Analysis

Good politicians learn early in their careers how to turn a backflip into a display of leadership…

As a recent NSW Supreme Court case shows, restraining former employees from soliciting clients is an issue that doesn’t disappear after the leaving party…

Globalisation in the past 20 years has enabled systemic risks to spread further and faster than ever before…

Insurers have been paying commissions to intermediaries for as long as people can remember…

Though the insurance industry has rightly welcomed the recommendations of the 2009 Victorian Bushfires Royal Commission released at the weekend, actions will speak louder than words…

Conflicting reports on June insurance renewal rates in the large versus SME segments suggest a two-speed market is in operation, with strong competition favouring…

In all the thousands of words that have been and will be written and spoken about Frank Earl this week, his vision on the future for brokers, stated more than seven years ago, may be forgotten…

It’s difficult to shake the feeling that the regulatory net is closing around risk insurance commissions…

QBE Insurance Group has affirmed its top spot as Australia’s largest general insurer in a recent report by PricewaterhouseCoopers Australia…

Finally, some proof really is in the pudding…

QBE’s latest investor update proves that while the insurer may not be bulletproof, it can certainly absorb plenty of heat…

The problem of uninsured drivers who have no money to pay for damage they cause is again causing debate in the industry…

Antipodeans who have done the “London thing” will attest to the existence of the “UK hump”, a point when the merits of leaving start to outweigh the benefits of staying…

As if a record $19 billion first-quarter catastrophe bill wasn’t enough, global insurers will now be sweating over forecasts of a particularly active Atlantic hurricane season that begins tomorrow…

The Federal Government’s announcement that it is considering extending its ban on commissions to include the risk insurance industry has reignited debate on the likely effects…

Australians love a good stoush, and the launch of a class action against Australian banks for illegally pocketing fees has all the hallmarks of public sport…

At around 5-10% of all personal lines sales, the Australian online insurance market is a tiddler compared to those in the US (20%) and the UK (40%)…

In the wake of recent flooding in southern Queensland, the definition of flood versus storm damage and what exactly is covered is once again receiving media attention…

Call it an act of god, act of nature or simply bad luck, but the airline industry just can’t seem to take a trick…

An Aon risk management benchmarking survey has confirmed what many Australasian clients have already discovered at renewal: premiums are rising…