Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 19 May 2021

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach

Developments in the Insurance Industry: Discussion

Mr. Declan O'Rourke:

If a company is involved in reckless trading, for example when it is bankrupt, and there was an allegation against the directors, there are insurance policies one could buy for that, until it was proven in fact that they did an illegal act. One cannot, however, cover an illegal act.