El Nino fears recede as Pacific cools
21 July 2014
Fears an El Nino system could bring dry weather and increased bushfire risks this summer have eased, based on the latest outlook from the Bureau of Meteorology…
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University joins Suncorp in cyclone resilience project
21 July 2014
Suncorp has joined forces with James Cook University to study what makes houses resilient to cyclone damage…
Big Data, bespoke services ‘key to insurers’ success’
21 July 2014
The successful insurers of the future will be those that harness Big Data to provide a personalised service, new research suggests…
Businesses call for disaster data platform
21 July 2014
The Australian Business Roundtable for Disaster Resilience & Safer Communities has called on the Federal Government to develop a national open platform for critical data on disasters…
Queensland businesses underinsure as premiums spiral
21 July 2014
One in eight Queensland small businesses are underinsured because of high premiums, and more than half say soaring insurance costs have cut their profitability…
Workplace death toll falls further
21 July 2014
Workplaces fatalities fell to an 11-year low of 191 last year, down 16% on 2012, according to a new Safe Work Australia report…
Pratten freed, retrial ordered
14 July 2014
Rural & General Insurance founder Charles Pratten is free after the NSW Court of Criminal Appeal quashed his convictions over tax fraud and ordered a retrial…
ICA backs cyclone inspection program
14 July 2014
The Insurance Council of Australia has called for independent engineering inspections of strata title properties in north Queensland, to improve cyclone resilience…
Reinsurers, insurers join Wivenhoe class action
14 July 2014
Insurers have joined a class action that is seeking hundreds of millions of dollars for more than 4000 victims of the January 2011 Brisbane floods…
Insurers losing digital race: PWC
14 July 2014
General insurers are taking too long to develop products and communication methods suited to the digital world, and risk having their markets eroded by tech-savvy new entrants…
NZ storm losses hit $72 million in first half
14 July 2014
Insured storm damage in New Zealand totalled $NZ76.9 million ($72 million) in the first half of this year, according to the Insurance Council of New Zealand…
FOS looks to widen its scope
14 July 2014
The Financial Ombudsman Service wants to restore its oversight of small business insurance broking disputes…
Prices drop on NZ corporate property
14 July 2014
A softer global reinsurance market and owners’ efforts to mitigate earthquake risk have led to rate reductions for corporate property, according to Marsh New Zealand…
Medical indemnity claims stable
14 July 2014
Medical indemnity claims against private health sector providers were steady in 2012/13, while public sector claims dropped significantly…
EQC passes contents claim milestone
14 July 2014
New Zealand’s Earthquake Commission has paid out more than $NZ500 million ($468.42 million) in contents claims arising from the Canterbury earthquakes…
Fels turns fire on insurers
07 July 2014
Victorian Fire Services Levy Monitor Allan Fels has launched a stinging attack on the insurance industry, urging it to become more competitive and transparent…
Queensland continues to snub car theft program
07 July 2014
Queensland is set to reject a request from the National Motor Vehicle Theft Reduction Council to resume funding the body, insuranceNEWS.com.au can reveal…
ICA unveils revised code
07 July 2014
A new independent committee can audit and publicly name non-compliant insurers under the revised General Insurance Code of Practice, launched last week…
LMI to expand ClaimsComparison
07 July 2014
LMI Group is to expand its website comparing insurers’ claims services, adding more than 20 classes including business interruption, directors’ and officers’, industrial special…
Tax advice PI requirements ‘won’t hit insurers’
07 July 2014
A Tax Practitioners Board rule that advisers giving tax advice need at least $2 million of professional indemnity cover for any one claim is expected to have little impact on insurers…