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Full coverage: Insurance

Tara Shine: Is your business flood-ready? 

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.

Tara Shine
26th Feb, 2026 - 6 min read

When the safety net unravels: How an insurance withdrawal left credit unions exposed

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.

Francesca Comyn
10th Nov, 2025 - 6 min read

UK insurer Bridgehaven scoops up Dublin firm for entry into EU market

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.

Jonathan Keane
30th Jul, 2025 - 2 min read

XS Direct claims for insurance algorithm breach

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.

Francesca Comyn
7th Jul, 2025 - 3 min read

$18bn US insurance player Ryan Specialty has scooped up a small Galway firm

Loughrea’s 360° Underwriting, which focuses on construction insurance, will be absorbed into Ryan Specialty as a “natural entry point” to the Irish market.

Jonathan Keane
22nd May, 2025 - 2 min read

AssuredPartners buys insurance broker behind insuremyvan.ie and insuremyhouse.ie for €100m

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.

Tom Lyons
14th Mar, 2025 - 2 min read

Tara Shine: How to manage climate risk in your business

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.

Tara Shine
17th Feb, 2025 - 5 min read

Private equity is marching to a town or village near you: Rewinding the week that was

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.

Ian Kehoe
19th Jan, 2025 - 6 min read

Five years in business: Five long reads that define The Currency

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.

Thomas Hubert
25th Sep, 2024 - 6 min read

Insurance face-off: Liberty and Zurich in court battle along with Goodman’s pet food business

Liberty Insurance and Albert Reynolds-founded C&D Foods are locking horns with Zurich Insurance in new High Court proceedings.

Thomas Hubert
12th Aug, 2024 - 2 min read
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