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Life Insurance & Pension in Ireland

Publisher MarketLine
Published Dec 31, 2025
Length 39 Pages
SKU # MTLN21050282

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Life Insurance & Pension in Ireland

Summary

Life Insurance & Pension in Ireland industry profile provides top-line qualitative and quantitative summary information including: market size (value 2019-24, and forecast to 2029). The profile also contains descriptions of the leading players including key financial metrics and analysis of competitive pressures within the market.

Key Highlights
  • Life insurance is the financial cover for a contingency linked with human life, like death, disability, accident, retirement, etc. Human life is subject to risks of death and disability due to natural and accidental causes. When human life is lost or a person is disabled permanently or temporarily, there is a loss of income to the household.
  • The Irish life insurance & pension market recorded gross written premiums of $21.6 billion in 2024, representing a negative compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 12.4% between 2019 and 2024.
  • The pension/annuity segment accounted for the market's largest proportion in 2024, with total gross written premiums of $16.8 billion, equivalent to 77.5% of the market's overall value.
  • Ireland accounted for 2.3% share of the total European life insurance & pension market.
Scope
  • Save time carrying out entry-level research by identifying the size, growth, major segments, and leading players in the life insurance & pension market in Ireland
  • Use the Five Forces analysis to determine the competitive intensity and therefore attractiveness of the life insurance & pension market in Ireland
  • Leading company profiles reveal details of key life insurance & pension market players’ global operations and financial performance
  • Add weight to presentations and pitches by understanding the future growth prospects of the Ireland life insurance & pension market with five year forecasts
Reasons to Buy
  • What was the size of the Ireland life insurance & pension market by value in 2024?
  • What will be the size of the Ireland life insurance & pension market in 2029?
  • What factors are affecting the strength of competition in the Ireland life insurance & pension market?
  • How has the market performed over the last five years?
  • What are the main segments that make up Ireland's life insurance & pension market?

Table of Contents

39 Pages
1 Executive Summary
1.1. Market value
1.2. Market value forecast
1.3. Category segmentation
1.4. Geography segmentation
1.5. Market share
1.6. Market rivalry
1.7. Competitive landscape
2 Market Overview
2.1. Market definition
2.2. Market analysis
3 Market Data
3.1. Market value
4 Market Segmentation
4.1. Category segmentation
4.2. Geography segmentation
5 Market Outlook
5.1. Market value forecast
6 Five Forces Analysis
6.1. Summary
6.2. Buyer power
6.3. Supplier power
6.4. New entrants
6.5. Threat of substitutes
6.6. Degree of rivalry
7 Competitive Landscape
7.1. Market share
7.2. Who are the leading players?
7.3. What are the strategies of the leading players?
7.4. What are the strengths of the leading players?
7.5. What are the challenges in the market?
8 Company Profiles
8.1. Irish Life Assurance plc
8.2. New Ireland Assurance Company Plc
8.3. Zurich Life Assurance plc
8.4. Aviva Life & Pensions Ireland DAC
9 Macroeconomic Indicators
9.1. Country data
10 Appendix
10.1. Methodology
10.2. Industry associations
10.3. Related MarketLine research
10.4. About MarketLine
List of Tables
Table 1: Ireland life insurance & pension market value: $ billion, 2019-24
Table 2: Ireland life insurance & pension market category segmentation: % share, by value, 2019-24
Table 3: Ireland life insurance & pension market category segmentation: $ billion, 2019-24
Table 4: Ireland life insurance & pension market geography segmentation: $ billion, 2024
Table 5: Ireland life insurance & pension market value forecast: $ billion, 2024-29
Table 6: Ireland life insurance & pension market share: % share, by value, 2024
Table 7: Irish Life Assurance plc: Key Facts
Table 8: Irish Life Assurance plc: Key Employees
Table 9: New Ireland Assurance Company Plc: Key Facts
Table 10: New Ireland Assurance Company Plc: Key Employees
Table 11: Zurich Life Assurance plc: Key Facts
Table 12: Aviva Life & Pensions Ireland DAC: Key Facts
Table 13: Aviva Life & Pensions Ireland DAC: Key Employees
Table 14: Ireland Size of Population (Million), 2020-24
Table 15: Ireland Real GDP (Constant 2010 Prices, $ Billion), 2020-24
Table 16: Ireland GDP (Current Prices, $ Billion), 2020-24
Table 17: Ireland Inflation, 2020-24
Table 18: Ireland Consumer Price Index (Absolute), 2020-24
Table 19: Ireland Exchange Rate, 2019-24
List of Figures
Figure 1: Ireland life insurance & pension market value: $ billion, 2019-24
Figure 2: Ireland life insurance & pension market category segmentation: $ billion, 2019-24
Figure 3: Ireland life insurance & pension market geography segmentation: % share, by value, 2024
Figure 4: Ireland life insurance & pension market value forecast: $ billion, 2024-29
Figure 5: Forces driving competition in the life insurance & pension market in Ireland, 2024
Figure 6: Drivers of buyer power in the life insurance & pension market in Ireland, 2024
Figure 7: Drivers of supplier power in the life insurance & pension market in Ireland, 2024
Figure 8: Factors influencing the likelihood of new entrants in the life insurance & pension market in Ireland, 2024
Figure 9: Factors influencing the threat of substitutes in the life insurance & pension market in Ireland, 2024
Figure 10: Drivers of degree of rivalry in the life insurance & pension market in Ireland, 2024
Figure 11: Ireland life insurance & pension market share: % share, by value, 2024

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