21 September 2015
The Australian Business Roundtable for Disaster Resilience & Safer Communities is to measure the long-term social impact of catastrophes in a framework due for completion early next year…
21 September 2015
The current El Nino is likely to reach its peak at the end of this year, according to the Bureau of Meteorology…
21 September 2015
More than half of the world’s leading insurance companies lack innovation strategies, despite recognising how vital it is to compete with “bold new entrants”, according to a KPMG study…
21 September 2015
Aon Benfield has identified seven key opportunities for insurers over the next five to 10 years, and says the industry must create more relevant products as demand for current ones wanes…
21 September 2015
The Financial Ombudsman Service board says it has implemented all recommendations from an independent review conducted in 2013…
21 September 2015
The environment for insurance mergers and acquisitions remains “hot” and Australia is expected to attract more deals and start-up activity, according to Clyde & Co…
21 September 2015
Cyber attacks are on the rise in New Zealand as more organisations report security breaches, according to the Government Communications Security Bureau…
21 September 2015
Victoria has overtaken NSW to record the most short-term passenger and light commercial vehicle thefts, according to the National Motor Vehicle Theft Reduction Council…
14 September 2015
A jury has found Rural & General Insurance founder Charles Pratten guilty of seven charges of obtaining a financial advantage by deception…
14 September 2015
Global insurance premium totalled $US5 trillion last year, with property and casualty premium accounting for $US1.4 trillion, according to Aon Benfield…
14 September 2015
Concerns have been raised over the potential dangers of flammable cladding on Sydney’s high-rise apartments…
14 September 2015
Brokerages building authorised representative businesses are finding “more than enough” potential recruits from inside the industry, according to Reliance Partners Managing Partner David Wyner…
14 September 2015
Christchurch City Council and its insurer Civic Assurance have entered mediation to resolve the council’s $NZ900 million earthquake insurance claim…
14 September 2015
The Financial Ombudsman Service says its new “fast, efficient and fair” dispute resolution process is working well…
14 September 2015
Australian insurers’ demand for catastrophe models will increase as companies try to gain a competitive edge in the shift to risk-based pricing, reinsurance broker Aon Benfield says…
14 September 2015
Demand for transactional risk insurance is rising in Asia-Pacific as mergers and acquisitions ramp up, according to Marsh…
07 September 2015
General insurance intermediaries invoiced $8.71 billion in premium in the six months to June 30, with all but 17% placed with licensed insurers, according to latest statistics from the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority…
07 September 2015
Large areas of NSW, Victoria, southern Queensland and WA face above-normal bushfire risk this summer, according to the Bushfire and Natural Hazards Co-operative Research Centre…
07 September 2015
Man-made and natural disasters could cost Australia’s six biggest cities $US81.06 billion in GDP over the next decade, according to Lloyd’s…
07 September 2015
Insurers must grasp new opportunities in a rapidly changing world, or risk ending up on the scrapheap, says Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance Australasia President Chris Colahan…