Irish Insurer FBD More Than Doubles Money Set Aside for Lockdown-Related Claims February 26, 2021 DUBLIN – Irish insurer FBD more than doubled the money set aside to cover lockdown-linked claims to 65 million euros...
Irish Pubs Entitled to Get Lockdown Insurance Payments from FBD: High Court Ruling February 5, 2021 DUBLIN – Ireland’s High Court ruled on Friday that four publicans insured by FBD were entitled to be indemnified for...
Storm Ophelia Leaves Trail of Destruction in Ireland; Damages Could Reach $1.8B October 17, 2017 By Peter Flanagan Irish authorities will begin to clean up and count the cost of the worst storm to hit the country in...
Troubled Irish Insurers Seek Solvency II Support From Bond Investors, Buffett August 28, 2015 By Donal Griffin Investors hunting for yield after a global financial rout might well take a detour to the headquarters of a tiny...
Ireland’s FBD Reports H1 Loss of $97.7M, Versus Profit of $6.8M in 2014 August 24, 2015 By Donal Griffin FBD Holdings plc fell to a five-year low after Ireland’s only publicly traded insurer posted one of its biggest first-half...
FBD Shows How to Lose Money, Even During Ireland’s Economic Recovery August 21, 2015 By Donal Griffin Usually, economic recovery helps companies. Not so FBD Holdings plc. FBD, Ireland’s only publicly traded insurer, will publish first-half earnings...
Ireland’s FBD Could Sell as Much as $83M of Debt to Meet Solvency II Rules August 19, 2015 By Dara Doyle FBD Holdings plc may seek to sell as much as 75 million euros ($83 million) of subordinated debt to ensure...
Ireland’s FBD Holdings Reports Worse-Than-Forecast Operating Loss, Weak Outlook March 2, 2015 By Joe Brennan FBD Holdings plc plunged in Dublin trading after the Irish insurer’s full-year results missed its own downgraded forecast and its...