
Central-bank supervision
IrelandCentral Bank of Ireland
Insurance supervision in Ireland.
01 / The institution
Central Bank of Ireland
The Central Bank supervises insurers under Ireland’s Solvency II framework and publishes supervisory disclosures and its review process.
The legal foundations
Mandate, written into law.
Establishing legislation and the rules governing insurance may be different instruments.
Institutional and insurance framework
European Union (Insurance and Reinsurance) Regulations 2015, SI 485/2015 ↗
02 / Market signals
The numbers, with context.
Figures retain the reporting period and accounting basis of their source. They are snapshots, not live indicators or directly comparable country rankings.
Insurance corporations’ assets
Up EUR 26bn from the preceding quarter.
Key points, Chart 1 ↗Publicly listed equity holdings
Asset holdings, not premium income.
Key points, Chart 3 ↗Insurance penetration. A current premium-to-GDP ratio has not been independently verified for this profile. No estimate is substituted.
03 / The report notebook
A dated view of the market.
What we noted in the regulator’s publications. Each entry separates the period covered, publication date when known, and our review date.
Q2 2026 · Published
Central Bank of Ireland Insurance Corporations Statistics — Q2 2026 ↗
Full quarterly release reviewed. Coverage is insurance and reinsurance corporations resident in Ireland under ESA 2010 sector S128, including their international business.

US share of listed equities
53%US issuers accounted for more than half of insurers’ publicly listed equity holdings.
04 / Official contacts
Reach the institution.
Public institutional channels, checked 17 September 2026.
- General enquiries
- enquiries@centralbank.ieSource ↗
- Contact the authority
- Contact details and enquiry channelsSource ↗
Research trail
Sources you can follow.
Independent editorial research by Insurers Global. Source dates do not certify that a law includes every subsequent amendment.
Country scenes are AI-generated illustrations made with OpenAI image tools, not official regulator photographs or endorsements. Quotations remain searchable text. Report figures and directory verification are maintained separately.
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