Archive

  • Allianz faces litigation over travel cover in Australia

    30 September 2020

    Corporate watchdog alleges mis-selling of some policies online

  • AMP fined for derivatives reporting failures

    17 March 2020

    Australian insurer also replaces chief risk officer

  • Australia bushfire insurance damage bill hits A$1bn

    10 January 2020

    General and life insurers finding numerous ways to help policyholders

  • Australia's CommInsure receives cut fine for cold-call guilty plea

    28 November 2019

    Figures released on same day show Australian life after-tax profits to September fell 88%

  • Australia's Freedom Insurance to sell its policy administration unit

    15 April 2019

    The insurer was criticised by the Royal Commission

  • Australia reveals life insurance claims and disputes data

    29 March 2019

    Comparison tool shows overall 92% claims acceptance rate

  • AMP commits A$70m to improve risk management, governance

    15 February 2019

    Australian insurer deals with fallout from Royal Commission investigation

  • Australian commission hauls insurers over coals for poor conduct

    04 February 2019

    Industry acknowledges failings and vows to change

  • Australian watchdog warns against IFRS complacency

    03 December 2018

    Monitoring adherence to accounting standards in financial reports to be key task for regulator

  • Supervisors get serious on innovation risk

    22 November 2018

    Insurers have plenty to gain from adopting robotics, AI and big data technologies, but supervisors want to see them managing the risks properly. Paul Walsh reports from the IAIS annual conference in Luxembourg