17 February 2014
Premium rates for Australian corporate buyers fell by an average of 10% in the fourth quarter of last year as new capital flowing into reinsurance markets fuelled competition, according to Marsh…
17 February 2014
A new report claims there is a 75% chance of El Nino conditions late this year, with experts warning of an increased fire risk for Australia…
17 February 2014
RACV insurance has received 87 claims relating to recent Victorian bushfires – including three total losses…
17 February 2014
Insurers have paid more than $NZ10 billion ($9.29 billion) on claims arising from the 2011 Canterbury earthquakes, the Insurance Council of New Zealand says…
17 February 2014
Why did IAG outbid the local market to win Wesfarmers’ underwriting operations? You’ll find all the answers in the latest edition of Insurance News (the magazine)…
10 February 2014
The Insurance Council of Australia has approved a revised General Insurance Code of Practice that will take full effect by July next year…
10 February 2014
Australian insurers face weaker growth prospects this year, with commercial lines premiums forecast to be flat, according to the latest JP Morgan/Taylor Fry General Insurance Barometer…
10 February 2014
Insurance companies are monitoring the impact of dozens of bushfires that swept across Victoria at the weekend, according to the Insurance Council of Australia…
10 February 2014
Australian floods feature in a new catastrophe modelling tool that uses open-source software to cut costs and improve data access…
10 February 2014
Three years after the Canterbury earthquakes New Zealand leads the world in research on land damage from liquefaction, a Risk Management Solutions seminar has heard…
10 February 2014
Moody’s Investors Service expects to maintain the ratings of insurers offering lenders’ mortgage insurance over the next year…
10 February 2014
A cyclone testing station in Townsville has improved its monitoring and study capacity by adding portable meters, a Risk Management Solutions catastrophe modelling seminar has heard…
03 February 2014
Insurers will soon gain access to a national database mapping a wide range of natural disaster risks…
03 February 2014
Company directors, their insurers and brokers face further uncertainty about whether directors’ and officers’ policies provide guaranteed access to defence costs, with a crucial Australian case…
03 February 2014
The Insurance Council of Australia is continuing to monitor cyclone activity after Ex-Cyclone Dylan hit Queensland on Friday…
03 February 2014
The number of disputes received by the Financial Ombudsman Service in the December quarter was down 3% on the corresponding period in 2012…
03 February 2014
After 20 years of being urged to embrace the internet, many corporates have decided the risks of operating online are not worth the pain, according to Marsh…
03 February 2014
Banks will remind home loan customers of their property insurance obligations following changes to the industry’s code of practice this month…
03 February 2014
The ACT Government has published long-awaited flood data showing one-in-100-year flood risks for the Molonglo River…
03 February 2014
Short-term thefts of passenger and light commercial vehicles fell 2% to 7877 in the September quarter, taking the 12-month figure to a record low…