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Simplicity the key to life insurance growth

08 March 2010

Make it relevant. That’s the message to life insurers in the wake of the Investment and Financial Services Association inaugural Life Insurance Conference held in Sydney last week…

Change in the weather for IAG

01 March 2010

Beatle George Harrison wrote a song called Here Comes the Sun in which he talked about smiles returning to faces…

Where to for builders’ warranty insurance?

15 February 2010

If the withdrawal of Lumley Insurance and CGU rattled the market for privatised builders’ warranty insurance, then the departure of Vero threatens to shake it to its foundations…

Getting a nation’s cover right

08 February 2010

Regardless of how it can be achieved, an adequate level of home and contents risk cover at affordable prices is a must-have for Australians…

System shift will test mettle at Suncorp

30 November 2009

Apart from anything else, Suncorp CEO Patrick Snowball’s market announcement last week should see the retreat of some tanks from his lawn regarding the speculated sale of the…

IAG back in the good books

16 November 2009

IAG is heading in the right direction after rebuilding from a horror 2007/08 financial year…

The story behind APRA’s judicial belting

19 October 2009

Contrary to popular legend, the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority wasn’t found to have been a party to the collapse of HIH in March 2001…

Clarity the key to regulatory compliance

12 October 2009

A constant stream of “soft” regulation is preventing insurers from maximising their compliance investment, according to a study by the University of Technology Sydney…

No dispute over professional indemnity squeeze

05 October 2009

The sharp rise in financial services complaints highlighted by the Financial Ombudsman Service’s 2008/09 review serves to underline the impending crunch in professional indemnity…

Staying away from the regulatory whirlpool

28 September 2009

The insurance industry in Australia has been caught before in regulatory whirlpools that were intended for its cousins in banking and funds management…