Housing boom defies nat cat risk
30 July 2018
Proximity to CBDs, access to schools and infrastructure are the key factors in property price growth, a new study has found…
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High-risk property ‘faces uphill battle’
30 July 2018
High-hazard clients seeking industrial special risk cover make up the most challenging sector of the hardening insurance market, according to Gallagher…
NZ modellers rethink volcano evacuations
30 July 2018
The Earthquake Commission is funding research to improve evacuation responses for a volcanic eruption in Auckland…
Industry commits to sustainable finance
30 July 2018
Financial institutions have declared their support for a “sustainable financial system” in Australia and New Zealand…
Broking industry pays tribute to ‘mentor and inspiration’ Terry Lane
23 July 2018
Terry Lane, one of Australia’s best-known brokers, died suddenly yesterday. He was 76…
Cladding crisis sparks PI exclusions, premium rises
23 July 2018
Building surveyors have been hit with professional indemnity policy exclusions and premium rises at the mid-year renewals, as insurers tighten policies following cladding-fuelled apartment fires…
NIBA begins code of practice review
23 July 2018
The National Insurance Brokers Association is reviewing its code of practice, paving the way for a new version next year…
Uneven rainfall in north prompts mixed bushfire forecast
23 July 2018
Northern Australia faces a mixed bushfire outlook due to variability in rainfall last wet season…
One Big Switch in hot water with ACCC
23 July 2018
Consumer group One Big Switch, an action group whose promotion of insurance discounts raised questions, has fallen foul of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission for claims about electricity savings…
EQC settles hundreds of storm claims
23 July 2018
New Zealand’s Earthquake Commission has settled 727 claims from storms and ex-cyclones that battered the country between January and last month…
IAG hosts UN sustainable finance forum
23 July 2018
IAG and NAB are co-hosting a sustainable finance conference with the United Nations…
Kiwis fear nation losing climate change battle
23 July 2018
Only 43% of New Zealanders believe the country’s response to climate change is on the right track, a poll commissioned by IAG shows…
RMS enhances quake, cyclone models
16 July 2018
RMS has updated its earthquake and cyclone models for Australia…
Bega review urges improved fire response co-ordination
16 July 2018
A review of this year’s fires in the NSW south-east coastal area of Bega Valley has recommended statewide changes to strengthen collaboration between different emergency agencies and departments…
Macquarie launches Dive In survey
16 July 2018
Macquarie Bank’s second diversity and inclusion survey is open from today, as Lloyd’s Dive In Festival was officially launched…
NZ’s north suffers flooding, high winds
16 July 2018
Wild weather hit New Zealand’s North Island at the weekend, with flooding and road closures in Coromandel, Thames and Auckland…
Liberty warns on reputation damage from food recalls
16 July 2018
A few days after supermarkets pulled sliced mushroom packets off their shelves following a plastic contamination scare, a product liability insurer has warned that food companies suffer more than monetary losses during product recalls…
EQC locks in $4 billion reinsurance program
16 July 2018
International reinsurers have agreed to provide about $NZ5 billion of cover for New Zealand’s Earthquake Commission this financial year…
Royal commission adds to D&O problems
09 July 2018
The Hayne royal commission into financial services misconduct is adding to insurer caution in the embattled directors’ and officers’ market…
Allianz gives insight into Mansfield Awards success
09 July 2018
Allianz Australia has revealed some of the secrets to its success after taking home the Gold Mansfield Award for excellence in claims-handling…