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- March 19 2025
Review panel urges Australian insurers to implement General Insurance Code recommendations on pricing
The ICA, in its action plan released earlier this week, had disagreed with pricing-related recommendations of the independent panel’s final report.
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- March 17 2025
Korean regulator to promote parametrics, support carriers’ overseas expansion to tackle emerging risks
FSC announces 11 proposals to address five major challenges – climate, overseas expansion, technology, population, and debt management.
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- March 17 2025
Cyclone Alfred claims top 63,000, but event ‘not as significant as first feared’
Insurance Council of Australia also releases its Industry Action Plan, which outlines the industry’s position on the remaining recommendations from the Parliamentary Flood Inquiry and the independent review of the industry’s Code of Practice.
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- March 17 2025
Just the tip of a liability iceberg as PFAS risks become apparent, but legal reform roadblocks remain
Firms are set to be drawn into litigation, but changes to the law in Australia are unlikely as they could potentially open the government to significant risks, according to a Sydney-based lawyer.
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- March 14 2025
‘Milestone’ with Fairfax-backed Valueattics Reinsurance set to become India’s first private reinsurer
Backed by Go Digit founder Kamesh Goyal’s Oben Ventures LLP and FAL Corporation, a subsidiary of Indian-born Canadian billionaire Prem Watsa’s Fairfax Financial Holdings, company will begin operations with paid-up capital of US$23m.
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- March 13 2025
‘We will act’: Opposition leader Peter Dutton clarifies policy on breaking up big insurance companies
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese also weighs in on this issue, agreeing that insurance companies are 'ripping off' Australians.
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- March 13 2025
Korean regulator to relax insurers’ capital adequacy requirement to 130-140%: report
The move will help lower financial burden for insurers, apart from raising their capital base.
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- March 12 2025
Philippines extends PFRS 17 deadline until January 2027
Last year, the Insurance Commission mandated adoption of a new accounting standard - which aligns with the International Financial Reporting Standard 17 (IFRS 17) - by January 1, 2025.
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- March 5 2025
M Pallonji Group-led consortium applies for Indian general insurance licence: report
Group appoints Aditya Sharma, chief distribution officer at Bajaj Allianz, as CEO of proposed venture, according to the The Economic Times.
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- March 4 2025
IRDAI extends 4% obligatory cession for FY26 renewals
Cession applies to policies attaching in the FY26, and will be placed with GIC Re.
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- March 1 2025
Suncorp to settle class action suit over add-on sales
Settlement must be approved by the Supreme Court of Victoria, but no date has been set for the hearing,
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- February 25 2025
Australia’s insurers ‘still have more to do’ after 2022 floods despite ‘significant progress’
Insurance Council of Australia report highlights the progress made in response to seven recommendations put to the industry after Australia's most costly extreme weather event.
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- February 20 2025
Opinion: Peter Dutton’s poorly thought-through proposals for Australian insurers are a shambles
Australia’s opposition leader suggested that his party would extend their policy of forcing supermarket chains to divest some of their assets into the insurance sector.
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- February 20 2025
Advocacy group labels ICA’s response to general insurance code review as ‘superficial’
Analysis from the Australian Consumers Insurance Lobby critiques the Insurance Council of Australia's initial response review.
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- February 18 2025
Australia’s insurance stocks fail to recover as opposition leader puts ‘sector on notice’
Opposition leader Peter Dutton followed up on his threat to break up insurers, which had led stocks to tumble on Monday.
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- February 17 2025
Australian opposition leader threatens to break up insurers found to be overcharging
Peter Dutton tells Sky News the insurance sector needs more competition to make sure customers are 'not being ripped'.
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- February 10 2025
Macau insurers prepare for costly RBC shift, advised to follow Hong Kong lead
As Macau gears up for the new risk-based capital regime set to replace the current solvency framework, domestic carriers may encounter operational hurdles and increased costs.
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- February 7 2025
India’s employees’ unions oppose ‘irresponsible, derogatory’ FDI hike: reports
All India Insurance Employees Association demands 'immediate' withdrawal of the proposal to increase the foreign direct investment (FDI) limit to 100%.
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- February 4 2025
Australian antitrust regulator to probe IAG-RACQ and Allianz-RAAI deals
ACCC, the competition watchdog, will assess whether the acquisitions will substantially lessen competition in the market.
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- February 3 2025
India to remove FDI cap for foreign insurers
Limit for the sector will be increased to 100% from 74% for companies that invest the entire premium in India.
