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Non-life insurers are "ripping off" policyholders, agrees Australia's Prime Minister

PM says industry must "repair relationship" with customers after ex-tropical cyclone Alfred

More non-life M&A on the cards for Australia, S&P predicts

Rating agency highlights rate hikes and improving profitability

Australia's health insurers hit 26-year peak in customer numbers in 2023

But S&P Global Ratings warns about return of higher cost inflation

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

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

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

S&P Global warns of doubling in Australian flood bill - and hikes at reinsurance renewals

Sector's ceding ratios already rose above five-year average in 2021

Losses keep mounting in Australian disability income insurance

Troubled line needs "stricter underwriting," says S&P Global