Our Role

Who we are

The Irish Insurance Federation (IIF) was founded in 1986, and is the representative body for insurance companies in Ireland. The IIF has 63 member companies, which employ over 15,000 people. This includes insurers serving both the domestic market and writing business in overseas markets from a base in Ireland. Collectively, IIF members write over 95% of all life and non-life insurance business in Ireland.

As the voice of insurance companies in Ireland, IIF's key functions include:

• Representing its members' interests to Government, state agencies, regulatory bodies; public representatives; other interest groups, the media and the general public;

• Representing the position of members at a European level, particularly via the Comite Europeen des Assurances, the European association for national insurance company representative bodies;

• Keeping members abreast of relevant policy and regulatory developments and providing a forum for member debate and policy formulation on such issues;

• Providing information and increasing understanding of insurance among Government, the wider policy-making community and the general public.