Harry Dickinson dead at 90
03 November 2008
Interruption Underwriting Agencies founder Harry Dickinson Snr died at the weekend. He was 90 years old...
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Marsh chief sees premium rises on the way
27 October 2008
The local commercial insurance market is in for a “correction” in rates, but not on the scale of the premium rises of the 1990s, according to Marsh Pacific CEO David Bidmead...
NZ brokers ‘cautiously optimistic’ as recession hits
27 October 2008
New Zealand insurers are toughening up their underwriting and raising rates as the country slides into a recession...
ANZIIF careers initiative touts ‘sexy side’ of insurance
27 October 2008
The Australian and New Zealand Institute of Insurance and Finance has launched its largest ever career initiative to address the skills shortage and attract more talent…
No silver bullet solution to climate change: Zurich
27 October 2008
Insurers are reluctant to look at climate change as an opportunity rather than a risk, according to a new Zurich Australia report...
Uncertainty pervades global risk
27 October 2008
Risk management has become an extremely uncertain practice due to financial market complexity and spiralling catastrophe costs, according to KPMG analyst Andries Terblanche...
New president, deputy for AICLA
27 October 2008
Ian McWalter of NSW loss adjusting firm Technical Assessing has stepped up to the plate as the new President of the Australasian Institute of Chartered Loss Adjusters...
Meteorologists issue warning ahead of tropical cyclone season
27 October 2008
The Australian Bureau of Meteorology has warned Queenslanders the coming tropical cyclone season will be on “the upper side of normal”...
QBE grabs another gong
27 October 2008
QBE has taken out the top award at the Australian Banking and Finance Magazine Insurance Awards in Sydney...
Insurers dominate personal injury awards
27 October 2008
Insurers have dominated the 2008 Excellence in Personal Injury Management Awards...
Parking prangs rack up $43 million
27 October 2008
NRMA Insurance has taken in 27,000 claims for parking accidents in NSW in the past year – and it says most occur in shopping centres...
NSW broker ‘lucky’ over fake policies
20 October 2008
A NSW insurance broker who sold fraudulent policies to sporting organisations is a lucky man, according to a leading consumer protection advocate...
Rates heading up, say brokers
20 October 2008
Insurance brokers are predicting across-the-board rate increases during the December renewals period...
Local insurers doing okay as US jobs start to go
20 October 2008
Some Australian financial services companies will have to restructure following the global financial crisis, but financial market volatility is yet to be felt locally...
NSW regulator wants fire services levy scrapped, stamp duty cut
20 October 2008
The fire services levy in NSW is closer to being extinguished after the state’s economic regulator released a damning final report on state taxation last week...
Insurers want NSW to drop insurance protection tax
20 October 2008
The Insurance Council wants the NSW Government to immediately abolish the insurance protection tax used to levy insurers after the collapse of HIH Insurance...
Suncorp pays out executives after merger
20 October 2008
Promina executives found to be surplus to requirements following the $7.9 billion merger with Suncorp last year were the main beneficiaries from an $8 million severance payouts bill...
Brokers optimistic despite economic gloom
13 October 2008
Insurance brokers are upbeat about future growth prospects despite gloomy economic conditions, according to a new survey by Macquarie Relationship Banking...
Report reveals major economic gain from stamp duty removal
13 October 2008
An industry report reveals major economic efficiencies can be gained from abolishing insurance stamp duty...
Research predicts early start to bushfire season
13 October 2008
Lack of rainfall and dry conditions across the country have increased the risk of intense bushfires as well as the potential for fires to strike earlier than usual...