Eoin Caulfield

Partner

Eoin Caufield is a Partner and Head of our Insurance Department. Eoin joined the Firm in 1995. His practice involves a combination of insurance and reinsurance work, both on the non-life and life side, together with a general corporate and financial services client base.

Eoin Caulfield

Eoin is a member of the Insurance Institute of Ireland and the British Insurance Law Association. He is a former committee member of the International Bar Association Insurance Committee. Recent speaking involvements include Financial Services Ireland; Insurance Ireland and the European Insurance Forum. In addition to his legal qualifications he holds an MBS (Financial Services) and an affiliation to the Society of Actuaries in Ireland.

Recent significant transactions include advising:

  • Catalina on the sale of Catalina Insurance Ireland to Riverstone International
  • Phoenix Group on the acquisition of Standard Life Aberdeen’s Irish insurance business
  • Athora on its acquisition of Aegon Ireland
  • Banco Santander on its sale to CNP Assurance of a majority interest in its Irish cross-border insurance subsidiaries
  • Allied World, AXA, Markel, Catalina, SCOR, AXIS, Swiss Re and various others on Court sanctioned mergers, portfolio transfers and other cross-border schemes
  • Fidelity Worldwide Investment (FIL), Santander Insurance and Chaucer on the authorisation of Irish insurers and various international groups on cross-border intermediary authorisations
  • Clients on matters including Solvency II outsourcing, enforcement actions, own funds/capital, Brexit contingency planning and structured transactions (pension de-risking, collateral and portfolio transfers)
2026 Legal 500 EMEA
2026 Chambers Europe
2025 Legal 500 EMEA
2025 Chambers Europe
2025 IFLR 1000

Practice Areas

ESG & Sustainability
Insurance & Reinsurance

Related Sectors

Financial Services

Related Knowledge

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New Winding-Up Powers for the Central Bank of Ireland: What Irish (Re)Insurers Need to Know

New Central Bank Winding-Up Powers Strengthen the Oversight of Irish (Re)Insurers

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Central Bank Consultation on Prohibition Notices Concludes

The Central Bank finalises its guidance on fitness and probity prohibition notices as CP166 concludes.

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Central Bank Consults on Revised Domestic Actuarial Regime for Irish (Re)Insurers

Central Bank of Ireland launches consultation on proposed updates to Domestic Actuarial Regime and Solvency II governance requirements.

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Central Bank of Ireland Reviews Public Consultation Framework

Central Bank of Ireland calls for feedback on regulatory impact assessments and public consultation framework.

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EU Distance Marketing Directive Transposed into Irish Law

The new Irish rules modernise distance financial services contracts and strengthen consumer protections.

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Central Bank Updates Supervisory Approach

The Central Bank of Ireland updates the supervisory approach set out in their "Our Approach to Supervision" document.

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Fitness & Probity Review: Central Bank Implements Enria Recommendations

Central Bank publishes report confirming all twelve recommendations from Andrea Enria's Fitness and Probity review have been implemented.

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FSPO Publishes Overview of Complaints Made in 2025

The FSPO has published its Overview of Complaints for 2025, outlining key trends across Ireland's financial services sector.

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New Central Bank Authorisations and Gatekeeping Report: Key Takeaways for Insurers

The Central Bank’s 2025 Authorisations and Gatekeeping Report outlines regulatory authorisation activity and oversight across Ireland’s financial s...

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Central Bank Publishes First Insurance Newsletter of 2026

The latest Insurance Quarterly newsletter highlights several supervisory updates of interest to Irish (re)insurers.

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