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AUB ousts senior broker over misconduct claims
18 October 2018
Austbrokers Canberra MD Greg Johnston has been “removed” by parent company AUB over allegations of financial misconduct...
Injury v liability as driverless cars roll in
17 October 2018
With driverless cars already being tested, how will insurers tackle cover for personal injury? That’s the key question raised by a discussion paper issued today by the National Transport Commission...
Hayne’s regulatory impact ‘will sweep up insurers’
17 October 2018
General insurers should brace for a wave of regulatory repercussions stemming from the Hayne royal commission, even though the new rules will have been triggered by misconduct elsewhere, Finity says…
Shaken up: Here’s Australia’s most quake-prone places
17 October 2018
The areas of Australia most likely to suffer a serious earthquake were laid bare today in the first update to the National Seismic Hazard Assessment for six years...
Is Resilium next? Suncorp reviews AR sale
16 October 2018
Suncorp is reviewing the future of its Resilium authorised representative network as the group continues to rationalise its operations....
Finity sees the industry bouncing back
16 October 2018
Premium rises and low catastrophe costs have helped improve insurance margins and equity returns in a bounce-back year for insurers, Finity Consulting says in its annual Optima report on the industry...
Global warming: the heat is on insurers
16 October 2018
Insurers are facing growing pressure to do more to help curb global warming in the wake of last week’s grim report by the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)...