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Dividend Record Date, Dividend Pay Date, Dividend Rate
- Dec 18, 2023
- 5 pages
Dividend Record Date, Dividend Pay Date, Dividend Rate
- Dec 18, 2023
- 5 pages
Yesterday
Cyclone Jasper’s damage bill mounts as rain eases
While rainfall eases in North Queensland, the cost wrought by Cyclone Jasper is rising.
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- Liam Walsh, Sarah Mitchell and Tess Bennett
This Month
Cyclone insurance back-up scheme likely off-limits for Qld floods
Insurance companies are unlikely to be able to access a Commonwealth reinsurance project to offset costs of paying out victims of the North Queensland flooding, which could lead to a rise in premiums.
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- Liam Walsh
Insurers warn of cutting flood cover options or even customers
Insurers have warned some coverage options might have to be changed after devastating floods last year.
- Liam Walsh
The fate of ANZ and Suncorp deal is in the hands of these three people
The high-stakes legal battle over whether the $4.9 billion transaction should proceed is half done. And so far, it is unclear who’s on top.
- James Eyers
ANZ argues plenty of competition in bid to reverse blocked deal
The bank’s lawyers told a tribunal that the ACCC made an error in blocking the deal, and changes to the lending sector had only boosted competition.
- Lucas Baird
November
Couple of sentences could have avoided insurer’s $10m fine
RACQ has been hit with a Federal Court penalty in the latest fallout for insurers and their failures to pass on discounts to policyholders.
- Liam Walsh
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
The one risk big insurers won’t take
There may be strong demand for cyber insurance, but the local sector is not running towards that fire. Even if it is a growing piece of the insurance pie.
- Anthony Macdonald
ANZ links bonuses to office attendance
The bank’s employees have been told their annual reward may be slashed if they fail to spend at least half of their scheduled working hours in the office.
- Euan Black
ANZ sets out five reasons the ACCC was wrong to block Suncorp deal
Submissions published by the competition tribunal reveal the arguments ANZ and Suncorp will make at a hearing next month to get it to overturn the regulator.
- James Eyers
- Exclusive
- Working from home
Companies have started linking bonuses to working in the office
Origin Energy and Suncorp Group employees risk having their bonuses cut if they do not comply with rules around minimum office attendance.
- Euan Black
October
Suncorp cuts management jobs in latest finance sector losses
But the company does not expect any other major changes ahead of an appeal on the decision to block the sale of its banking arm to ANZ scheduled for next year.
- Liam Walsh
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
Queensland wants its voice heard in battle over ANZ-Suncorp deal
The Queensland government wants the public benefits it secured from the ANZ/Suncorp deal put front and centre as the Australian Competition Tribunal reviews the deal.
- James Thomson
September
- Updated
- Executive shake-up
Suncorp’s bank boss to leave with ANZ fight looming
Clive van Horen says his new role is a good opportunity, and leaving Suncorp has nothing to do with a looming competition decision.
- Liam Walsh and Lucas Baird
Youi’s profits lift, but some insurer costs become prohibitive
Even as affordability concerns spike, insurers say customers are not dumping cover.
- Liam Walsh
Warmer El Niño will boost insurer profits
One analyst says catastrophe claims in El Nino periods are broadly on par with that of neutral weather patterns, and 42 per cent lower than in La Nina.
- Lucas Baird
Guess who’s joining Stephen Jones on his Euro jaunt?
Joining the Financial Services Minister’s delegation are representatives from an insurance industry under extraordinary regulatory scrutiny.
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- Myriam Robin
Insurers behaving badly: who will pay the price?
Bloodied carpets. Repair delays. Sly pricing accusations. While investors warm to insurers, government oversight is rising and crackdowns have struck overseas.
- Liam Walsh
Why repair times have worsened for fixing smashed cars
Smash repair giant AMA Group has just posted another massive loss, but says times are turning around.
- Liam Walsh
This sly algorithm is allegedly targeting loyal insurance clients
The industry has for years had the capability to charge higher premiums for certain people renewing policies.
- Liam Walsh
AMA’s CEO, chairman out amid capital raising for smash chain
The CEO says he will remain a shareholder in Australia’s biggest smash repair chain, which has bled more than $300 million in three years.
- Liam Walsh
