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…
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…
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…
12 October 2015
The Financial Ombudsman Service says its new fast-track dispute resolution process is delivering in the general insurance sector…
12 October 2015
The NSW Government is considering mandatory insurance for cyclists, along with other proposals to improve road safety…
12 October 2015
Disruption was the theme of Aon’s 11th Advanced Risk Finance Conference in Melbourne last week…
12 October 2015
New Zealand organisations’ confidence in their information security measures is falling, according to a PricewaterhouseCoopers study…
12 October 2015
It didn’t rain enough at Monte Carlo during the September Reinsurance Rendezvous, putting paid to the hopes of industry heavyweights who were following the old dictum that when it rains during the event, the market will turn…
05 October 2015
The Indian Ocean Dipole has moved into a positive phase, increasing fears of a severe bushfire season…
05 October 2015
The Bushfire and Natural Hazards Co-operative Research Centre has welcomed proposals from the NSW Coroner’s Court on ways to better manage bushfires…
05 October 2015
Insurers are well placed to manage climate change risks and government meddling will only increase the cost burden on consumers, the Insurance Council of Australia says…
05 October 2015
Aon Benfield Asia-Pacific CEO Malcolm Steingold says the industry must “pivot towards emerging risks”…
05 October 2015
New Zealand’s Earthquake Commission hopes to begin telling homeowners whether their properties have suffered from increased liquefaction vulnerability before the end of this month…
05 October 2015
Australian insurers trail their counterparts in the US and China when it comes to placing lead exclusions on policies, according to Gen Re…
05 October 2015
Every employer should adopt a safe vehicle fleet policy to reduce staff injuries and deaths, according to IAG Personal Insurance CEO Andy Cornish…
28 September 2015
Many employers fail to act on heat-related workplace injuries because they lack awareness of the issue, a study by the University of Adelaide shows…
28 September 2015
QBE has seen off a union push to place a company’s workers’ compensation policy with a scheme run by the Electrical Trades Union…
28 September 2015
New Zealand’s various fire service groups are to be brought into a unified national structure – but funding will still be mainly through a levy on insurance premiums…