Dear readers,

This is the final week of our insuranceNEWS.com.au service for 2021. The Daily news will continue until Friday, resuming on January 17. Of course, any important events that may occur during the break will be covered by our Breaking News service.

This has been a tough year for everyone involved in the insurance industry, with so many external pressures having to be balanced against the need to keep the industry functioning at all times. For our part, I’m proud that insuranceNEWS.com.au published every working day, keeping professionals informed on the extraordinary challenges being juggled by the insurance industry.

I’d like to thank our very talented team of journalists and support staff, who have worked tirelessly to keep the news flowing out to our readers. And there has been a lot of news!

Including today’s bulletin, this year we have published nearly 2700 articles on a vast range of insurance-related subjects, and 19 Breaking News bulletins.

The value our readers from a bewildering array of professions and specialties place in insuranceNEWS.com.au is reflected in the figures. Since February 1 we have recorded 6,895,269 pageviews from 923,172 individuals who made 2,138,454 visits.

Today insuranceNEWS.com.au has more than 29,500 online subscribers, supplemented by 46,360 followers on LinkedIn and several thousand more on other social media channels.

None of this would be possible without our advertisers, and I’d like to thank them for their unswerving support during the year. Please support them in the same positive spirit.

The team at insuranceNEWS.com.au join me in wishing you all the very best for the festive season. Be happy and stay safe.

Terry McMullan