Flood: definition expected tomorrow
04 April 2011
The Insurance Council of Australia says a proposed flood definition to be released tomorrow will not be a silver bullet answer to flood insurance…
04 April 2011
The Insurance Council of Australia says a proposed flood definition to be released tomorrow will not be a silver bullet answer to flood insurance…
04 April 2011
The Insurance Council of Australia has called for the Bureau of Meteorology to assume national responsibility for the collection, maintenance and publication of flood information…
04 April 2011
Standard & Poor’s has downgraded its outlook to negative on the general insurance markets in Japan, India and New Zealand but upgraded China and Malaysia to positive…
04 April 2011
Insurers have defended a move to approve some flood claims in the northern Victoria town of Charlton, saying each is being treated on a case-by-case basis…
04 April 2011
Suncorp Insurance has cemented its position as the country’s best top car insurer in the annual report of rating company Canstar Cannex…
28 March 2011
The Insurance Council of Australia’s third hydrology report, examining flooding in the Ipswich local government area, has concluded that most of the region’s flooding was unlikely to…
28 March 2011
The Financial Ombudsman Service says flood-related complaints are expected to rise as insurers send out refusal notices…
28 March 2011
Business interruption is emerging as the major insurance issue of the Christchurch earthquake…
28 March 2011
The organisers of the Rugby World Cup will be calling on their event insurance after being forced to move games from Christchurch because of earthquake damage to the stadium…
28 March 2011
Insurance Council of Australia CEO Rob Whelan will answer brokers’ questions when he appears in a national webcast on Wednesday afternoon…
28 March 2011
Grain co-operative CBH Group has formed a mutual company with broker Willis to offer multi-peril crop insurance in WA…
28 March 2011
A storm that caused flash flooding in the Illawarra region of NSW last week has only caused moderate claims, according to insurers…
28 March 2011
The National Motor Vehicle Theft Reduction Council has rushed to reassure motorists that carjackings are not on the rise…
21 March 2011
Major underwriting agency SRS is experiencing a four-fold increase in slips being directed to it by brokers – a reliable indication that the market is hardening in the wake of disasters…
21 March 2011
While many Brisbane businesses had flood cover, brokers are finding more claims are coming in from business interruption policies…
21 March 2011
Negotiations over a standard flood definition are continuing between the Insurance Council of Australia, its members and the Federal Government…
21 March 2011
Marsh NZ has published the name of a third employee killed in the Christchurch earthquake on February 22…
21 March 2011
The NZ Earthquake Commission maintains it will have enough cash to cover damage claims from the February 22 Christchurch earthquake, despite reports the fund has been “hollowed out”…
21 March 2011
e NZ Earthquake Commission will have 350 assessors and loss adjusters in Christchurch this week in a bid to fast-track claims…
14 March 2011
New hydrology reports from the Insurance Council of Australia’s panel of experts conclude that releases from Wivenhoe Dam were to blame for the Brisbane floods…