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IAG "playing catch-up" with rising costs of natural disasters
26 July 2021Australian non-life firm flags A$100m increase in natural perils allowance
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Australian High Court denies insurers reliance on BI exclusion clause
28 June 2021Non-life industry testing other BI policy wordings in court
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Australian insurers count the cost of Victoria catastrophe
16 June 2021Both IAG and Suncorp said they had exceeded peril allowances
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Australia to guarantee property reinsurance pool in natcat-prone north
05 May 2021The A$10bn support shows "underwriters will not stand alone," says local government head
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Australia's flood insurance bill reaches A$470m
30 March 2021IAG set to overstep annual natural perils budget again
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Australian BI line posts 278% combined ratio in Q4
05 March 2021Non-life firms' BI reserving contributes to A$1.1bn quarterly loss
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Australian non-life insurers commence second BI test-case
01 March 2021Definitions of disease, proximity and prevention of access up for debate
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IAG says reinsurers still prepared to take more of its risk
10 February 2021CFO says reinsurers appreciated "decisiveness" of recent A$1.2bn Covid reserving
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Australian insurers face BI legal slog after "one shot" plan backfires
29 January 2021After failing spectacularly to prove they were not liable for business interruption claims related to Covid-19 lockdowns, Australian underwriters are now facing the prospect of numerous and lengthy court cases. David Walker reports
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New CEO at Sydney Opera House's insurer vows concerted effort to rebuild trust
14 January 2021Icare has been embroiled in scandals over pay and claims mis-management