INSURANCE INDUSTRY

People & Products

CommInsure has announced the appointment of Kevin Goss as head of adviser distribution....

Life/Risk

The Government needs to start talking to the major insurers about a standardised approach to auto-consolidation....

People & Products

After six years with CommInsure, Olivia Sarah-Le Lacheur has been appointed to head the company's national accounts portfolio....

Life/Risk

Different policy proposals are being suggested by the insurance industry to combat churn, but they have not been universally accepted. Who should be responsible for effor...

Life/Risk

The risk insurance industry has defied all odds and continued to experience strong growth amid economic uncertainty. However, that is not to say the sector has managed to...

Life/Risk

Evolving web-based technology has helped to create more active and better informed consumers, but the insurance industry has struggled to keep up with this changing deman...

Financial planning

The last 12 months have been a tough year for Australian insurers as highly-publicised natural disasters pushed up claims costs across the industry, but there is some opt...

Financial planning

The last 12 months have been a tough year for Australian insurers as highly-publicised natural disasters pushed up claims costs across the industry, but there is some opt...

Policy & Regulation

The National Insurance Brokers Association has warned of unnecessary fall-out from FOFA's 'one size fits all' approach....

Life/Risk

The Insurance Council of Australia has criticised Choice's review of flood insurance as irresponsible, claiming it may frighten at-risk property owners away from obtainin...

Financial planning

The insurance and superannuation industries are relatively well placed to absorb further falls in the stock market and a blow-out in credit spreads, according to APRA cha...

Life/Risk

The life insurance gap in Australia expanded from $540 billion to $927 billion between 2000 and 2010 - the fifth largest increase in the world, according to Swiss Re's 'M...

Editorial

The importance of maintaining insurance premiums cannot be underestimated as you never know when the unexpected will occur, writes Tim Browne....

Life/Risk

Towers Watson has boosted its investment services for insurers and reinsurers with the acquisition of investment advisory firm WellsCanning....

Life/Risk

Business capacity for global reinsurers remains strong in Australia and New Zealand despite the losses from the 2010/11 natural catastrophes, according to Aon Benfield's ...

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MARKET INSIGHTS

So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...

5 months ago

Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...

5 months 1 week ago

Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...

7 months 1 week ago

The FSCP has issued a written direction to an adviser who charged clients “extraordinary fees” for inappropriate and conflicted advice, as well as encouraged them to swit...

1 week 6 days ago

ASIC has cancelled the AFSL of an advice firm associated with Shield and First Guardian collapses, and permanently banned its responsible manager. ...

3 weeks 2 days ago

ASIC has confirmed the industry funding levy for the 2024–25 financial year, and how much licensees can expect to pay....

4 days 3 hours ago