Opinion

Opinion: Setanta Levy Will Not Fix Ireland’s Broken Car Insurance Market

Insurance-Edge Editor Alastair Walker takes a look at the reaction to the Setanta collapse in Ireland, the proposed two percent levy to cover the bailout costs, and the reforms needed to modernise the motor insurance […]

Global insurance trends

Zurich Assures UK Customers That Brexit Will Actually Change Very Little

Zurich are upbeat about the UK insurance landscape after Brexit, and have posted a statement on their website, to reassure customers that in the short term at least, there will be very little change in […]

News

House of Lords Warns on End of EHIC Rights For UK Citizens

The House of Lords EU Committee has today published its report Brexit: reciprocal healthcare. The Committee warns that in the absence of an agreement on reciprocal healthcare, the rights of UK citizens to hold an EHIC card […]

Insurance Brokers

MCE Insurance Pulls Out of Ireland, Blaming Brexit – Will Others Follow?

One of the bigger names in motorcycle insurance, MCE, has announced that it intends to withdraw from the Republic of Ireland market, at the end of this month. In a statement on the MCE website […]

Insurance & Reinsurance

Irish Court Appoints Administrator for CBL Insurance Europe

Reuters is reporting that an Irish court has appointed an administrator to CBL Insurance Europe (CBLIE), a wholly owned subsidiary of New Zealand’s CBL Corp Ltd, to avoid the risk of a “disorderly failure”, the […]

Opinion

AI Can Solve Driver History Problem for Ireland’s Returning Emigrants

The Irish Times has a story today about the incredibly high premiums being quoted for emigrants returning to Ireland after working and living abroad for some years. Despite having a trackable driver history in modern […]

Investment

Aviva Acquires Friends First Life in £116m Deal

The latest news from Aviva; Aviva plc announces that it has reached an agreement to acquire Irish insurer Friends First Life Assurance Company dac (“Friends First”) for a cash consideration of €130m (£116m). As a […]