This is the last Monday edition of insuranceNEWS.com.au for 2018. The Daily service will continue until Friday.

We will return on Monday February 4, although our Breaking News service will remain in action to report any major developments in the industry during the summer break.

Since January 1 we have published 2260 articles online, 34 of them Breaking News. This doesn’t include 251 live blog posts from the royal commission during September.

Up to noon today the insuranceNEWS.com.au website has hosted 961,280 visits this year from 404,386 individuals. The number of total page views for the year is currently 2,754,958.

Please remember that we wouldn’t be able to provide this service without our advertisers, who are our sole source of revenue. They deserve your support. Thank you also to all our readers, especially those whose feedback, news tips and comments are greatly appreciated.

The team at insuranceNEWS.com.au join me in wishing our readers everywhere a safe and happy festive season.

Terry McMullan

Publisher