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EML loses sole agency as icare appoints more insurers
28 November 2019
Insurance and Care NSW (icare) will give larger clients the option of working with three additional workers’ compensation claims management agents, to enhance “choice and flexibility”...
Grinners: Suncorp wins big at NZ awards night
28 November 2019
Suncorp had a lot to celebrate at the annual New Zealand insurance awards in Auckland last night...
Why Suncorp doesn’t support a reinsurance pool
27 November 2019
Suncorp has outlined the thinking behind its “long-held and well-documented concerns” over a proposed government-backed cyclone reinsurance pool for northern Australia...
Industry keeps up pressure to axe insurance taxes
27 November 2019
Taxes on insurance are counter-productive and must be abolished, the Insurance Council of Australia says, as it again urges governments to do away with the “regressive” system...
SIRA seeks answers on surging workers' comp costs
27 November 2019
The Friday deadline is looming for submissions to the NSW State Insurance Regulatory Authority review of soaring healthcare costs affecting the state’s workers’ compensation and compulsory third party schemes...
Insurer must pay claimant who did not disclose criminal past
26 November 2019
The Australian Financial Complaints Authority has ruled an insurer has no grounds to decline a home insurance claim because the complainant did not reveal her partner, who is the co-policyholder, has a criminal record...
QBE appoints IAG executive as Chief Underwriting Officer
26 November 2019
IAG executive Phuong Ly will move to QBE in February as Chief Underwriting Officer, Australia Pacific...
Bushfire conditions set to persist
26 November 2019
A weather system that exacerbates drought and bushfire conditions is set to hang around longer than usual, the Bureau of Meteorology warns...
icare workers' comp scheme reports $876 million loss
22 November 2019
NSW state-owned icare has reported a $876 million net loss for its workers' compensation Nominal Insurer scheme last financial year amid rising medical costs and falling bond yields...
NIBA backs cyclone reinsurance pool review
22 November 2019
The National Insurance Brokers Association has welcomed an agreement between the Federal Government and insurers to investigate the feasibility of a cyclone reinsurance pool...
CCI fallout mounts as ANZ, Westpac face new class actions
22 November 2019
The aftermath of Australia’s major lenders selling near-worthless insurance over many years has deepened, with ANZ and Westpac hit by new class actions just days after NAB agreed to almost $50 million in compensation to customers...
Austbrokers' Nigel Thomas to depart AUB Group
21 November 2019
Austbrokers Divisional Chief Executive Nigel Thomas will depart AUB Group effective next month after his position was made redundant...
NAB capitulates: bank agrees to pay $50m CCI award
21 November 2019
The Hayne royal commission has notched up a class action win for the first time after NAB agreed to pay $49.5 million to settle a group claim over “junk” credit card and personal loan insurance...
Lloyd's unveils #SpeakUp culture campaign
21 November 2019
Lloyd’s has initiated a new campaign to counter unacceptable behaviour in the market and accelerate a culture of integrity, respect and inclusion across its market...
InterRisk MD Phil Kearns departs amid AUB reforms
20 November 2019
AUB-owned broking firm InterRisk has appointed an interim MD to take over from Phil Kearns, who has left the role this week as the group undertakes wider reforms...
Sukkar tells Queensland to axe insurance tax
20 November 2019
Federal Assistant Treasurer Michael Sukkar has called on the Queensland Government to abolish stamp duty on insurance policies to counter rising premium prices in the state’s north...
IAG to buy NRMA’s car repair business
20 November 2019
IAG announced today it has an in-principle agreement to acquire MotorServe, the motor vehicle repair specialist owned by NSW-based National Roads and Motorists’ Association (NRMA)...
Winds of change: insurers think again on reinsurance pool
19 November 2019
Did the insurance industry really agree on Friday to help investigate a government-funded cyclone reinsurance pool – something it’s been fighting against for years?
Losses mount as Queensland hailstorm added to catastrophes list
19 November 2019
Insured losses from the Sunshine Coast hailstorm have risen to at least $60 million from 7500 claims, the Insurance Council of Australia says in an update today...
CommInsure pleads guilty to hawking, refunds $12 million
19 November 2019
CommInsure pleaded guilty today in a Sydney court to 87 counts of hawking and is refunding more than $12 million to customers who were incorrectly sold life insurance products...