16 July 2012
Lenders’ mortgage insurers should be allowed to access credit reporting information from other credit providers, even if they have little information to offer, the Insurance Council of Australia says…
16 July 2012
Essential services agencies’ disaster planning reduced damage to their assets and improved the emergency response in the devastating earthquakes of 2010 and 2011, according to a report commissioned…
16 July 2012
A new online mapping tool is making it easier for insurers to quickly obtain motor vehicle theft statistics for all local government areas across the country…
09 July 2012
The NSW Government has announced reform of its emergency services levy system as it moves towards dropping taxes on insurance policies in favour of a property-based levy…
09 July 2012
Many brokers are not geared up to handle personal lines business should recent measures announced by Financial Services Minister Bill Shorten aimed at making flood insurance simpler result in an influx…
09 July 2012
Much of the infrastructure replaced after the 2011 Queensland and Victorian floods has not been improved and will fail again during future floods of a similar magnitude, according to the Insurance Council…
09 July 2012
Law firm Maurice Blackburn has confirmed it is close to filing for a class action lawsuit against Queensland Government-owned utility Seqwater for the mismanagement of the Wivenhoe Dam…
09 July 2012
Good commercial relationships between insurers, repairers and recyclers are necessary to address vehicle theft issues, particularly that of older cars being stolen for their scrap value…
09 July 2012
New Zealand’s Earthquake Commission has received about 270 claims from the magnitude-7 earthquake felt across the country last week…
02 July 2012
Rates on commercial insurance renewals at the end of the financial year can be best described as “patchy”, brokers say…
02 July 2012
The Federal Government has revealed more measures aimed at making flood insurance simpler and more effective following last year’s floods…
02 July 2012
The Australian Government Actuary will undertake “a rigorous quantitative investigation” of the causes of premium increases in the north Queensland strata market, with a final report due by…
02 July 2012
The Queensland Government has committed $100,000 to complete engineering work for flood mitigation plans in Roma…
02 July 2012
Swiss Re has revealed the impact of the recent natural catastrophes on insurance pricing in Australia and New Zealand…
02 July 2012
The Federal Government has accepted 10 of the 11 recommendations directed to it in the final report of the 2010/11 flood warnings and response review for Victoria…
02 July 2012
Vehicles in the car park may have started the fire that engulfed the Canterbury TV building, the Canterbury Earthquakes Royal Commission has heard…
02 July 2012
A magnitude-8 quake could hit New Zealand’s South island within 50 years, according to research by GNS Science and the University of Nevada, Reno…
02 July 2012
More than 1100 residential properties have been rezoned “green” in Christchurch, meaning owners can begin discussions with their private insurers and the Earthquake Commission over repairs…
02 July 2012
The first part of a key report into the Canterbury earthquakes has been delivered to the New Zealand Government…
25 June 2012
The NSW Supreme Court has granted interim restraints preventing three former Willis executives from soliciting or providing services to some of the company’s clients…