18 May 2009
Victorian and NSW policyholders have been belted with yet another rise in the fire services levy, pushing up the cost of their premiums and further increasing the risk of underinsurance...
11 May 2009
A turbulent period in the life of Australia’s insurance industry was remembered last month with the appointment of a provisional liquidator to Transpacific Insurance Corporation...
04 May 2009
A 45% slump in global shipping trade in the final quarter of last year had a resounding effect on all major shipping ports...
27 April 2009
Damage to brand and image is the number one risk to business, according to Aon’s 2008/09 Australasian Risk Management Benchmarking Survey...
20 April 2009
New risks are always emerging, with some having the potential to significantly change the way insurance is written...
06 April 2009
Most would agree the Federal Government’s proposed emissions trading scheme is a positive step towards mitigating the effects of climate change...
30 March 2009
Premium rises in the general insurance market are patchy...
23 March 2009
Last week Richard Ward was on his first visit to the region as CEO of Lloyd’s...
16 March 2009
Regulation of financial services tends to swing like a pendulum. Effective new regulation happens in the bottom one-third of the pendulum’s swing...
09 March 2009
AIG Chairman and CEO Edward Liddy provided an interesting insight as the company gratefully caught hold of another US Government lifeline last week...
02 March 2009
US insurance giant AIG is about to post its fifth straight quarterly deficit – and the largest quarterly loss in US corporate history...
23 February 2009
Clearly, Australia’s general insurance industry is rising to the occasion in its support of clients affected by the Victorian bushfires, as well as the flooding in Queensland and New South Wales...
16 February 2009
Large insurance companies do the big things well. It’s usually the little things – the stray claim, the silly decision that seemed like the best idea at the time – that let them down...
09 February 2009
A cursory glance of the daily headlines would have you believe the local insurance industry is on the skids...
02 February 2009
The confirmation from NIBA’s latest market conditions survey that the commercial market is turning up was hardly a surprise...
15 December 2008
Swiss Re has forecast gloomy economic conditions will linger for another two years, but expects the ongoing financial crisis to provide a shot in the arm for premium rates...
08 December 2008
Trust in the insurance industry is at an abysmal level as the global financial crisis sets in, prompting concerns this will affect investment and boost underinsurance levels...
01 December 2008
With well over 100 acquisitions to its name over the past 25 years, the ever-acquisitive QBE doesn’t sit still for long...
24 November 2008
The global financial crisis has helped spur demand for reinsurance as insurers face the twin fronts of increased severe weather activity and declining investment income...
17 November 2008
Mini-budgets are all too often conceived in haste with much fumbling in dark corners...