Insurance Ireland

Insurance Ireland is the representative organisation for the insurance sector in Ireland Ireland is a thriving global hub for insurance, reinsurance and insurtech. Our members represent around 95% of the companies operating in the Irish market, making Insurance Ireland a strong leadership voice for the sector. The role of Insurance Ireland is to advocate on behalf of our members with policymakers and regulators in Ireland, Europe and Internationally; to promote the value that our members create for individuals, the economy and society; and to help customers understand insurance products and services so that they can make informed choices. Insurance Ireland advocates for 131 member firms serving 25m customers in Ireland and globally across 110 countries, delivering peace of mind to individuals, households and businesses, and providing a firm foundation to the economic life of the country.

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Lobbying Activity

Meeting with John Berrigan (Director-General Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union)

22 Oct 2025 · Savings and Investment Account

Meeting with Sirpa Pietikäinen (Member of the European Parliament)

23 Sept 2025 · SIU

Response to COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION on savings and investment accounts (in support of the savings and investment union)

8 Jul 2025

Meeting with Ciaran Mullooly (Member of the European Parliament)

1 Jul 2025 · Multiple issues

Meeting with Ugo Bassi (Director Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union) and

30 Jun 2025 · Exchanges on regulatory topics on insurance

Meeting with Stéphanie Yon-Courtin (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur)

4 Jun 2025 · Retail Investment Strategy

Meeting with Regina Doherty (Member of the European Parliament)

20 May 2025 · Securitisation

Meeting with Billy Kelleher (Member of the European Parliament)

28 Apr 2025 · Securitisation

Response to Savings and Investments Union

7 Mar 2025

Meeting with Larisa Dragomir (Cabinet of Commissioner Maria Luís Albuquerque)

6 Mar 2025 · Exchange with Insurance Ireland on regulatory developments

Meeting with Billy Kelleher (Member of the European Parliament) and

5 Mar 2025 · Savings and Investment UNion

Meeting with Martine Kemp (Member of the European Parliament)

5 Mar 2025 · General Meeting

Meeting with Regina Doherty (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)

5 Mar 2025 · FIDA

Meeting with Cynthia Ní Mhurchú (Member of the European Parliament)

5 Mar 2025 · Insurance

Meeting with Thomas Bajada (Member of the European Parliament)

20 Feb 2025 · Work in the ECON Committee

Meeting with Dirk Gotink (Member of the European Parliament)

20 Feb 2025 · Solvency 2, IRRD, Savings and Investment Union

Meeting with Barry Andrews (Member of the European Parliament) and

2 Oct 2024 · Financial Services

Meeting with Aodhán Ó Ríordáin (Member of the European Parliament)

2 Oct 2024 · Insurance and pension policy

Meeting with Jonás Fernández (Member of the European Parliament)

2 Oct 2024 · Capital Markets Union

Meeting with Michael Mcnamara (Member of the European Parliament)

2 Oct 2024 · Irish Financial Services Breakfast Roundtable

Meeting with Nina Carberry (Member of the European Parliament) and Banking Payments Federation Ireland

2 Oct 2024 · Irish Financial Services

Meeting with Billy Kelleher (Member of the European Parliament)

25 Sept 2024 · Insurance policy / CMU

Meeting with Regina Doherty (Member of the European Parliament)

26 Jun 2024 · Innovation and competitiveness

Meeting with Maria Walsh (Member of the European Parliament)

26 Jun 2024 · Insurance Policy

Meeting with Barry Andrews (Member of the European Parliament)

19 Apr 2024 · Insurance Ireland President's Lunch

Meeting with John Berrigan (Director-General Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union)

6 Mar 2024 · Solvency II, AML Regulation, Exchange on the right to be forgotten

Meeting with Alfred Sant (Member of the European Parliament)

5 Mar 2024 · Retail Investment Strategy

Meeting with Florian Denis (Cabinet of Commissioner Mairead Mcguinness), Patricia Reilly (Cabinet of Commissioner Mairead Mcguinness)

5 Mar 2024 · Exchange views on the future steps of building the Capital Markets Union

Meeting with Laura Ballarín Cereza (Member of the European Parliament)

5 Mar 2024 · Consumer protection financial services

Response to COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) …/... laying down rules for the application of Directive 2009/103/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the template for the claims-history statement

22 Feb 2024

Meeting with Deirdre Clune (Member of the European Parliament)

13 Feb 2024 · Right to be Forgotten for Cancer Survivors

Response to Report on the application of the General Data Protection Regulation to the European Parliament and the Council

29 Jan 2024

Meeting with Alfred Sant (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)

6 Dec 2023 · Reporting Requirements in the fields of financial services and investment support

Meeting with Erik Poulsen (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)

29 Nov 2023 · Reporting requirements in the insurance sector

Response to Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on a framework for Financial Data Access and amending Regulations (EU) No 1093/2010, (EU) No 1094/2010, (EU) No 1095/2010 and (EU) 2022/2554

31 Oct 2023

Meeting with Frances Fitzgerald (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)

5 Oct 2023 · FIDA

Response to Proposal for a DIRECTIVE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL amending Directives (EU) 2009/65/EC, 2009/138/EC, 2011/61/EU, 2014/65/EU and (EU) 2016/97 as regards the Union retail investor protection rules

28 Aug 2023

Meeting with Billy Kelleher (Member of the European Parliament)

4 Jul 2023 · Retail Investment Strategy

Meeting with Frances Fitzgerald (Member of the European Parliament)

30 Jun 2023 · Retail Investment Strategy

Meeting with Frances Fitzgerald (Member of the European Parliament)

1 Jun 2023 · Retail Investment Strategy

Meeting with Jonás Fernández (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)

1 Mar 2023 · EU Banking Package 2021

Meeting with Chris Macmanus (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)

1 Mar 2023 · Solvency II

Meeting with Markus Ferber (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur)

28 Feb 2023 · Insurance Regulation: Solvency II

Meeting with Deirdre Clune (Member of the European Parliament)

28 Feb 2023 · Right to be Forgotten

Meeting with John Berrigan (Director-General Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union)

28 Feb 2023 · Solvency II Review

Meeting with Mairead McGuinness (Commissioner) and

2 Dec 2022 · Introductory meeting

Meeting with Ciarán Cuffe (Member of the European Parliament)

14 Oct 2022 · European Green Deal (Staff level)

Meeting with Tommy De Temmerman (Cabinet of Commissioner Mairead Mcguinness)

29 Sept 2022 · Solvency II

Meeting with Nicolás González Casares (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur) and RPP Group

28 Sept 2022 · cancer

Meeting with Chris Macmanus (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)

27 Sept 2022 · Solvency II

Meeting with Ibán García Del Blanco (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur for opinion) and

28 Jun 2022 · Joint exchange of views on the Data Act

Meeting with Chris Macmanus (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)

28 Apr 2022 · Solvency II

Meeting with Markus Ferber (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur)

27 Apr 2022 · Insurance Regulation: Solvency II

Meeting with Tommy De Temmerman (Cabinet of Commissioner Mairead Mcguinness)

20 Jan 2022 · Solvency II

Response to Proposal for a DIRECTIVE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL establishing a framework for the recovery and resolution of insurance and reinsurance undertakings and amending Directives 2002/47/EC, 2004/25/EC, 2009/138/EC, (EU) 2017/1132 and Regulations (EU) No 1094/2010 and (EU) No 648/2012

13 Jan 2022

Response to Proposal for a DIRECTIVE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL amending Directive 2009/138/EC as regards proportionality, quality of supervision, reporting, long-term guarantee measures, macro-prudential tools, sustainability risks, group and cross-border supervision

11 Jan 2022

Meeting with Tommy De Temmerman (Cabinet of Commissioner Mairead Mcguinness)

9 Sept 2021 · Insurance Ireland explained their position as regards the revision of Solvency II. The Commission representative took note and gave an update on the timing and process of the review.

Response to A strategy to develop retail investments in the Internal Market

18 May 2021

Meeting with Mairead McGuinness (Commissioner)

24 Mar 2021 · Solvency 11

Meeting with Agnieszka Drzewoska (Cabinet of Commissioner Mairead Mcguinness), Tommy De Temmerman (Cabinet of Commissioner Mairead Mcguinness)

9 Nov 2020 · Introduction and discussion Solvency II review

Response to Possible legislative amendments to Directive 2009/138/EC of the European Parliament and the Council of 25 November 2009 on the taking up and pursuit of the business of Insurance and Reinsurance (Solvency II)

26 Aug 2020

Response to Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions – Action Plan on the Capital Markets Union

3 Aug 2020

Meeting with Anthony Whelan (Cabinet of President Ursula von der Leyen)

5 Jun 2020 · Digitalisation of the insurance industry (cybersecurity issues, digital skills, digitalisation of processes and client interfaces, data sharing, level playing field of regulatory requirements).

Meeting with Axel Voss (Member of the European Parliament)

20 May 2020 · Artificial Intelligence

Meeting with John Berrigan (Director-General Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union)

18 Feb 2020 · Sustainable Finance Agenda, Solvency II review and disclosure in retail products.

Meeting with Andrea Beltramello (Cabinet of Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis)

16 Oct 2019 · Fintech

Meeting with Andrea Beltramello (Cabinet of Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis)

20 May 2019 · Solvency II

Meeting with Andrea Beltramello (Cabinet of Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis)

22 Jan 2019 · Brexit, Solvency II, PRIIPs

Response to COMMISSION DELEGATED REGULATION (EU) …/... amending Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/35 supplementing Directive 2009/138/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the taking-up and pursuit of the business of Insurance and Reinsurance (Solvency II)

7 Dec 2018