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CLIMATE CHANGE
Insurance bides its time on Garnaut
AUSTRALIA’S GENERAL insurance industry is taking its time to consider the implications of Professor Ross Garnaut’s latest report on climate change.
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REINSURANCE
Insurance looks secure with Re capital
THE WORLD’S direct insurance industry looks as though it can breathe a sigh of relief, from insurers to brokers, following a report by A.M. Best at the weekend.
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Re report shows direct rates softening
GLOBAL PROPERTY and casualty premium rates are softening again, according to a reinsurance report from A.M. Best.
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Non-life rates descend
Non-life reinsurance renewal rates at July showed a continued steady descent.
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Swiss Re remains disciplined
SWISS RE has assured the global insurance market it will continue to focus on disciplined underwriting despite the challenging business environment
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REINSURANCE RENDEZVOUS OZ
Reinsurance is topic of the month
AUSTRALIA’S 23rd Reinsurance Rendezvous in Sydney takes on a new significance this month following the annual Reinsurance Rendez-Vous in Monte Carlo this week and the global credit crisis affecting capital markets.
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MARINE INSURANCE
Associated Marine lifts innovation
ASSOCIATED MARINE, already with a large share of the marine insurance market in Australia and New Zealand, is to become more innovative in the market.
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E-INSURANCE
Dual web-bases liability rater
DUAL AUSTRALIA has turned its successful management liability rater into a web-based service instead of the excel platform it was on previously.
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Zurich FSA sets a pace
ZURICH FINANCIAL Services Australia has made a further move into fast, paperless business with its intermediary relationship for its risk, wealth protection and wealth creation business.
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Deloitte director urges IT updates
INSURANCE COMPANIES have been urged to modernise their IT systems and infrastructure because this is essential to survival.
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And many more inside

THIS ISSUE> THE PEOPLE> Ross Garnaut, Penny Wong, Nicholas Scofield, Robert DeRose, Michael Zboron, Michel Liès, Jacques Aigrain, Martin Walker, Joan Fitzpatrick, David Chan, Stephen Ford, Colin Allman, Rod Donaldson, Bob Beresford, Damien Coates, Scott Watters, Bobby Lehane, Howard Mills, Matt Hiley, Steve Ord, Dean Carrigan, Stephen Sanders and many more.

THE ORGANISATIONS> Allianz Australia, AM Best, Reinsurance Rendez-Vous, Swiss Re, Reinsurance Rendezvous Australia, ANZIIF, Aon, Associated Marine, DUAL Australia, Zurich FSA, Deloitte LLP, Munters Australia, hurricanes, Weather Channel, Chubb Australia, Clayton Utz and many more.

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