Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 26 May 2021

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

Developments in the Insurance Industry: Discussion (Resumed)

Mr. Philip Bradley:

We price the product based on the anticipated cost of claims over the next 12 months, assuming it is a 12-month contract. The only thing I would add to that is that injury claims, certainly, and large injury claims can take three years to settle or sometimes even longer. We must therefore take a longer-term perspective on some elements of our pricing.