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QBE designated as an internationally active insurance group
12 October 2020Australian regulator Apra plans aligning its standards to those for IAIGs in a "measured" way
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Axa establishes reinsurer in Australia
12 October 2020The unit is reported to be aimed at risks of troubled disability income line
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Apra updates approach to regulating insurers
06 October 2020Non-financial facets of Australian underwriters more prominent under the fresh supervisory model
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Allianz faces litigation over travel cover in Australia
30 September 2020Corporate watchdog alleges mis-selling of some policies online
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Apra resumes capital penalty plans for income protection providers
30 September 2020Troubled life cover line has lost A$1.4bn since December
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Australian BI coverage test case gets court date
07 September 2020The case will be heard by the New South Wales Court of Appeal in October.
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Australian life firms post A$1.6bn net loss in year to June
27 August 2020Income protection losses make up the majority of the deficits while the trade body warns potentially worse is still to come
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Australian insurers asked to draft fire risk reductions and cut premiums
25 August 2020Further industry work with government proposed by inquiry into bushfires in New South Wales
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Australian health insurance sector's Q2 margin hits 12-year low
18 August 2020Sector has provided A$500m of benefits to members during Covid-19, says trade body
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Talanx unit named among BI insurers for Australian test case
14 August 2020The country's insurance council is adamant pandemics are excluded from BI policies