The Insurance Council of Australia appeal application for its first business interruption test case will be heard in the High Court in Canberra on June 25...

Christine Bell is to take the role of Country Head Australia & New Zealand at Swiss Re Corporate Solutions, ending an executive recruitment search that began in February...

Representatives from major insurers and the Insurance Council of Australia have attended a roundtable with a Treasury-led taskforce as part of preliminary consultations on the Federal Government’s cyclone reinsurance pool...

The COVID-19 pandemic has sparked a shift in consumers’ views on insurance protection, with many attaching greater importance to getting adequate cover, a Swiss Re survey has found...

The long-running shortage of skilled professionals such as commercial claims consultants and cyber underwriters means the insurance industry will likely have to be prepared to pay more to fill the vacancies, according to recruitment group Hays...

A Swiss Re survey has found consumers in Australia and other Asia Pacific markets have made a “significant shift” to online purchasing during the pandemic, with the trend set to accelerate even after the public health crisis is over...

A change in UK regulation around so-called “loyalty penalties” will most impact price comparison websites and encourage them to pair with insurtechs to innovate benefits beyond price, GlobalData says...

After a decade of governments spinning their wheels on the idea of a cyclone reinsurance pool, Treasury now has to speed ahead with its foot to the floor in turning the concept into reality within an expected one-year timeframe...