07 March 2011
The Queensland mining industry will have an estimate of flood losses this quarter, but miners still have legal action under way on insurance claims from the 2007/08 floods that could affect how…
28 February 2011
Allowing consumers to pay insurance premiums fortnightly is again in the sights of Federal Government after the recent floods revived the issue of underinsurance…
21 February 2011
Next year the way brokers are paid will have to change dramatically if the Federal Government gets its way with the Future of Financial Advice reforms…
14 February 2011
With debate in Parliament continuing to rage over the flood levy as independent senator Nick Xenophon pushes for all states to have mandatory insurance safety nets, the issue of…
07 February 2011
Assistant Treasurer Bill Shorten is a man in a hurry. The former union leader and aspiring future prime minister is eager to leave a lasting mark on his new high-profile portfolio…
31 January 2011
It’s a fact of public relations life that the bigger the population centre, the more intense and longer-lasting the media and political interest in a disaster will be…
13 December 2010
The big question on everyone’s lips this week as they sank knee deep in floodwaters across the country was, “Am I covered for this?”…
06 December 2010
Insurers have always been adept at finding solutions to the world’s emerging risks…
29 November 2010
The insurance industry is no longer as cyclic as it used to be, according to Marsh Executive Director Scott Leney…
22 November 2010
For the first time since its birth in the expansive 1990s, the value and probity of the banking/insurance hybrid known as bancassurance is coming in for some serious evaluation…
15 November 2010
Faking a bad case of whiplash might be something many think was popular during the 1980s or ’90s, but in fact it’s still running rife through the regional general insurance industry…
08 November 2010
The general insurance industry escaped the worst ravages of the global financial crisis, Australian Prudential Regulation Authority says in its 2010 annual report…
01 November 2010
The faint strains of the musical Annie were almost detectable at the IAG annual general meeting last week as the company outlined its Asian ambitions and long-term plan to boost its…
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…