In response to COVID-19, the Australian Government introduced an indefinite ban on all overseas travel in late March 2020. With major Australian airlines speculating international flights won’t resume until at…
At the time of writing this article (May 2020) it’s only been 3 months since Australia activated its emergency plan and ramped up initiatives focused on the COVID-19 pandemic. In…
COVID-19 has impacted the travel plans of around one million Australians. Less than half of those travellers would have travel insurance that provides coverage for pandemics. In Part 1 of this…
The COVID-19 Susceptibility Index models the Australian population against their susceptibility of developing severe symptoms of COVID-19, based on unique geographic and demographic data. Existing research shows that COVID-19 has…
Key AACI insights: Records set across Summer for extreme high temperatures and consecutive dry days. Extreme wind levels and consecutive dry days for parts of NSW were the highest ever….
With the economic impact of COVID-19 bearing down we thought it was worth trying to understand how General Insurance (GI) industry capital levels are holding up. FY20 has had more…
The COVID-19 lockdown restrictions mean that there is significantly less traffic on the roads, which will result in fewer motor claims and other changes to the motor insurance landscape. Traffic…
The Council of Financial Regulators released a statement this week about COVID-19. This was followed quickly by the release of APRA and ASIC media releases. The big picture is six months hold for all the regulatory changes…
Beginning this week, as a part of our business continuity response to the coronavirus pandemic Finity is temporarily changing its work practices so that all consultants will be working remotely…
A recent survey of 60 executives conducted by Finity, found 62 per cent believed their organisations were “a long way behind” best practice and a further 21 per cent said…