Australia's most visited comparison website, Finder, has announced the winners of its Insurance Customer Satisfaction Awards.
The General Insurance Code Governance Committee (CGC) says that training for external experts has emerged as an area needing improvement in the insurance sector.
Howden has appointed Ms Dorygel Calimlim as divisional director, head of aviation for APAC. In her new role, she will head Howden's newly launched regional aviation hub in Singapore.
Australia's Council of Australian Life Insurers (CALI) has opened applications for its annual ReCALIbrate programme aimed at supporting female risk advisers.
Bennelong Funds Management and Leadenhall Capital Partners have now opened the LCP Insurance Linked Securities (ILS) Fund for investment.
National Australia Bank (NAB) has agreed to sell 80% of its life insurance arm to Japan's Nippon Life Insurance Co for about US$1.7 billion, said a person familiar with the matter.
Retirees are grappling with rising costs for essential goods and services, seeing the cost of funding a comfortable retirement increase by 3.7% over the last 12 months, according to data released by the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA).
Steeper home insurance premiums have caused the number of Australian households experiencing home insurance affordability stress to rise by 30% to 1.6m in the past year, a new report published by the Actuaries Institute shows.
An increase in the demand for longevity solutions is necessary for insurers to be incentivised to develop a business case to invest in this arena, and accurately and sustainably price risks.
The Australian and New Zealand Institute of Insurance and Finance (ANZIIF) has announced the winners of the 20th Australian Insurance Industry Awards.