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  • 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

  • Australian hailstorms cost insurers A$320m

    21 January 2020

    Insurance Council adds hail damage to nationwide fires as second concurrent catastrophe

  • Government pools will not solve natcat affordability, Australian insurers say

    23 December 2019

    Public report finds 60% price difference depending on risk

  • Australian insurers warn politicians about flood risk

    20 March 2019

    As elections approach, trade body reveals the 20 electorate areas that are most flood-prone