Archive

  • Don't call in cheap debt, regulator warns insurers

    02 November 2022

    Widening credit spreads means insurers' new issuance is more expensive

  • Pandemic BI dispute just one symptom of poor risk management, says Apra

    30 August 2022

    Australian regulator Helen Rowell identifies three areas for improvement

  • Wayne Byres resigns as Apra chair

    26 July 2022
  • Carmody named as Australian insurance regulator

    29 March 2022
  • IAG boosts nat cat expectation following Australia floods

    09 March 2022

    Trade body chief says some insurers might have "no appetite" for flood-afflicted areas

  • Australia limits use of offshore life reinsurance

    08 March 2022

    Apra says finalising the rule change will strengthen its oversight of the life insurance sector

  • Australian regulator rejects internal models in revised capital framework

    13 December 2021

    Revision prompted by introduction of AASB 17 accounting standard

  • Australian regulator criticises immature recovery plans

    03 August 2021

    Most life insurers chose to inject capital to tackle stressed scenarios

  • Australia's disability income insurers must innovate or die

    21 April 2021

    Disability income products with 120% claims ratio face "pretty bleak" fate, warns life firm CEO

  • Apra plans cyber audits for Australia's insurers

    26 November 2020

    Regulator concerned that boards are not informed about cyber risk