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  • Regulators take further actions to ease pressure from coronavirus

    23 March 2020

    From Germany to Australia, watchdogs have rolled back requirements on insurance industry

  • AMP fined for derivatives reporting failures

    17 March 2020

    Australian insurer also replaces chief risk officer

  • Coronavirus insurance bill in China tops $16m, trade body reveals

    05 March 2020

    Breakdown provided for life and non-life insurance costs so far from Covid-19

  • Conservation activists raise pressure on Australian insurer community

    04 March 2020

    Marsh and QBE face pressure over mines and dams

  • Australian non-life underwriting profits fall 35% on 2019's natcats

    27 February 2020

    Life sector moves into the black as risk products move from net profit to loss

  • Apra prepares best-practice guide to climate change readiness

    24 February 2020

    Australian watchdog responds to industry requests for clarity

  • QBE profits up 41% despite US crop underwriting losses

    17 February 2020

    Australian group achieved 6.3% premium rate increases in 2019

  • Australian life insurers arm up on the frontline of climate change

    13 February 2020

    Climate change is not just a worry for property and casualty insurers. In Australia, whose recent natural disasters are widely seen as harbingers of global warming, life and health firms recognise complacency is no option. David Walker reports

  • Australian insurers face A$45m flood bill

    10 February 2020

    Flooding over the past week has been declared a catastrophe

  • Apra sees just three health insurers surviving claims spiral

    04 February 2020

    Australian regulator willing to push through M&A if necessary