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

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

Perils pegs cyclone Gabrielle's property damage at NZ$1.5bn

Asia's insurers scarred but recovering from Covid-19

S&P says some CORs rocketed to 200% during pandemic

S&P to release draft capital model in second shot at reform

Rating agency responds to industry demands regarding model update

China's industry practitioners praise CBIRC as dissolution flagged

Regulator's duties to be subsumed into larger body

New Zealand firms face worst RoE since 2017, S&P predicts

Australian non-life insurers will retain more risk to cap ceding costs

Finding a consensus on IFRS 17 leverage ratios

Some signs of agreement on how financial leverage will be presented under the new insurance contracts accounting standard are emerging, but options remain open, as Christopher Cundy reports

Experts cast doubt over Australian reinsurance pool effectiveness

Government's pool aims to contain costs of covering northern properties

Property reinsurance costs jump 35% in three years in Australia

S&P Global reveals "record pace" of growth, warns of ratings threat