force through the Central Bank (Supervision and Enforcement) Act 2013 (Section 48(1) (Senior Executive Accountability Regime)) Regulations 2024 (SEAR Regulations) and forms part of the Individual Accountability Framework (IAF).