08 April 2013
Insurers and brokers must present a clear and united voice on important issues in the run-up to September’s federal election, according to Suncorp Commercial Insurance CEO Anthony Day…
08 April 2013
Politicians should focus on the national interest and put last month’s “unbelievable” leadership debacle behind them, according to IAG CEO Mike Wilkins…
08 April 2013
About 2.38 million product liability risks were underwritten in 2011, compared with 2.43 million in 2010 and 2.36 million in 2009, according to the National Claims and Policies Database administered by the…
08 April 2013
Claims from last summer’s catastrophes have reached $1.15 billion, according to figures from the Insurance Council of Australia…
08 April 2013
QBE has improved its share of new business, according to figures from Roy Morgan Research…
08 April 2013
New Zealand’s Earthquake Commission has been forced into an embarrassing technology shutdown after two privacy breaches…
08 April 2013
Insurers have been urged to work in partnership with the community sector and governments to provide insurance for low-income Australians…
25 March 2013
Insurers have largely welcomed the Federal Government’s decisions to rule out premium subsidies for policyholders in high-risk flood zones and to not make it compulsory for all household policies to offer…
25 March 2013
Australian insurance companies wanting to do business in Asia must understand the difficulties in growing rapidly in the region, according to former QBE CEO Asia-Pacific Mike Goodwin…
25 March 2013
The Insurance Council of Australia has marked its progress against the 10-point plan for tackling disasters it released following the catastrophes of 2010 and early 2011…
25 March 2013
One in five serious workers’ compensation claims relates to back injuries, the latest statistics from Safe Work Australia reveal…
25 March 2013
New Zealand’s Earthquake Commission will not appeal against a High Court decision that its cover applies to boarding houses – a ruling that will cost the state-owned insurer about $NZ10 million ($7.95 million)…
25 March 2013
New Zealand insurers, police, the Serious Fraud Office and earthquake recovery agencies have established the Christchurch Fraud Prevention Working Group to combat scams resulting from the Canterbury…
25 March 2013
IAG NZ is to launch a website raising awareness of changes to home insurance in New Zealand…
18 March 2013
The Federal Government has decided against making flood cover compulsory in all home and contents policies, and ruled out subsidies for policyholders in high-risk flood zones…
18 March 2013
SME businesses owned by people aged under 40 are less likely to use insurance brokers, new research shows…
18 March 2013
The Australasian Institute of Chartered Loss Adjusters has launched a fresh bid to have the profession fully recognised in the General Insurance Code of Practice, so adjusters can be differentiated…
18 March 2013
Victoria’s Country Fire Authority may be liable if its controversial fire warning app leads to a blaze being missed, an insurance expert claims…
18 March 2013
The Financial Ombudsman Service has appointed four new ombudsmen, including one who will focus on general insurance matters and another who will concentrate on life insurance…
18 March 2013
Technological advances in the insurance industry are likely to happen faster than expected, according to Allianz Australia CIO Steve Coles…