Cyclone Alfred, north Queensland flood losses top US$751m
April 2 2025 by Andrew Mullen
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Zurich enters Australian home insurance market via new Honey tie-up
- July 3
Agreement follows a similar partnership to offer pet insurance in March.
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‘Forerunners in the unforeseeable’: Knightcorp challenges the status quo in Australia’s consolidated insurance market
- July 3
CEO Trent Brown tells InsuranceAsia News' Between the Lines podcast that three pillars are redesigning insurance broking from the ground up.
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Australia’s cyclone reinsurance pool only part of the answer, brokers association says
- July 2
National Insurance Brokers Association (NIBA) responds to the release of the fifth and final insurance monitoring report by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC).
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Reinsurance pools must be designed to ‘absorb volatility, not just price for it’: ARPC chief
- July 2
Affordability and resilience must be addressed together, warning that focusing on one in isolation is unlikely to deliver sustainable outcomes, Australian Reinsurance Pool Corporation CEO Christopher Wallace says.
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PartnerRe | Dementia the protection gap insurers can no longer ignore
Unlike acute illnesses, dementia creates a long tail of financial need and its impact extends well beyond patients.
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Sedgwick | Investing in people is shaping the future of loss adjusting in Asia
Sedgwick Asia says it is ready to meet the evolving challenges of Asia’s dynamic insurance markets.
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PartnerRe | Understanding ageing in APAC: why perception, planning and protection don’t always align
Ageing is shaping finances, family dynamics and insurance needs of the caregiving ecosystem, but current product propositions and underwriting frameworks are not keeping pace with protection needs, finds PartnerRe survey.
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BHSI | D&O in Asia in 2026: navigating geopolitics, insolvencies, and digital crackdowns without breaking the bank
A soft market presents organisations with opportunities to strengthen resilience, although the abundance of capacity is unlikely to persist.
