02 November 2015
The World Wildlife Fund has criticised insurers IAG, QBE and Suncorp for not meeting international benchmarks for disclosure about the impact of global warming and for failing to advocate stronger action on climate change…
02 November 2015
New insurers are “cherry-picking” the best clients, according to an industry expert…
02 November 2015
The Financial Ombudsman Service says 188 consumers are still awaiting compensation despite rulings in their favour…
02 November 2015
About half of the 8500 homeowners shortlisted for increased liquefaction vulnerability payouts in Canterbury will receive compensation…
02 November 2015
Port Stephens Council in NSW says its new floodplain policy and mapping should help reduce unnecessarily high flood insurance premiums paid by some residents…
02 November 2015
Almost 80% of Australians own at least one smartphone, according to a Deloitte survey…
02 November 2015
The rate of workplace deaths in Australia has been in steady decline for the past decade, according to a new report…
26 October 2015
The Bushfire and Natural Hazards Co-operative Research Centre is preparing to update its outlook for southern Australia as conditions continue to deteriorate…
26 October 2015
Australian companies risk falling further behind counterparts in other industrialised economies if they continue to lag in risk management, according to an Ernst & Young global survey…
26 October 2015
More than 400 apartment owners in Melbourne have been ordered to replace non-compliant external cladding after a devastating fire hit their building last November…
26 October 2015
Bundaberg will get a 10-year flood action plan on the completion of a new flood study, the Queensland Government says…
26 October 2015
The Insurance Brokers Code of Practice’s Code Compliance Committee has a busy year ahead, according to its latest annual report…
26 October 2015
A paper by US telecommunications giant Verizon highlights the importance of cultural change as a precondition for successfully implementing digital strategies in insurance companies…
26 October 2015
The number of disputes lodged with the Financial Ombudsman Service increased 1% to 31,895 last financial year…
26 October 2015
Extensive flooding on the lower North Island and the west coast of the South Island in June cost insurers $NZ50 million, bringing the year’s disaster total to $NZ113 million, according to the Insurance Council of New Zealand…
19 October 2015
Federal backbencher Warren Entsch has fired another broadside at the insurance industry, accusing it of ignoring the “insurance crisis in northern Australia”…
19 October 2015
With the exception of the health sector, major insurers are unlikely to jump on the comparison website bandwagon any time soon, according to analysts…
19 October 2015
While the El Nino weather effect is expected to increase the incidence of drought and bushfires in Australia this summer, it may have one positive effect – by lowering the number of tropical cyclones crossing the coast…
19 October 2015
The Australian Business Roundtable for Disaster Resilience & Safer Communities has again called on the country to invest more in mitigation before what is expected to be a severe bushfire season…
19 October 2015
The sheer magnitude of rainfall, not man-made features, caused the floods in the Lockyer Valley in southeast Queensland that killed 12 people and destroyed more than 50 homes, a commission of inquiry has found…