European Union: Insurance Laws and Products

The Insurance Recovery and Resolution Directive introduces a comprehensive framework for managing distressed (re)insurers through resolution planning and intervention powers. This analysis examines the Central Bank of Ireland's role as resolution authority, the assessment of resolvability...

As Irish football transfer values rise, the Football Association of Ireland (FAI) has tightened the rules for football agents operating in Ireland. Clubs, agents, players and their families now need to understand licensing, FAI registration, professional indemnity insurance, representation agreements and the uncertain status of FIFA agent fee caps. This guide explains the core rules and the transfer risk points that clubs, agents and players should review.

Warranty and indemnity insurance has evolved from a niche product to a standard feature in Irish M&A transactions, fundamentally changing how parties allocate risk in private deals. As insurers expand coverage into emerging areas like cyber risk and ESG disclosures, understanding how this insurance works and when to deploy it has become essential for both buyers and sellers navigating competitive deal processes.

Gérard Haas et son équipe ont compilé pour vous les actualités clés afin de vous permettre de rester à jour sur les dernières tendances et évolutions des secteurs juridique et numérique.

The German insurance market, with €1.9 trillion in assets, represents one of Europe's largest pools of institutional capital, with allocations to alternative investments growing from 23% to 30% over the past two years.

The Central Bank of Ireland emphasizes the critical need for financial institutions to strengthen their anti-financial crime frameworks amid global instability, while European regulators advance new technical standards...

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

The Newsletter outlines that the Central Bank carried out a survey (“Survey”) to gather information on the use of generative AI systems (“Gen AI”) and other AI systems (“Other AI”) in (re)insurance. In May 2025, the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (“EIOPA”) launched a survey on the use of Gen AI – for more information, see FIG Top 5 at 5 dated 22 May 2025.

Der aktuelle Konflikt im Iran entwickelt sich zunehmend zu einem globalen Wirtschaftsrisiko, mit unmittelbaren wirtschaftlichen Folgen für alle involvierten Unternehmen entlang der Lieferkette.