Mitigation: new sums produce a familiar answer
14 November 2016
Insurers have for years been pleading with governments to protect the nation before a natural catastrophe event by mitigating the risks…
Analysis
The return of comparative hysteria
07 November 2016
“Protect Aussies against ludicrous insurance fees with price comparison site,” screams a petition on the Change.org website…
Shifting sands
31 October 2016
In a nation that has built most of its prime assets close to the sea, coastal erosion is always going to be a major talking point for Australians…
Could the terror threat go nuclear?
24 October 2016
It’s the worst of worst-case scenarios: terrorists develop the capacity to unleash a chemical, biological, nuclear or radiological attack on a Western city, killing hundreds of thousands and causing unprecedented destruction…
It’s a hard-knock life
17 October 2016
In the past week, government, regulators and the Financial Services Council, the peak body for life insurers, have been queuing up to fix the life insurance industry. The applause for all three has been, at best, muted…
Dealing with the disruptors
10 October 2016
While the dark cloud of disruption looming over insurers is nothing new, what has changed is the urgent need to respond…
Making gains on diversity and inclusion
03 October 2016
Much is made of the insurance industry’s urgent need to adapt and innovate to survive in a customer-led and technology-driven world…
Big Data, growing scrutiny
26 September 2016
The staggering rise in Big Data volumes ready to be dissected, analysed and potentially turned into improved products and profits is also prompting government and regulatory inquiries that are gathering momentum…
Lost in transition
19 September 2016
Does Professor Allan Fels expect insurers to rip off their customers as the NSW emergency services levy moves to a more equitable collection system over the next nine months…
Rendezvous, déjà vu: gloomy outlook overshadows Monte Carlo
12 September 2016
Once again anyone who’s anyone in the reinsurance industry is gathering in Monte Carlo for the Rendez-Vous de Septembre…
Peer-to-peer pressure
05 September 2016
Peer-to-peer insurance has been talked about for a long time now, but we’re still waiting for the “Uberisation” of the industry to kick in…
New season, same climate
29 August 2016
There’s little joy to be gained from market conditions for Australia’s three major listed insurers, and the latest earnings-season reports suggest they will be battling headwinds for a while yet…
Risky business
22 August 2016
The world is a risky place, and never more so for the insurance industry…
Staking claims in a shifting landscape
15 August 2016
All aspects of the general insurance industry are expected to be transformed over the next few years – but perhaps none more so than claims…
A big future for Big Data
08 August 2016
Our world is now awash with data, and nothing seems likely to stem the flow…
Pendulum: the pit grows deeper
01 August 2016
The good times are becoming little more than a memory for the Australian insurance industry, and dealing with a more difficult economic environment is proving no simple task…
Cat loss scorecard: so far, so good
25 July 2016
Fingers crossed, and barring any Cyclone Yasi-like disasters, insurers in Australia have a decent chance of closing out the year on a relatively high note…
Flood cover: still wading through the issues
18 July 2016
Five years have passed since Brisbane was inundated with water and insurance failures took centre stage, but despite a range of actions, flood cover remains a difficult issue…
The AR sector: can smaller operators survive? (updated)
11 July 2016
Over the past decade the authorised representative channel has become one of the success stories of commercial insurance distribution…
June renewals: feeling for the bottom
04 July 2016
The June renewals have seen commercial insurance rates stabilise, but increases are still some way off, according to the majority of brokers surveyed by insuranceNEWS.com.au last week…