Christchurch counts cost after deadly fire
20 February 2017
More than 1000 people were evacuated and 11 homes destroyed as a bushfire burned more than 1800 hectares of land close to Christchurch last week…
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In Insurance News (the magazine) this issue
20 February 2017
Where is the Australian insurance market headed in the next 12 months? That’s the big question tackled by the latest edition of Insurance News (the magazine), which will be arriving in subscribers’ mailboxes over the next week…
ICA monitors NSW bushfire damage
13 February 2017
The Insurance Council of Australia is monitoring damage in regional NSW after more than 120 bushfires swept through rural areas following last week’s prolonged heatwave…
Choice names its top performers in personal lines
13 February 2017
SA-based insurer RAA is the most trusted personal lines insurer in Australia, according to a survey of nearly 3000 people by consumer advocate Choice…
General insurers fall short on disputes: FOS
13 February 2017
General insurance companies are increasingly failing to resolve disputes within the 45-day registration and referral timeframe set by the Financial Ombudsman Service…
Data reveals insurers’ political donations
13 February 2017
The Insurance Council of Australia and leading insurers are among the financial services players that made political donations last financial year, according to the Australian Electoral Commission…
Canterbury claims payouts top $2.5 billion for 2016
13 February 2017
Private insurers paid nearly $NZ2.7 billion last year to settle commercial and residential claims from the Canterbury earthquakes of 2010/11…
Green is the new black for car thieves
13 February 2017
Professional car thieves have colour preferences when choosing their targets, according to a new study by the National Motor Vehicle Theft Reduction Council…
Premiums tipped to rise as commercial markets turn
06 February 2017
Insurance premiums are forecast to rise this year, with gains in domestic and commercial classes, according to the latest JP Morgan Taylor Fry General Insurance Barometer…
Softness persists amid pockets of improvement: Morgan Stanley
06 February 2017
Insurers must stay on their toes to survive amid the “prolonged soft cycle” that has defined the industry in recent years, according to a Morgan Stanley report…
Tread carefully Australia, says Marsh political risk report
06 February 2017
Australia must tread carefully as the Trump presidency signals a more assertive foreign policy, Marsh says…
Price campaign claims major discounts
06 February 2017
“Consumer champion” One Big Switch has teamed up with Woolworths Insurance to conclude its latest insurance camp…
Victoria probes leaky apartments ‘crisis’
06 February 2017
The Victorian Building Authority is investigating a growing number of complaints about leaky apartment buildings…
Smaller insurance operators high on confidence
06 February 2017
Confidence among SMEs in the insurance and finance industry has surged 31 points to +71 on December’s Sensis Business Index – one of the strongest levels recorded…
Kaikoura quake business claims pass $NZ900 million
06 February 2017
New Zealand private insurers have received business claims valued at more than $NZ900 million from November’s Kaikoura earthquake…
Rates soften further at January renewals: Willis Re
30 January 2017
Most lines of casualty reinsurance business in Australia continue to soften, and buyers and reinsurers are increasingly prepared to disengage if parties can’t reach mutually beneficial terms, according to a Willis Re report on the crucial January 1 renewal season…
Flood-hit Roma to bolster defences
30 January 2017
Suncorp has hailed a decision by the central Queensland town of Roma to proceed with stage two of its flood mitigation project…
Industry takes on Canberra over mitigation delay
30 January 2017
The insurance industry has criticised the Federal Government for failing to implement proposals for increased disaster mitigation spending…
Tighter Vic laws could slow car theft rise
30 January 2017
The National Motor Vehicle Theft Reduction Council hopes a planned tightening of Victoria’s bail laws will also help slow the rise of passenger and light commercial vehicle thefts…
States test new ways of cutting bushfire risk
30 January 2017
Trials have begun in NSW, Victoria and WA to develop new ways of preventing and fighting bushfires…