17 October 2016
In the past week, government, regulators and the Financial Services Council, the peak body for life insurers, have been queuing up to fix the life insurance industry. The applause for all three has been, at best, muted…
10 October 2016
While the dark cloud of disruption looming over insurers is nothing new, what has changed is the urgent need to respond…
03 October 2016
Much is made of the insurance industry’s urgent need to adapt and innovate to survive in a customer-led and technology-driven world…
26 September 2016
The staggering rise in Big Data volumes ready to be dissected, analysed and potentially turned into improved products and profits is also prompting government and regulatory inquiries that are gathering momentum…
19 September 2016
Does Professor Allan Fels expect insurers to rip off their customers as the NSW emergency services levy moves to a more equitable collection system over the next nine months…
12 September 2016
Once again anyone who’s anyone in the reinsurance industry is gathering in Monte Carlo for the Rendez-Vous de Septembre…
05 September 2016
Peer-to-peer insurance has been talked about for a long time now, but we’re still waiting for the “Uberisation” of the industry to kick in…
29 August 2016
There’s little joy to be gained from market conditions for Australia’s three major listed insurers, and the latest earnings-season reports suggest they will be battling headwinds for a while yet…
22 August 2016
The world is a risky place, and never more so for the insurance industry…
15 August 2016
All aspects of the general insurance industry are expected to be transformed over the next few years – but perhaps none more so than claims…
08 August 2016
Our world is now awash with data, and nothing seems likely to stem the flow…
01 August 2016
The good times are becoming little more than a memory for the Australian insurance industry, and dealing with a more difficult economic environment is proving no simple task…
25 July 2016
Fingers crossed, and barring any Cyclone Yasi-like disasters, insurers in Australia have a decent chance of closing out the year on a relatively high note…
18 July 2016
Five years have passed since Brisbane was inundated with water and insurance failures took centre stage, but despite a range of actions, flood cover remains a difficult issue…
11 July 2016
Over the past decade the authorised representative channel has become one of the success stories of commercial insurance distribution…
04 July 2016
The June renewals have seen commercial insurance rates stabilise, but increases are still some way off, according to the majority of brokers surveyed by insuranceNEWS.com.au last week…
27 June 2016
These are difficult times in the Australian insurance market – prices are soft, and getting softer…
20 June 2016
The insurance industry has to change, and as KPMG points out in a report last week, minor tweaks just aren’t going to cut it…
14 June 2016
While last week’s images of backyards, walls and swimming pools collapsing into the sea off the NSW suburb of Collaroy were extraordinary, the media storm that followed the recent east coast low, storm surge and king tides was all too familiar…
06 June 2016
We’re into a crucial renewals period for the reinsurance industry, and while rates are still only heading in one direction there is a general consensus that the signs of stabilisation are there…