Australia fuels global premium gains
20 May 2019
The Pacific region, including Australia, outperformed the global market in the first quarter with a 16.1% jump in commercial insurance pricing, Marsh says…
20 May 2019
The Pacific region, including Australia, outperformed the global market in the first quarter with a 16.1% jump in commercial insurance pricing, Marsh says…
20 May 2019
The Insurance Council of Australia has called on the re-elected Coalition Government to step up mitigation programs in disaster-prone regions and axe taxes on insurance products…
20 May 2019
Construction industry insureds face professional indemnity “bill shock” this year and more difficulty obtaining cover amid fallout from flammable cladding problems, Honan Insurance Group warns…
20 May 2019
Suncorp has urged the Federal Government not to implement Hayne royal commission reforms without first consulting the industry…
20 May 2019
Insurtech Australia has named founding member Rita Yates as CEO, the first woman to hold the role since the organisation was established in 2017…
20 May 2019
About 72% of Australian consumers are open to providing personal data to insurers if it means a lower possibility of injury or loss, an Accenture study has found…
20 May 2019
New Zealand’s High Court has rejected insurance broker Peter Taylor’s bid to have Suncorp-owned Asteron Life resume paying him income protection benefits…
20 May 2019
The chances of an El Nino weather system developing this year have been cut from 75% to 50% in the Bureau of Meteorology’s latest update…
13 May 2019
Regional Australia risks economic ruin if the incoming federal government fails to invest more in disaster mitigation as the effects of climate change take hold, Suncorp warns…
13 May 2019
The Climate Council has warned rising greenhouse gas emissions will cause shocks that cascade through the economy, hitting sectors including insurance and property…
13 May 2019
The National Insurance Brokers Association has commissioned Deloitte Access Economics to assess the value of general insurance brokers to clients, insurers and the community…
13 May 2019
Australian companies have named reputation or brand damage as their top business risk in a biennial Aon survey, followed by economic slowdown and business interruption…
13 May 2019
IAG and the University of Sydney are researching ways that autonomous vehicles’ perception systems can be standardised for safety requirements…
13 May 2019
Australian insurtechs are making the case to insurers that they can be partners, a new report shows…
13 May 2019
Nearly one-quarter of insurance leaders list “customer experience” as their top priority for the year, research by technology provider TAS shows…
13 May 2019
QBE is urging more widespread use of dash-cams to make claims processing faster, fairer and more cost-effective…
13 May 2019
The Australian Financial Complaints Authority is to hold a national roadshow, visiting more than 70 regional and remote communities to hear people’s issues…
13 May 2019
Almost half of Australia’s SMEs are ill-prepared for escalating malicious data breaches, potentially exposing them to significant financial loss and reputational damage…
06 May 2019
Consumer advocate Choice has today called for an end to self-administered industry codes in the financial services industry, saying it wants the Australian Securities and Investments Commission in charge…
06 May 2019
The Insurance Council of Australia will introduce a mobile app giving residents access to the latest hazard data for their homes…