21 May 2018
An update to Australia’s earthquake hazard model has more than halved both the number and annual rate of damaging events the country’s east is thought to suffer, and may lead to a significant reduction in insurance loss estimates…
21 May 2018
Insurance losses from floods in the Hobart region this month have climbed to $27.99 million as the clean-up continues…
21 May 2018
New catastrophe risk modeller Reask has begun operations…
21 May 2018
A much higher percentage of homes were lost within one metre of bushland during bushfires in the NSW town of Tathra than in comparable blazes…
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…