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ZURICH LIFE Ireland posted an €8.8 million decline in new business in life and pensions during the first quarter this year.

The insurer, formerly known as Eagle Star Life, saw an 18 per cent drop to €40.2 million in its total new business annual premium equivalent (APE), a method of calculating new business levels in the industry, compared to 2008.