business developments type public traded as iseq eg7 lse fbh founded 1969 ; 47 years ago 1969 headquarters dublin ireland key people michael berkery chairman fiona muldoon ceo products general insurance underwriting revenue 406.3 million 2014 1 operating income 4.5 million 2014 1 net income 3.3 million 2014 1 website www.fbdgroup.ie fbd holdings plc is an irish insurance company . it is quoted on the irish stock exchange and the london stock exchange . fbd also has financial service businesses as well as hotel and leisure property interests . the company is headquartered in bluebell in dublin and it has 34 branch offices throughout the republic of ireland . contents 1 history 2 divisions 2.1 fbd insurance 2.2 fbd finance 2.3 fbd brokerage 2.4 fbd properties 3 see also 4 references 5 external links history edit the company was established in 1969 as farmer business developments 2 offering farm and agri sector insurance . 3 during the 1970s the group expanded to include a life insurance broker a corporate insurance broker and consultancies . in 1988 the various entities were grouped under the umbrella of a holding company which was subsequently floated on the irish stock exchange . 4 divisions edit fbd insurance edit fbd offers car home farm and business insurance . it is ireland s largest insurer to the agri sector and the second largest company in the non health general insurance market . 5 fbd finance edit fbd provides personal finance and finance solution for businesses . fbd brokerage edit fbd is an insurance broker mainly in the food and agricultural sector providing risk management and insurance solutions . fbd properties edit fbd holdings is a partner in a joint venture which owns properties in the hotel and leisure industry in ireland and spain . 6 in ireland the fbd hotel group owns the tower hotel and faithlegg house hotel in waterford and the castleknock hotel and temple bar hotel in dublin . 7 see also edit list of companies of ireland references edit a b c preliminary results 2014 kbc sells stake in fbd ireland . kbc . 9 march 2005 . the 1.5 bn insurance king that grew from a 50 note . irish independent . 7 june 2007 . paddy o keeffe steps down from farmer business developments plc irish farmers journal 31 july 2010 fbd gains market share as target strategy pays off . irish independent . 12 august 2009 . fbd to focus on core insurance business . morning star . fbd group invests in its flagship waterford hotel . the waterford news & star . 27 april 2010 . external links edit official website v t e iseq 20 companies of ireland aryzta bank of ireland crh c & c group dalata hotel group fbd holdings fyffes glanbia green reit hibernia reit irish continental group irish residential properties reit kerry group kingspan group origin enterprises paddy power betfair permanent tsb ryanair smurfit kappa total produce retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title fbd holdings & oldid 733352735 categories companies of the republic of irelandcompanies listed on the irish stock exchangefinancial services in the republic of irelandcompanies established in 1969irish brands navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 7 august 2016 at 06 33 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view