17 June 2019
Some Australian insurers are concerned at politicians’ determination to move quickly on the Hayne royal commission’s recommendations to reform the financial services sector, according to a PwC-sponsored biennial survey...
17 June 2019
Insurers at the centre of a probe into the sale of travel policies with illegal mental health exclusions have pledged to build on changes made since the investigation ended...
17 June 2019
Uber’s bold Uber Air flying taxi proposition could be treated much like helicopter use by underwriters in the first instance, but technical advancements will open new opportunities for aviation insurers, experts say...
17 June 2019
Risk arising from climate change and the environment has jumped to be the No.1 threat to company growth worldwide, according to a KPMG global survey of top executives...
17 June 2019
Jobs that require interpersonal and creative skills, conflict resolution, cognitive work and sales will be increasingly in demand over the next decade, despite the automation revolution, Deloitte says...
17 June 2019
The industry’s largest-circulation news magazine is hitting mailboxes this week, and as soon as mail deliveries are completed we’ll put it up online as well...
11 June 2019
The trial of a married couple accused of defrauding Dual Australia of $17 million between 2011 and 2013 was due to begin in Melbourne today…
11 June 2019
Property owners in Wellington will be paying more to insure their houses because the national capital is a high-risk area for earthquakes, IAG New Zealand says…
11 June 2019
The Insurance Council of Australia has denied that a number of houses in Tasmania’s Blackmans Bay have become uninsurable because of climate change…
11 June 2019
Underwriting agency Sure, which plans to enter the north Queensland market next month with underwriting capacity from Liberty Mutual, says it will provide details of its business nearer to its launch, with its approach to the cyclone-prone region set to be closely watched…
11 June 2019
The Insurance Council of Australia met a group of visiting China Re executives last week…
11 June 2019
The education sector must improve protection against data breaches given the sensitive data it holds, specialist insurance provider CFC Underwriting says…
11 June 2019
New Zealand company Global Seismic Data says a sensor system that monitors the “pulse” of buildings to improve resilience will be introduced more widely in the country after an initial focus on Wellington…
03 June 2019
The National Insurance Brokers Association has called for a fresh examination of government intervention to address high premiums in northern Australia…
03 June 2019
Add-on insurance will be most affected when new product design and distribution laws take effect in April 2021, according to Finity…
03 June 2019
Summer was a season of extremes, with record hot days and drought in parts of central NSW contrasting with all-time high rainfall in tropical regions, the Australian Actuaries Climate Index reveals…
03 June 2019
Airports and other critical coastal infrastructure should be subject to risk planning for higher sea level increases than previously expected, researchers at Risk Frontiers and Macquarie University warn…
03 June 2019
The Insurance Council of Australia has launched a mobile app detailing property hazard data for residents…
03 June 2019
Increased use of Big Data could create an insurance affordability problem as the industry assesses risk at a “granular level”, the Financial Rights Legal Centre says…
03 June 2019
Insurance claims for bad business debt are expected to jump in the next few months as companies grapple with worsening trading credit conditions, a broker says…