Episodes

Episode 30: APRA get serious about risk management.

Episode 29: Test cases, natural disasters and deferred sales models.

Episode 28: Is the code of practice made perfect.

Vero’s SME insurance index report has built up a treasure trove of statistics over the past decade from surveying the insurance buying habits of over 14000 business owners. In this INsight Podcast special feature, we highlight an important issue from the index reports - broker value. Not all SME owners surveyed used brokers, but those that do tend to be more informed, more satisfied at claims time and feel more positively towards the insurance industry as a whole.

Episode 27: The end of the Business Interruption saga?

Episode 26: Hollard acquisition, Aon/WTW woes and claims.

Vero’s SME insurance index report has built up a treasure trove of statistics over the past decade from surveying the insurance buying habits of about 14 and a half thousand business owners. In this INsight Podcast special feature we turn our attention to the current hard market, what the latest index tells us about attitudes to pricing and how brokers can respond. As Insurance News has reported, rates in many sectors and insurance lines continue to rise sharply, making it harder to find approp...

Episode 25: The balls are up in the air for test cases, reinsurance pools and the future of work.

Episode 24: Loyalty tax, digital employees and AFCA rulings.

Across three episodes we’ll be focusing on Vero’s SME insurance index report, which this year marked its 10th anniversary. Over the course of a decade, the index has surveyed over 14000 SME owners providing unique insight into their insurance buying habits, as well as flagging numerous industry challenges and trends. In this INsight Podcast special feature we examine a significant theme of the SME index – interaction – and the insight that the more a broker connects with the client, the more sa...

Episode 23: John Trowbridge and the insurance affordability discussion.

Episode 22: Coal mining, mice and Willis RE.

Episode 21: Diving into the northern Australia reinsurance pool.

Episode 20: We Told You: Northern Australia Reinsurance Pool.

Episode 19: A government position on commissions?

Episode 18: All happening in brokerland.

INsight Podcast - Episode 17: Launching the Insurtech digital section.

INsight Podcast - Episode 16: Avast ye, marine insurance experts.

INsight Podcast - Episode 15: The focus on floods edition.

In this episode we tackle the complex subject of broker commissions, which are about to come under the spotlight as part of a Kenneth Hayne-inspired review. Ramping up the pressure at the end of last year were key reports from the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission and small business ombudsman, both recommending the banning of so-called ‘conflicted remuneration’.

INsight Podcast - Episode 14: The Reinsurance insanity edition.

INsight Podcast - Episode 13: The Diversity edition.

INsight Podcast - Episode 12: The Godfather Trilogy edition.

INsight Podcast - Episode 11: The game changer edition.