Flood-prone Brisbane suburbs enjoy sharp price growth
21 May 2018
House prices in flood-prone suburbs of Brisbane have outperformed the rest of the city…
21 May 2018
House prices in flood-prone suburbs of Brisbane have outperformed the rest of the city…
21 May 2018
New Zealand’s Earthquake Commission has revised the number of open claims it is working to settle after upgrading its claims management system…
14 May 2018
The insurance industry has criticised the lack of disaster mitigation spending in the new federal budget…
14 May 2018
The construction industry is facing rising risks from more frequent extreme weather events, Gallagher says in a white paper…
14 May 2018
Insurers have been warned against underestimating the gradual increase in natural peril costs due to climate change…
14 May 2018
The Insurance Council of Australia has declared a catastrophe in Hobart following heavy storms on Friday…
14 May 2018
Estimates of insurance losses from three recent natural catastrophes have soared tens of millions of dollars to $147.83 million…
14 May 2018
New Zealand’s Earthquake Commission has received 495 claims for storm-related damage in the first four months of the year…
14 May 2018
Insurance losses from New Zealand storms in early January have reached $NZ34.2 million…
07 May 2018
Marsh says property insurers continue to shy away from catastrophe-exposed risks as they chase profits over growth…
07 May 2018
The industry’s ability to maintain its self-regulation status hinges on producing a “robust and ambitious” code, Insurance Council of Australia CEO Rob Whelan says…
07 May 2018
Research on the effectiveness of external sprinkler systems during bushfires may have consequences for insurance premiums in fire-prone regions…
07 May 2018
An assessment of Australia’s compliance and enforcement systems for the building and construction industry has delivered a damning verdict…
07 May 2018
A report on mental health reforms suggests workers’ compensation premiums be set according to how well a workplace meets an agreed set of benchmarks…
07 May 2018
ANZ will further investigate uses for blockchain in the New Zealand insurance market after completing an early-stage concept test with Suncorp and technology partner IBM…
07 May 2018
A team of New Zealand researchers will use drones to probe White Island’s toxic volcanic cloud, harnessing data that could give early warning of an eruption…
30 April 2018
The general insurance industry has been warned it may suffer from reputational damage caused to the broader financial services sector…
30 April 2018
More than three-quarters of customers stay with their general insurers when policies are up for renewal, a new study reveals…
30 April 2018
It’s “only a matter of time” before Australian businesses follow the US trend and face class actions lawsuits as a result of data breaches, AUB Group has told clients…
30 April 2018
Its investment and banking operations are under fire at the royal commission investigating misconduct within financial services, but ANZ’s general insurance arm has been named by consumer group Choice as the provider of the best home and contents policy…