Research highlights driver texting danger
01 March 2010
Research by NRMA Insurance has revealed drivers who text while driving spend almost 70% of the time looking at their phone instead of the road…
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Henry review ‘once in a generation’ shot at tax reform: Wilkins
22 February 2010
IAG CEO Mike Wilkins has delivered a rare public censure of insurance levies as pressure mounts on state governments to drop the fire services levy system…
Victoria unprepared for second Black Saturday
22 February 2010
A repeat of last year’s deadly Black Saturday bushfires in Victoria is imminent unless resources are immediately poured into staffing, controlled burns and contingency plans…
No legal action planned on gutters, says NRMA
22 February 2010
NRMA Insurance has distanced itself from a media report that it may sue over damage attributed to high-fronted roof guttering…
Insurers warned over NZ’s ACC
22 February 2010
Protests against higher levies and other changes to New Zealand’s national accident compensation scheme are focusing on the potential for the private sector to take it over…
Insurers fight two fronts in fraud war
22 February 2010
An emphasis on detecting insurance scams could leave underwriters and brokers exposed to internal fraud, a leading risk analyst claims…
In Insurance News (the magazine) this month
22 February 2010
Rates are rising, but how fast? And what are the pressures pushing premiums up and down..?
ICA appoints new CEO
15 February 2010
Suncorp insurance executive Robert Whelan is the new CEO of the Insurance Council of Australia…
Tradies fear builders’ warranty vacuum
15 February 2010
Victorian builders are the latest to voice alarm at Vero’s decision to stop writing builders’ warranty insurance…
Stable outlook forecast for brokers
15 February 2010
“Flat to slightly improved” financial outcomes are the tip for most Australian insurance brokers in the near future, while New Zealand brokers are finding the going a little harder…
Commodore is number one for thieves
15 February 2010
New figures show Holden’s VT Commodore (1997-2000) tops the list on volume and total value for profit-motivated car thefts in Australia, but Toyota Landcruisers are also…
Vero drops builders’ warranty insurance
08 February 2010
Australia’s largest provider of builders’ warranty insurance has announced it is pulling out of the market, evoking fresh memories of the post-HIH coverage crisis…
Insurers hiding behind anti-levy campaign, say lawyers
08 February 2010
A year on from Victoria’s tragic Black Saturday bushfires, a coalition of consumer groups says insurers need to take their share of the blame for underinsurance…
Compo dispute spurred attack on TIO
08 February 2010
The man who allegedly firebombed a downtown branch of the Territory Insurance Office in Darwin last week had previously disputed the insurer’s handling of his…
One year on, most bushfire victims choose cash
08 February 2010
Victims of the Black Saturday bushfires appear to be abandoning their communities in the wake of the $1.1 billion disaster…
Final hurdle in HIH settlement
08 February 2010
Settlement in one of the final HIH Insurance legal actions is being postponed by the demands of a former Arthur Andersen partner to be released from the threat of future legal action…
Gold Coast cops a soaking
08 February 2010
Insurers are already fielding claims after Saturday night’s drenching in Queensland’s southeast, particularly the Gold Coast region where falls of up to 400mm in six hours…
The hard market has arrived
01 February 2010
Insurance premiums are finally marching upwards to avoid a soft market “bloodbath” according to the annual JP Morgan Deloitte General Insurance Industry Survey…
Climate change, recruitment keeps leaders awake
01 February 2010
Brokers and insurers share similar views on the issues affecting insurance in substance, but not importance…
QBE leads broker perceptions
01 February 2010
QBE remains the insurer of choice for brokers, continuing a decade of dominance over its rivals…