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  • Suncorp CEO hopes reinsurers' "structural reset" is now done

    09 August 2023

    Australasian underwriter reorders reinsurance programme amid "record-high" costs

  • Suncorp expects 12% higher reinsurance and natcat budget bill this year

    04 July 2023

    Australasian bancassurer got some relief from joining public reinsurance pool in June

  • 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

  • Claims inflation? What claims inflation?

    26 August 2022

    Rising costs of goods and labour may be squeezing underwriting results in Europe and North America, but for many insurers in Asia, claims cost inflation is a world away in every sense. David Walker reports

  • Suncorp's inflation-fighting measures pay off

    09 August 2022

    Claims inflation in some lines is running at just 1% to 2%, says the Australian insurer's CEO

  • "Band-aid solutions" will not address climate change, warns Suncorp CEO

    08 August 2022

    Steve Johnston made the comment as the insurer released its full-year results

  • Suncorp agrees A$4.9bn bank sale to ANZ

    18 July 2022
  • Suncorp boosts nat cat budget by A$200m as flooding hits Australia

    04 July 2022

    S&P Global expects "continued upward pressure" on industry's reinsurance rates

  • Australia's Suncorp considering sale of bank unit

    27 June 2022

    Divestment would be latest in long line of such divisions

  • Hot property! Australia faces up to un-insurability threat

    13 May 2022

    Record costs of recurring natural catastrophes risk turning property re/insurance in Australia into a niche product for low-risk homes, finds David Walker