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  • Algorithm lands IAG with A$40m Federal Court fine

    03 July 2023

    System limited promised renewal discounts, Court finds

  • NZIA continues to crumble as IAG departs

    21 June 2023

    Only 12 members of the beleaguered alliance remain

  • Insurance actuaries must be data gatekeepers and teachers, profession is told

    15 June 2023

    Actuaries have drawn positive and negative lessons from the 'data democratisation' during Covid

  • IAG expects costs for natural perils to increase further in 2024/25

    15 June 2023

    Group now paying 19% of relevant premiums for perils claims

  • Climate adaptation is "poor second cousin" to emissions reductions investments, actuaries told

    06 June 2023

    Profession has key role in enhancing analysis of investments in adaptation measures

  • Risk mitigation must be reflected in premiums, says Australian government

    02 June 2023

    Not cutting premiums for lower risk "sends all the wrong price signals," assistant Treasurer tells actuaries

  • Relocation, relocation, relocation: Australia debates the last resort for property insurability crisis

    25 April 2023

    The property agent's catchcry of "location, location, location" is being reinvented as homeowners face up to the growing threats from natural catastrophes and climate change. David Walker reports

  • IAG publishes framework for relocating towns under natcat threat

    28 March 2023

    Insurer acknowledges moving communities could make insurance more affordable

  • IAG reports "notable decrease" in reinsurers' appetite for property risk

    15 February 2023

    Auckland floods lead Australasian group to increase natcat budget

  • NZ firms trumpet second-event reinsurance as cyclone Gabrielle follows floods

    15 February 2023

    Underwriters expect Gabrielle's costs to exceed 2016's Kaikoura earthquake bill of NZ$2.3bn