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...