Archive

  • Australian BI coverage test case gets court date

    07 September 2020

    The case will be heard by the New South Wales Court of Appeal in October.

  • Australian insurers asked to draft fire risk reductions and cut premiums

    25 August 2020

    Further industry work with government proposed by inquiry into bushfires in New South Wales

  • Talanx unit named among BI insurers for Australian test case

    14 August 2020

    The country's insurance council is adamant pandemics are excluded from BI policies

  • Australia prepares BI coverage test case

    30 July 2020

    Court decision will help develop better understanding of Covid-19 exclusions, says ICA

  • Australian hailstorms cost A$1.8bn, says Perils

    21 July 2020

    Catastrophe loss provider increases property loss estimate by 44%

  • Australian insurers' bushfire bill hits A$2.3bn

    13 July 2020

    Fire was large part of A$5.3bn natcat insured damage last summer

  • Profits at Australian insurers nosedive on Covid-19 and natcats

    28 May 2020

    Q1 underwriting losses hits A$991m

  • Australia's insurers get grilled after the country burns

    21 May 2020

    A parliamentary committee took Australia's insurers to task after a torrid season of bushfires, Covid-19 and scathing criticism of their conduct and governance. David Walker reports

  • Insurance Council of Australia recruits Andrew Hall as chief

    20 May 2020

    Hall joins the ICA from the Commonwealth Bank

  • Australia's non-life sector examines covering future pandemics

    28 April 2020

    The Insurance Council of Australia's assessment should be ready by July