QBE contests $45 million claim
22 May 2007
The difference between extracting gold and extracting money from an insurer has become painfully clear to Tasmanian miner Beaconsfield Gold…
22 May 2007
The difference between extracting gold and extracting money from an insurer has become painfully clear to Tasmanian miner Beaconsfield Gold…
22 May 2007
Australian businesses are tapping into the emerging markets of South-east Asia and Africa…
22 May 2007
Corporate governance remains the top risk concern for Australian and NZ companies, according to a trans-Tasman survey of risk attitudes…
15 May 2007
Giant Bermuda-based insurer Axis is keen to gain a licence from the prudential regulator following the Federal Treasury’s decision to regulate direct offshore foreign insurers…
15 May 2007
Most Australians are unaware of the amount of state-based taxes on insurance policies, according to new research…
15 May 2007
The Federal Government has not done enough to understand and act on the economic costs and responses to climate change in its 2007 Budget, actuaries have warned…
15 May 2007
Tax changes announced in the Federal Budget will affect insurance companies that have already settled their capital gains tax liabilities…
15 May 2007
There are some weird surveys that come out these days, but few are as strange as an NRMA survey which finds more than a quarter of men admit to “preening” themselves while driving…
15 May 2007
And now comes research which shows that playing computer games involving car races increases risk-taking behaviour in critical road traffic situations…
15 May 2007
The New Zealand insurance market needs to develop a captive insurance industry to help expand its service industries, says Aon NZ Risk Consultant Jim Routledge…
08 May 2007
After much delay the Federal Government has ruled it will put direct offshore foreign insurers under the same scrutiny as local insurers…
08 May 2007
Direct insurer AAMI has discovered the intermediated market and found its practitioners bite when disturbed…
08 May 2007
Car thefts have halved in the past six years due mainly to the spread of vehicle immobilisers, according to a new study…
08 May 2007
Allianz Australia is leading the applause for the Federal Government’s new plan to develop a $21.5 million National Nanotechnology Strategy…
08 May 2007
The Federal Government is offering insurance and other financial services to small businesses to help them sell their wares overseas…
08 May 2007
Members of Engineers Australia have greater protection from costly liability suits after the organisation’s professional standards were recognised under Commonwealth legislation…
01 May 2007
Direct insurer AAMI is moving into the SME market portraying brokers in terms NIBA believes are “disgraceful and insulting…”
01 May 2007
Tort reform and the need to compete with the Federal Government’s Comcare system are major factors behind a 10% cut in Victorian WorkCover insurance premiums…
01 May 2007
Insurers and brokers in New Zealand are up in arms over a Government proposal to increase the base for collecting the fire service levy and rescue services funding…
01 May 2007
Financial planners have been urged to work more closely with their insurance brokers and embrace PI insurance as a risk management tool rather than a “grudge purchase…”