The board of the Insurance Council of Australia has approved revisions to the General Insurance Code of Practice, following the political flak it copped over claims handling during last year’s catastrophes…

National Insurance Brokers Association CEO Dallas Booth has admitted the northern Australian strata insurance market is close to “market failure”…

The number of airline passengers stranded without insurance cover after the collapse of Air Australia isn’t yet known, with some travel insurers not providing financial default cover for the airline’s…

Wellington residents have been told they need to focus on earthquake resilience over the next decade, with a major earthquake estimated to cost around $NZ37 billion ($29 billion)…

A quarter of small businesses in rural and regional Australia would not survive a short-term closure, according to new research…

For some insurers the catastrophes of 2011 have become the disasters of 2012, with investors demonstrating their disappointment…