A new set of wheels hit the streets of Armidale, New South Wales, in February this year, marking a huge leap forward for Australian vehicle technology and a valuable test case for the insurance industry. Developed through the New South Wales Government’s Smart Innovation Centre, the Armidale Regional Driverless Initiative (ARDi) travels a 5 km […]
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Industry bodies welcome NSW Government funding for farm insu...
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FM Global reveals major cause of property-related losses in ...
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Rise in car defects prompts insurance warning
Brokers need to inform their clients that ignoring a recall notice from their car manufacturer could void their car insurance. This warning comes after a new study by comparison website Finder found an alarming increase in car recalls in Australia over the past five years, with the overall number of recalls skyrocketing by 176% since […]
One of Antarctica’s biggest glaciers will soon reach a point
Antarctica’s glaciers are melting at unprecedented rates. This rapid ice loss contributes to rising sea-levels. In a new study, scientists found that the Thwaites Glacier in western Antarctica will likely hit a point of irreversible melting, after which it will lose all of its ice over a period of 150 years. If the entire Thwaites […]
We studied how Australian stocks have fared over the last ce...
It was Mark Twain who reputedly once remarked, ‘History doesn’t repeat itself but it does rhyme’. When it comes to money and markets it’s no different, with the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) this week releasing a hundred year study of the Stock Market. While it’s impossible to say what the future will bring, it […]
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