Insurance Claims News
Superannuation insurance premiums under scrutiny
Tuesday December 15, 2009
THE $2.4 billion a year in premiums paid by Australian super funds for life and disability insurance will be scrutinised by the Cooper Review as it moves into the third and final phase of its year-long examination of the $1 trillion super system.Sheds first, house plans later for trauma victims
Tuesday November 10, 2009
BUSHFIRE victims who lost their homes in February's blazes could still be living in temporary accommodation next winter.Sack them all: investors vent Suncorp fury
Thursday October 29, 2009
SUNCORP directors faced a barrage of criticism from angry shareholders yesterday after the company's profits fell 40 per cent last financial year, the second consecutive drop in its annual earnings.Rebuilding on track, but still a long wait for bushfire towns
Sunday October 25, 2009
THE head of the Bushfire Recovery and Reconstruction Authority says it will take years for towns ravaged by the Black Saturday bushfires to return to normal.High Court ends costly New Cap saga
Saturday September 5, 2009
THE High Court yesterday turned down an opportunity to consider how "commercial morality" intersects with a director's duty not to mislead investors.New Cap trials end
Saturday September 5, 2009
THE High Court yesterday turned down an opportunity to consider how "commercial morality" intersects with a director's duty not to mislead investors.Doctors urge delay on vaccine
Saturday August 29, 2009
DOCTORS have called for Australia's swine flu vaccination plans to be put on ice until questions over the safety and practicality of the roll-out are answered.A different kind of drive time
Thursday August 27, 2009
NEIL Crompton's motor-sport career spans more than three decades. On the racetrack, of course, he's a speed demon €” but what's he like on the road?Snowball to tackle melting profits
Wednesday August 26, 2009
THE incoming Suncorp-Metway chief executive Patrick Snowball will in effect be given a clean sheet to reshape the troubled financial services group after a second successive year of falling profits since its $7.9 billion company-transforming takeover of Promina.Suncorp freezes board pay
Wednesday August 26, 2009
INCOMING Suncorp-Metway chief executive Patrick Snowball will effectively be given a clean sheet to reshape the troubled financial services group after a second successive year of falling profits since its $7.9 billion takeover of Promina.Shrinking profit leaves Suncorp exposed Speculation over ANZ, QBE interest
Saturday August 8, 2009
A €śTRIPLE whammy€ť of bad debts, huge weather-related insurance claims and volatile financial markets will cut Suncorp-Metway's annual net profit by more than a third and continue to leave the group exposed to predators such as ANZ and QBE.Suncorp profits hit by 'triple whammy'
Saturday August 8, 2009
A €śTRIPLE WHAMMY€ť of bad debts, huge weather-related insurance claims and volatile financial markets will cut Suncorp-Metway's annual net profits by more than a third and continue to leave the bancassurance group exposed to predators such as ANZ and QBE.Hot Stock
Wednesday June 20, 2007
What's new? The once-in-30-years storm that battered Australia's east coast over the long weekend was eclipsed only by the blizzard of insurance claims that followed.The Balm After The Storm
Monday May 14, 2007
One year on from the devastation of Cyclone Larry in Far North Queensland, insurer Suncorp has finalised most of the 8000 claims it received, half of all insurance claims stemming from the catastrophe.