Insurance company FBD Holdings has reported profits before tax of €54m for 2025, down from €77m the previous year as it was hit by costs from Storm Éowyn at the start of the year.

The €25.6 million estimate, covering claims from the storm and flooding from relentless rain between January 26 th and February 15 th, is only 8.5 per cent of the insured damage caused by Storm Éowyn ...

FBD’s annual return for 2025 showed profit before tax of €54.1m, a drop of €22.9m from the previous year. Claims relating to storm Éowyn and poor weather in January 2025 amounted to a net cost for the ...

The group's pre-tax profit dropped to €54m in 2025, down from €77m in the previous year ...

Professional services firm Aon said that Storm Éowyn last year led to industry losses of an estimated €661m. The Aon analysis that reveals Éowyn was the costliest windstorm on record in Ireland, with ...

FBD, the Republic’s only indigenous general insurer, said its pretax profit fell by almost 30 per cent last year as it absorbed €30.8 million of net costs from Storm Éowyn in January last year. The ...

FBD said it will maintain its dividend of €1 per ordinary share, the fifth year in a row the company’s final dividend will be at that level. The insurer will also repurchase €4m of its own shares. FDB ...

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Devastating flooding seen in Dublin, Enniscorthy and other areas this year following relentless rain haven’t resulted in anything near the value of claims for FBD that high profile wind storms have ...

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