05 February 2024
The Insurance Council of Australia says it has significant concerns about businesses that purport to offer a smooth and cost-free insurance claim experience for not-at-fault drivers...
05 February 2024
CHU Strata Insurance, Strata Community Insurance and Strata Unit Underwriters retained their top spots in an annual ranking by StrataRatings, with their products receiving platinum honours in the residential and commercial space...
18 December 2023
It’s been another fascinating and thought-provoking year in insurance, and you can click through to today’s Analysis article to remind yourself of some of the most popular stories of 2023...
18 December 2023
Suncorp has received more than 500 claims related to tropical cyclone Jasper as the Bureau of Meteorology says “unprecedented rainfall” is leading to widespread flooding across North Queensland after the category two storm made landfall last week...
18 December 2023
The Insurance Council of New Zealand says insurers have fully settled about 87% of all private insurance claims relating to Cyclone Gabrielle and the North Island floods...
18 December 2023
It’s that time of year when we recognise the top influencers and influences in insurance. The December/January issue of Insurance News magazine presents our considered, if not scientific, summary of this year’s movers and shakers...
18 December 2023
Australia can expect a jump in climate litigation cases next year, Clyde & Co has predicted...
18 December 2023
The Australian Finance Industry Association says Arteva and QPR have become Insurance Premium Funding Code of Practice members following an accreditation process...
18 December 2023
Extreme laboratory testing on an 84-year-old bridge at the University of Auckland has provided promising insights for key infrastructure across New Zealand...
11 December 2023
Tropical Cyclone Jasper is expected to cross the northern Queensland coast on Wednesday bringing gale-force winds, heavy rainfall and the risk of flash flooding...
11 December 2023
IAG says Australian communities and systems are nearing a “tipping point” where the capacity for community resilience may be diminished by increasing natural disaster risk, as it calls for state and federal entities to give more consideration to land planning decisions...
11 December 2023
The positive Indian Ocean Dipole, which contributes to dry weather in eastern Australia, is likely past its peak, while an El Nino event is continuing in the Pacific, the Bureau of Meteorology says in a climate driver update...
11 December 2023
The Insurance Council of Australia has flagged a “concerning trend” of non-insurance amongst travellers following a new survey, which found more Australians were travelling without adequate protections...
04 December 2023
Flood events accounted for more than 54% of losses from declared insurance events in the last five years despite only a small percentage of properties known to be at risk, the Insurance Council of Australia (ICA) says in a submission to a parliamentary inquiry...
04 December 2023
Severe storms and flooding in southern and eastern Australia over the past week have triggered thousands of claims across a swathe of the country...
04 December 2023
The Bureau of Meteorology says a tropical cyclone has a high chance of forming near the Solomon Islands and could move close to the Queensland coast next week...
04 December 2023
Large areas of Queensland, NSW and the NT are at increased risk of summer bushfires after above average August to October maximum temperatures...
04 December 2023
Toka Tu Ake EQC has awarded more than $NZ1.2 million to 14 research teams as part of its Biennial Grants round...
27 November 2023
Stamp duty reforms must be undertaken as part of measures to improve affordability and resilience, Insurance Council of Australia CEO Andrew Hall has told the National Press Club in Canberra...
27 November 2023
A caravan park near Tamworth that was part of the first covid-related business interruption test case on exclusions citing the Quarantine Act will have its claim paid after the Australian Financial Complaints Authority ruled in its favour on other parts of the cover...