EQC moves forward with liquefaction settlements
02 November 2015
About half of the 8500 homeowners shortlisted for increased liquefaction vulnerability payouts in Canterbury will receive compensation…
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NSW council hopes flood mapping cuts premiums
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…
Australians embrace smartphone technology, study shows
02 November 2015
Almost 80% of Australians own at least one smartphone, according to a Deloitte survey…
Workplace fatality rate continues to fall
02 November 2015
The rate of workplace deaths in Australia has been in steady decline for the past decade, according to a new report…
Bushfire outlook worsens
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…
Australian businesses fall behind on risk monitoring
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…
Lacrosse owners ordered to replace flammable cladding
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…
Bundaberg to get 10-year flood plan
26 October 2015
Bundaberg will get a 10-year flood action plan on the completion of a new flood study, the Queensland Government says…
Brokers’ compliance committee sets out year of activity
26 October 2015
The Insurance Brokers Code of Practice’s Code Compliance Committee has a busy year ahead, according to its latest annual report…
Digital future for insurance ‘is not just about technology’
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…
General insurance disputes rise
26 October 2015
The number of disputes lodged with the Financial Ombudsman Service increased 1% to 31,895 last financial year…
June storms cost NZ insurers $46 million
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…
Entsch slams ‘misleading, disruptive’ ICA
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”…
Majors in no rush to join comparison sites
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…
El Nino has an upside
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…
Roundtable renews push for disaster mitigation
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…
Quarry cleared over deadly Grantham floods
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…
Cool Indian Ocean reinforces El Nino
12 October 2015
The Bureau of Meteorology has issued an extraordinary update, putting state emergency services and control centres “on full guard” due to cooling in the Indian Ocean that will exacerbate El Nino’s impact…
North Queensland comparator reveals search figures
12 October 2015
The Federal Government’s North Queensland Home Insurance comparison website attracted 4700 users who conducted 6275 sessions in the first six months of operation, figures prepared for insuranceNEWS.com.au reveal…
FOS hails its fast-track resolution process
12 October 2015
The Financial Ombudsman Service says its new fast-track dispute resolution process is delivering in the general insurance sector…