The Non-Life Insurance market in Ireland:

1 The purpose of this paper is to explore, in practical terms, prospects for empirical analysis in the non-life insurance market in Ireland, with particular reference to Motor, Employer's Liability and Public Liability insurance. The paper is being made available to potential candidates for a consultancy contract in relation to the study on insurance being carried out jointly by the Authority and the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment. The contract involves for the provision of industrial organisation analysis, including statistical and econometric analysis. The paper is not intended as a comprehensive guide, but as an indication of some relevant issues that could be researched and some possible sources of data. The intention is that the issues raised in this paper, and the identification of possible data sources and research methods, may help potential candidates to prepare proposals for the consultancy contract in question. The contents of this paper do not necessarily represent the views of the Authority or the Department.