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Australia's latest summer natcat bill nears A$1.6bn

Suncorp turns tax collector for over A$1bn insurance policy duties and levies

CEO and industry have criticised Australia's policy taxes, for fuelling affordability crisis

Australian insurance council backs government climate risk assessment and reiterates need for action

Government report warns of insurers withdrawing coverage from parts of country due to climate change

Brickbats rain down on Australia's property insurers at parliamentary investigation

Politicians suggested Australia's insurers had only themselves to blame for a humiliating grilling over responses to 2022's flooding. But insurers said constructing homes in flood plains is not exactly helping, as David Walker reports

Reinsurers have "lost their appetite for Australia" admits non-life association's CEO

Suncorp says secondary peril risk-modelling has supplanted diversification benefits, in reinsurers' eyes

Australia's insurers want a property 'buy-back fund' as global warming unfolds

Sector reveals the worst scenario that it's already contemplating

Australia to face reinsurance withdrawal if building isn't smarter

Insurers set to give evidence to parliamentary committee probing 2022 floods

Australian insurers emphasise role of reinsurance, as wild weather thumps east coast

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

Australia no longer a good hedge for global reinsurers, says ICA CEO

Andrew Hall said the country is being "reassessed" by reinsurers

Success of Australian cyclone pool hinges on reinsurance pricing

IAG is latest insurer to join the northern Australia scheme