Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 17 September 2025
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach
Insurance Matters: Engagement with the Alliance for Insurance Reform
2:00 am
Mr. Brian Hanley:
Yes. My understanding is that the Central Bank data from 2023, which relates specifically to liability - I am not talking about motor or any other form of insurance but in terms of liability, public employer and so on - showed a 13% operating profit margin across insurers specifically in the liability sector for that year. Of course, they are part of larger entities - I totally accept that - so what happens with reinsurance costs, remittances and reserving and so on needs to be looked at more fully. If we want full transparency, then we should have it, but I am happy enough that that is the Central Bank data for that year.
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