27 November 2017
While southeast Queensland and north NSW have had their seasonal bushfire risk downgraded to “normal” due to heavy rainfall, southern regions have not been so lucky, according to the Southern Australia Seasonal Bushfire Outlook’s November update…
27 November 2017
Research from Diversity Council Australia and Suncorp shines a light on discrimination in the workplace and shows employees in diverse teams are more likely to be effective…
27 November 2017
Suncorp-owned specialist insurer Shannons has topped Roy Morgan’s annual comprehensive car insurance satisfaction survey…
27 November 2017
New Zealand brokers should spend more time nurturing young, new and smaller clients to develop valuable long-term relationships, according to Vero’s final SME Insurance Index report for the year…
27 November 2017
“Hit in the rear” collisions have dominated motor claims in Victoria and NSW over the past three years, according to new data from Allianz…
27 November 2017
The Insurance Council of New Zealand says the country’s SMEs lag their Australian counterparts in taking up cyber protection…
20 November 2017
Insurance industry profits may be on course for a sustained improvement after surging 25% to $4.85 billion last financial year, according to a KPMG report…
20 November 2017
General insurers recorded gross earned premium of $45.3 billion for the year to September 30, according to the latest Australian Prudential Regulation Authority statistics…
20 November 2017
Northern Australians who face rising insurance premiums can air their grievances in public forums hosted by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission…
20 November 2017
There remains a 50% chance of a La Nina weather event developing this summer, but experts believe it would not bring the increased rainfall usually associated with it…
20 November 2017
Ten Australian companies and three from New Zealand have made it onto the fourth annual Fintech 100 list…
20 November 2017
Silicon Valley’s Peloton Technology will test its “truck platooning” systems in Australia in the “near-term”, potentially revolutionising the road freight sector…
13 November 2017
The General Insurance Code of Practice may be strengthened with standards to improve outcomes for vulnerable consumers and victims of family violence, under priority areas identified in an interim report…
13 November 2017
Insurers have welcomed Queensland Labor’s $20 million pledge to improve cyclone resilience for older homes in the state’s north if re-elected on November 25…
13 November 2017
The general insurance industry has recorded an annual after-tax net profit of about $3.92 billion, according to a calculation based on latest statistics released by the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority…
13 November 2017
Financial services incumbents face a two-pronged assault from regulation and disruption, Suncorp CFO Steve Johnston says…
13 November 2017
The number of fintechs has more than doubled since 2015 to about 600 and revenue is rising, indicating the sector is maturing, according to the latest EY Fintech Australia Census…
13 November 2017
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority has released the first edition of its General Insurance Claims Development Statistics…
13 November 2017
A wide range of speakers gave the 340 participants at the Insurance Council of New Zealand conference in Auckland last week plenty to think about…
13 November 2017
Perth-based insurer RAC’s comprehensive car insurance policy has topped a Choice ranking, and is among only six comprehensive offerings the consumer advocate recommends from 34 tested…