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NEWS What's in THE NEWS 6 CHANGING LIVES. INSURING FUTURES. E T U T I T S N I R U O Y You r Way o effect GDPR comes int y. Find on the 25th Ma t what out more abou you ► GDPR means for YOUR INSTITUTE. YOUR WAY. ‘RE-UNDERWRITING’ OUR APPROACH TO BUSINESS GDPR comes into effect on the 25th May and to make sure that we are ready, we will be launching our new - Your Institute, Your Way Campaign. Our latest lecture series kicked off with a lecture from FBD CEO Fiona Muldoon. A lively talk on the turn-around challenges she has faced in her career involving organisations in crises and so been faced with the need to ‘re-underwrite’ their approach in addressing Irish Insurance consumer needs. Over the coming weeks you will be receiving post and email communications from us explaining what GDPR means for your relationship with us and how you can keep your preferences up to date. In the meantime, log into the member area and check your contact details are current. Fiona’s slides are available to download within the member area. #yourinstituteyourway This year’s Insurance Charities Awareness Week will take place between the 25-29 June across the UK and Ireland. As always insurance and insurance related employers of all sizes are invited to take part to increase awareness of the charity and ensure no one eligible for their help misses out. Getting involved is easy, just email [email protected] to sign up and in June you will receive a complimentary presentation box for your office to display during awareness week. 7 LATEST INSURANCE IRELAND FACTFILE RELEASED The Insurance Ireland Factfile is part of an annual series of publications providing the key facts and figures on the Irish insurance industry. Now in its twenty-fourth year of publication, Factfile focusses on a range of trends from both a domestic and international perspective. To find out more visit the website and download your copy here. THE INSURANCE DISTRIBUTION DIRECTION An update to our previous article, on 20 December 2017, the European Commission has proposed to push back the application date of the insurance distribution directive (IDD) by seven months to 1 October 2018. For further information on the directive from the European Commission, you can visit their website and download any one of their resources. Issue 5 • March 2018 • The Insider Issue 5 • March 2018 • The Insider