Economics Committee Hearings
Committee hearings blog: finished
29 April 2020
And that's it. The hearings are over...
Committee hearings blog: QBE trade credit
29 April 2020
Dr Leigh criticises QBE's cuts to trade credit coverage in the construction sector. There was a partial u-turn, but Dr Leigh asks why the change was necessary...
Committee hearings blog: QBE evidence
29 April 2020
Chairman Tim Wilson asks whether QBE has been through its business to see how it can help customers...
Committee hearings blog: QBE opening
29 April 2020
QBE Australia Pacific CEO Vivek Bhatia is reading an opening statement...
Committee hearings blog: Youpla on children
29 April 2020
Dr Leigh asks if Youpla will "continue to sign up children" if it is granted an AFSL...
Committee hearings blog: Youpla death threats
29 April 2020
Mr Jones says "there were plenty of times when I could have driven into a tree" following the royal commission, and he received death threats...
Committee hearings blog: Youpla future
29 April 2020
Dr Leigh is not happy with the way this is going...
Committee hearings blog: Youpla on funerals
29 April 2020
Mr Simon says he decided to invest in the company after consulting with Aboriginal communities, and appreciating the value of the product...
Committee hearings blog: Youpla opening
29 April 2020
Aboriginal funeral insurer Youpla will now give evidence...
Lunchtime wrap-up: major insurers quizzed on climate
29 April 2020
Lunchtime wrap-up: major insurers quizzed on climate...
Committee hearings blog: IAG on reinsurance
29 April 2020
Mr Bandt asks about climate change and whether IAG's reinsurance costs are increasing...
Committee hearings: IAG on climate
29 April 2020
Dr Leigh is asking about IAG embargoes introduced during and following the bushfires. "Why did you do that?"
Committee hearings blog: IAG opening
29 April 2020
IAG MD Peter Harmer is giving an opening statement, covering off the royal commission, bushfire claims, and COVID-19...
Committee hearings blog: Suncorp on pool
29 April 2020
Mr Wilson asks Mr Dransfield about progress on insurer investigations into a government-backed cyclone reinsurance pool, agreed at a meeting with the Assistant Treasurer in November...
Committee hearings blog: Suncorp on climate
29 April 2020
Adam Bandt is asking whether Mr Dransfield accepts scientific projections that Australia is heading for a 4 degree temperature rise, and what the impact of that would be...
Committee hearings blog: Suncorp on fire definitions
29 April 2020
Dr Leigh asks Suncorp about its definition of fire, with some policies excluding heat, ash, soot and smoke damage...
Committee hearings blog: Suncorp on deferral
29 April 2020
Mr Wilson asks about the six-month premium deferral that Suncorp has offered to struggling SMEs...
Committee hearings blog: Suncorp evidence
29 April 2020
Mr Dransfield says Suncorp has responded to Hayne findings by focusing on culture, risk, vulnerable customers, complaints and key reforms...
Committee hearings blog: Suncorp evidence delayed
29 April 2020
Suncorp is ready to give evidence, but we've been held up by technology problems...
Committee hearings blog: Youi on affordability
29 April 2020
Dr Leigh asks whether we could be heading for a "two-class Australia", with some people able to afford home insurance and others not...