11 May 2009
The National Insurance Brokers Association will press ahead with its campaign over excessive taxes on insurance, even if it won’t be raising the issue before the Victorian Bushfires Royal Commission...
11 May 2009
Australia’s insurance industry is faring better in the economic crisis than other financial service sectors, according to specialist recruitment firm Hays...
11 May 2009
The financial services industry has some way to go before it is ready for the impacts of climate change, according to a report by the Financial Services Institute of Australasia...
11 May 2009
NIBA has backed the ongoing operation of the national mandatory terrorism insurance scheme...
11 May 2009
Organisers of the Peter Corrigan International Exchange Awards are on the lookout for the insurance industry’s rising young stars...
11 May 2009
Air Apparent, the small yacht abandoned off the north coast of New Zealand last year when the crew allegedly mutinied and set off a distress beacon, has been recovered...
04 May 2009
Victoria’s Budget will be handed down tomorrow – and it may have an unpleasant surprise in it for the state’s insurance-buyers...
04 May 2009
As the world braces for the social and economic implications of the H1N1 swine flu pandemic, the insurance industry isn’t joining in the general panic...
04 May 2009
New Zealand insurers have given their initial approval to draft prudential supervision legislation as reform of the previously unregulated industry continues...
04 May 2009
The National Insurance Brokers Association has proposed a $1.8 million national advertising campaign to promote the value of insurance brokers to the public...
04 May 2009
Real Insurance and Australian Unity have topped the industry in terms of innovation, taking out excellence awards from highly regarded financial data and ratings provider Cannex...
04 May 2009
This year’s Insight Insurance Brokers Association annual conference is being well supported in the face of sober economic times...
04 May 2009
It was a weekend of sun, surf and seminars for more than 400 brokers and other industry professionals who converged on Moreton Island for the...
04 May 2009
The Australian and New Zealand Institute of Insurance and Finance is offering to waive election fees in a bid to boost membership...
04 May 2009
Half of the second-hand cars being sold in Australia are encountering major mechanical problems, according to a survey by car insurer Budget Direct...
27 April 2009
Power line failures caused at least six of the February Black Saturday bushfires, with insurers likely to become involved in damages claims worth up to $800 million...
27 April 2009
Insurance Ombudsman Sam Parrino has resigned from the new Financial Ombudsman Service, with Chief Ombudsman Colin Neave taking over the role this week...
27 April 2009
A senior claims expert says a lack of insurance may have encouraged some Victorians to make a fatal decision to stay and fight the Black Saturday fires...
27 April 2009
HIH liquidator Tony McGrath has been given the green light to accept a $98 million settlement from reinsurer General Re in an ongoing process which will take at least another three years to play out...
27 April 2009
Successful civil penalty proceedings brought by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission against former James Hardie directors and executives are likely to put further pressure...