19 February 2018
The Consumer Action Law Centre is stepping up its campaign for unfair contract term provisions to be extended to insurance, ahead of expected consultations on possible changes this year…
19 February 2018
The number of reported fraud incidents in Australia plummeted 40% last year, declining for the first time in several years, according to a KPMG Forensic report…
19 February 2018
New Zealand insurers paid an average of $NZ7 million a day in claims last year, the Insurance Council of New Zealand says…
19 February 2018
New Zealand’s Earthquake Commission is co-sponsoring a research project on tsunami risks in the city of Porirua north of Wellington…
19 February 2018
Chief risk officers will take centre stage as cyber threats are increasingly considered “key operational risks” rather than “information technology risks”, according to Aon…
12 February 2018
Consumer group Choice has asked the royal commission into financial services to examine claims denials and to compel insurers to disclose more information around premiums…
12 February 2018
The National Insurance Brokers Association (NIBA) says stamp duty relief could be offered in northern Queensland to ease the impact of higher insurance costs…
12 February 2018
Australia must improve road quality, 4G broadband reach and availability of electric charging stations in preparation for driverless vehicles, business consulting group KPMG says…
12 February 2018
New Zealand’s Earthquake Commission is urging homeowners affected by recent storms to lodge their claims soon…
12 February 2018
The National Motor Vehicle Theft Reduction Council has added ANCAP safety ratings to its risk rating system, so car buyers can make more informed decisions…
05 February 2018
Premiums will rise and underlying profitability should improve in domestic and commercial classes in coming years, according to the latest General Insurance Barometer from JP Morgan and Taylor Fry…
05 February 2018
IAG has again pushed the benefits of mitigation in a submission to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission’s inquiry into insurance in the country’s north…
05 February 2018
A weak La Nina weather system has most likely reached its peak in recent weeks and is likely to end in autumn, according to the Bureau of Meteorology…
05 February 2018
Too many Australian businesses have their “heads in the sand” when it comes to cyber dangers, according to Aon…
05 February 2018
Severe storms that hit parts of regional Victoria and Melbourne on December 19 caused insured losses of $378 million…
05 February 2018
New Zealand insurers expect an influx of claims running into millions of dollars after powerful storms hit the country last week…
05 February 2018
Driverless vehicles will have the capacity to source vast amounts of data about passengers through cameras, audio files and location tracking, leaving them exposed to commercial exploitation, researcher Nicholas Camac says…
29 January 2018
Insuring property in northern Australia has always been expensive and challenging for insurers, and no amount of finger-pointing by residents and politicians is going to change that fact…
29 January 2018
Treasury will consider requiring previous-year premiums to be displayed on renewal notices and other transparency measures as part of its response to the Northern Australia Insurance Premiums Taskforce and last year’s Senate inquiry…
29 January 2018
The Insurance Council of Australia has collaborated with Engineers Australia and Fire Protection Association Australia on a protocol to identify and address inappropriate use of aluminium composite panels…