25 October 2010
Could the general insurance industry have missed out on a seat at the Federal Government’s new roundtable on climate change because the legislators don’t understand the industry’s…
18 October 2010
Brokers want the insurance industry and Federal Government to help them educate their clients on the risks associated with climate change, according to a Zurich report on the topic…
11 October 2010
QBE Australia has been taking some media heat over the past week from builders who say they are facing premiums up to three times higher than previously for their builders’ warranty insurance…
27 September 2010
The Australian insurance industry is in good shape despite a couple of severe weather events this year…
20 September 2010
Despite gloomy predictions for the global reinsurance industry by ratings analysts, the Australian market is in good shape…
13 September 2010
The Christchurch earthquake is a major disaster that could deliver a bill of up to $4.3 billion, according to risk analysts…
06 September 2010
Insurance industry recruitment is starting to pick up again, but it is not returning to the boom years before the global financial crisis…
30 August 2010
Good politicians learn early in their careers how to turn a backflip into a display of leadership…
23 August 2010
As a recent NSW Supreme Court case shows, restraining former employees from soliciting clients is an issue that doesn’t disappear after the leaving party…
16 August 2010
Globalisation in the past 20 years has enabled systemic risks to spread further and faster than ever before…
09 August 2010
Insurers have been paying commissions to intermediaries for as long as people can remember…
02 August 2010
Though the insurance industry has rightly welcomed the recommendations of the 2009 Victorian Bushfires Royal Commission released at the weekend, actions will speak louder than words…
26 July 2010
Conflicting reports on June insurance renewal rates in the large versus SME segments suggest a two-speed market is in operation, with strong competition favouring…
19 July 2010
In all the thousands of words that have been and will be written and spoken about Frank Earl this week, his vision on the future for brokers, stated more than seven years ago, may be forgotten…
12 July 2010
It’s difficult to shake the feeling that the regulatory net is closing around risk insurance commissions…
05 July 2010
QBE Insurance Group has affirmed its top spot as Australia’s largest general insurer in a recent report by PricewaterhouseCoopers Australia…
28 June 2010
Finally, some proof really is in the pudding…
21 June 2010
QBE’s latest investor update proves that while the insurer may not be bulletproof, it can certainly absorb plenty of heat…
15 June 2010
The problem of uninsured drivers who have no money to pay for damage they cause is again causing debate in the industry…
07 June 2010
Antipodeans who have done the “London thing” will attest to the existence of the “UK hump”, a point when the merits of leaving start to outweigh the benefits of staying…