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Australian non-life underwriting profits fall 35% on 2019's natcats
27 February 2020Life sector moves into the black as risk products move from net profit to loss
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Apra prepares best-practice guide to climate change readiness
24 February 2020Australian watchdog responds to industry requests for clarity
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QBE profits up 41% despite US crop underwriting losses
17 February 2020Australian group achieved 6.3% premium rate increases in 2019
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Australian life insurers arm up on the frontline of climate change
13 February 2020Climate change is not just a worry for property and casualty insurers. In Australia, whose recent natural disasters are widely seen as harbingers of global warming, life and health firms recognise complacency is no option. David Walker reports
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Apra sees just three health insurers surviving claims spiral
04 February 2020Australian regulator willing to push through M&A if necessary
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Australia bushfire insured losses edge A$1.5bn
20 January 2020General insurers promise to pass on savings from a bushfire clean-up plan
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Japan's life majors boost capital bases of foreign units
27 December 2019Nippon Life and Sumitomo Life make moves in Australia and Vietnam
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Apra proposes capital framework for health insurers
03 December 2019But Australian watchdog warns sector is still under pressure from demography, pricing
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Australia's CommInsure receives cut fine for cold-call guilty plea
28 November 2019Figures released on same day show Australian life after-tax profits to September fell 88%
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Apra consults on pension life cover
25 November 2019Recent Royal Commission required regulator to act on bundled insurance