Episodes of heavy rains like the start of this year will become more frequent. Here are six steps every company can take to prepare for the next one.
As CMutual and its underwriter pull a decades-old funeral insurance policy, thousands of long-time credit-union members are left behind. Regulators say it’s a commercial decision. Credit unions call it a failure of duty.
SureStone has been carrying out an orderly run-off of its insurance business since 2019. British player Bridgehaven has bought up the remaining business and its Central Bank approval.
Before receivers were appointed in 2022, XS Direct sold motor insurance in the British and Irish markets. Since then, the group claims its intellectual property has been used in the UK, as it moves to enforce a disputed contract.
Loughrea’s 360° Underwriting, which focuses on construction insurance, will be absorbed into Ryan Specialty as a “natural entry point” to the Irish market.
Founded by Jonathan Hehir in 1995, the CFM Group places over €70m in gross written premium per year. The Terenure-based business has just been sold.
Storm Éowyn was just one of the scenarios businesses need to plan for. Increasingly frequent natural disasters also hold lessons for a more insurance-based approach to public policy.
Of the 464 deals completed in Ireland last year, 74 of those involved private equity. And the advance of PE is showing no signs of slowing down.
On September 25, 2019, we published the first of over 6,000 articles and podcasts to date. Here is what our members say makes us different.
Liberty Insurance and Albert Reynolds-founded C&D Foods are locking horns with Zurich Insurance in new High Court proceedings.
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