Hail-struck Sydney counts the cost
04 February 2008
The cost of Sydney’s December hailstorms is approaching $400 million…
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... and so do Suncorp and IAG
04 February 2008
The Sydney hailstorms have impacted on the bottom lines of major insurers Suncorp and IAG…
Norman to leave Associated Marine
04 February 2008
Associated Marine Insurers MD Adrian Norman will leave the company at the end of this month, with National Marketing Manager Stephen Ford taking over…
HIH’s Ray Williams gets out of jail
04 February 2008
HIH Insurance founder Ray Williams has been released from jail, expressing regret for the $5.3 billion collapse of the insurance giant in 2001…
New insurance protects Australian leadfoots
04 February 2008
In an Australian first, National Underwriting Agencies subsidiary Ezy Insure has claimed an Australian "first" with a new policy covering drivers for alternative transport…
New members on NIBA board
04 February 2008
Victorian insurance broker Graham Stevens has been appointed to the board of NIBA following its AGM in December…
Bowen new insurance man at treasury
11 December 2007
Assistant Treasurer Chris Bowen will be the primary point of contact for the insurance industry…
Sydney hailstorms ‘as severe as 1999’
11 December 2007
Insurers say hailstorms that struck areas in the north and west of Sydney during the weekend were as severe as the epic 1999 hailstorms that swept the east of the city…
Fire services levy hikes for NSW, rural Victoria
11 December 2007
Insurance buyers in NSW and Victoria are being forced to dig deeper to fund the fire services, after another round of fire service levy hikes…
Insurers honouring majority of claims
11 December 2007
Despite a popular image as money-hoarding scrooges, insurers are in fact paying the overwhelming majority of claims, according to new figures released by Insurance Ombudsman…
Family cars lack reversing cameras
11 December 2007
The increasing number of car manufacturers installing rear view cameras as standard in luxury vehicles has been applauded by NRMA Insurance…
Industry waits for cabinet clarity
04 December 2007
Who is the minister in the new Federal Government’s whose responsibility includes the insurance industry…?
Insurers lobby to dump NSW taxes
04 December 2007
The Insurance Council of Australia is again agitating for NSW insurance taxes to be spiked, continuing a long-running sparring match with state governments over insurance affordability…
Hawker attempts to stem IAG share tide
04 December 2007
IAG CEO Michael Hawker has come out swinging to counter the insurer’s falling share price…
Lofts new IBNA Chairman
04 December 2007
New IBNA Chairman Trevor Lofts says greater communication with members will be a hallmark of his reign as head of the broking cluster…
RIBA to AAIB: Victorians go national
04 December 2007
The Regional Insurance Brokers Association of Victoria has changed its name to become the Australasian Association of Insurance Brokers…
Theftwatch: Australian car theft slows
04 December 2007
Car theft in Australia is on the decline, according to the National Motor Vehicle Theft Reduction Council…
Two new faces on RMIA board
04 December 2007
Grant Whitehorn has secured re-election as President of the Risk Management Institution of Australia at the association’s annual general meeting, held as part of…
BHP Billiton emerges at front of risk pack
04 December 2007
Mining giant BHP Billiton has taken out the Risk Manager of the Year award at the RMIA conference…
Calliden supports broker education
04 December 2007
Listed niche insurer Calliden has awarded two broker scholarships for 2007…