Queensland braces for ‘destructive’ Debbie
27 March 2017
Tropical Cyclone Debbie is on course to make landfall in Queensland tomorrow, as the state braces for what could be its biggest storm since Yasi in 2011…
Local
Appeal court extends Pratten’s sentence
27 March 2017
Former Sydney insurance broker Charles Pratten has been given an extended prison sentence for tax evasion and breaching a restraining order, and will now be eligible for parole from October 2019…
Fels links home policy prices to market failure
27 March 2017
NSW Emergency Services Levy Insurance Monitor Allan Fels has attracted industry criticism after saying wide price differences for home cover suggest competition is deficient and providers are making it difficult for consumers to compare policies…
Email attacks dominate SME cyber breaches
27 March 2017
Phishing or email scams account for more than half of cyber attacks suffered by Australian SMEs, according to a survey by cyber-security group Symantec…
Large Kaikoura aftershock still possible
27 March 2017
A major aftershock following last year’s Kaikoura earthquake remains “well within the probabilities”, according to modelling by New Zealand’s GeoNet…
Road safety strategy is failing: campaigners
27 March 2017
More funding is needed to combat road trauma, with an average of 25 deaths and 700 serious injuries occurring in Australia each week, the Australasian College of Road Safety says…
ABS reveals freight load figures
27 March 2017
Articulated trucks carry most of Australia’s road freight despite accounting for only 5% of all registered freight vehicles, according to Australian Bureau of Statistics figures…
Clarification:
27 March 2017
An article in last week’s bulletin said CGU is offering a 25% home insurance discount via a partnership with online mortgage marketplace HashChing. The rebate is provided by HashChing…
Insurers’ courtship of fintechs continues
20 March 2017
Insurers are increasingly partnering with fintechs to add value for customers and buy time to invest in their own innovations, according to an Australian and New Zealand Institute of Insurance and Finance expert…
Employees pose main cyber threat, companies warned
20 March 2017
Australian companies facing tougher privacy laws have been warned employee actions account for two-thirds of cyber breaches worldwide…
SES warns of flood risk in Sydney renewal plan
20 March 2017
Thousands of proposed new homes under consideration in Sydney’s Bayside West Precincts urban renewal project are vulnerable to flooding, according to the NSW State Emergency Service…
NSW fire conditions ‘worst on record’
20 March 2017
The summer’s NSW bushfire conditions were the worst on record, as temperature records also tumbled…
Kaikoura reinsurance claims estimated at $NZ694 million
20 March 2017
Reinsurance claims from the Kaikoura earthquake have reached $NZ694 million, according to provisional estimates by insurance companies, Statistics New Zealand says…
Climate models point to another El Nino
20 March 2017
International modelling and warm sea temperatures suggest an El Nino system will develop this year, according to the Bureau of Meteorology…
Angry summers ‘pose threat to economy, energy supply’
13 March 2017
The Climate Council says Australia’s increasingly hot summers pose a serious threat to critical infrastructure, and has again called for the urgent uptake of renewable energy…
Property lines price slide near the bottom, says Aon
13 March 2017
The pricing slide in property lines may be bottoming out as rate reductions have slowed in the last three quarters, Aon Australia says in its latest market update report…
Researcher studies attitudes and understanding in cyclone zones
13 March 2017
Do low-income earners who move to cities and towns in cyclone zones understand the risks? And if they do, what level of protection can they afford?…
Scammers pose as insurance assessors
13 March 2017
Con artists posing as insurance company assessors are targeting vulnerable Sydney residents affected by last month’s hailstorms…
Australians urged to collaborate over cyber risks
13 March 2017
A risk expert has called for increased collaboration between the insurance industry and a range of parties to counter Australia’s increasing vulnerability to cyber risks…
Ice contamination worries NZ insurer
13 March 2017
IAG New Zealand says cases of contamination as a result of methamphetamine being produced in private homes are rising fast, and confusion over cover is causing problems for landlords…