Archive

  • New Zealand trade body appoints former cabinet minister as chief executive

    15 January 2024
  • Australian insurers emphasise role of reinsurance, as wild weather thumps east coast

    04 January 2024

    Stabilising global reinsurance markets let IAG buy more cover than it expected

  • Success of Australian cyclone pool hinges on reinsurance pricing

    15 November 2023

    IAG is latest insurer to join the northern Australia scheme

  • William McDonnell to join IAG as chief financial officer

    05 October 2023
  • IAG pricing algorithm triggers litigation by governance regulator

    25 August 2023

    Asic is alleging loyalty discounts were only applied after algorithm hiked some premiums

  • Actuaries called to arms in climate change battle

    23 August 2023

    The actuarial profession has skills and tools that can be brought to good use as the world transitions to a net-zero emissions economy, as David Walker reports

  • IAG oversteps natcat budget again, boosts next allowance by 26%

    21 August 2023

    One-fifth of premiums now covering reinsurance costs and perils allowance

  • Australian cyclone reinsurance pool avoids deluge of claims

    01 August 2023

    Only a handful of claims met by the ARPC in its first six months of coverage

  • Insurability of Australian property against flood risk starts unravelling

    24 July 2023

    Some insurers are becoming stricter about renewals for flood-risk homes

  • Viral load: how actuaries used democratised data to beat Covid-19

    13 July 2023

    The flood of public data on Covid-19 became a silver lining for actuaries amid the dark clouds of the pandemic, as David Walker reports