Episodes
147
March 27, 2024
INsight Podcast - Episode 147: strata under the spotlight
In this week’s edition of INSIGHT, we’re sponsored by the letter S. Yes, Strata is suffering under the spotlight, Steadfast steal the show at their serial celebration, and the surveyed sentiment on this stymied introduction is a short sentence rhyming with hit.
146
March 20, 2024
INsight Podcast - Episode 146: who is NIBA’s new leader?
In this week’s edition of INSIGHT, we’re all back from the inaugural Insurance News Conference and feel like we’ve been subjected to an astrophysics lecture – the content might have been heavy, but the event out of this world.
145
March 12, 2024
INsight Podcast - Episode 145: what’s worrying our industry?
In this week’s edition of INSIGHT, we’re slapping our chests and making other weird, but musical sounds like Bobby McFerrin as we say, don’t worry, be happy.
144
March 5, 2024
INsight Podcast - Episode 144: mind the gap
In this week’s edition of INSIGHT, is sponsored by Gap Inc, it’s a serious issue on the latest industry gender pay gap figures and we’re expecting a lot of casual tees.
142
Feb. 27, 2024
INsight Podcast - Episode 142: cracking the code
In this week’s edition of INSIGHT, the government’s flood inquiry hearings have wrapped up and we’re trying to fathom the outcomes.
142
Feb. 20, 2024
INsight Podcast - Episode 142: cash settlements under scrutiny
In this week’s edition of INSIGHT, tis the season for insurers to be jolly. It's the results season, and we analyse the data beyond seasonable doubt.
141
Feb. 13, 2024
INsight Podcast - Episode 141: is flood inquiry asking the right questions?
In this week’s edition of INSIGHT, 2024 just seems all a bit washed out as news from the federal government flood inquiry continues to leak.
140
Feb. 6, 2024
INsight Podcast - Episode 140: insurers face flood inquiry interrogation
In this week’s edition of INSIGHT, we welcome everyone back to 2024, just the same as before, but of one thing you can be sure, my puns will be just as UN-apologetically poor.
139
Dec. 19, 2023
INsight Podcast - Episode 139: signing off with a significant flood
In this week’s edition of INSIGHT, we end the year like we started it. A bunch if rubbish jokes before the real experts get to say a word about the latest catastrophe.
138
Dec. 12, 2023
INsight Podcast - Episode 138: simple advice raises questions
In this week’s edition of INSIGHT, let me give you some simple advice: just because you’re trash, doesn’t mean you can’t do great things. It’s called garbage can, not garbage can not.
137
Dec. 5, 2023
INsight Podcast - Episode 137: El Nino, but not as we know it
In this week’s edition of INSIGHT, it’s episode 137! Whoop, whoop! Who cares, I hear you cry? For many people (mostly my physicist father), the number 137 is a bridge between the tangible world of science and the intangible realm of mysticism. Seriously, look it up. It will be more interesting than this intro.
136
Nov. 28, 2023
INsight Podcast - Episode 136: insurance issues hit the mainstream
In this week’s edition of INSIGHT, it’s a political special edition and the steaks are high, so there’s no bull. We’re milking this for all it’s worth.
135
Nov. 21, 2023
INsight Podcast - Episode 135: relief at last from ESL hell
In this week’s edition of INSIGHT, it’s been such a big week of news, we need to take a holiday. The lights may be on, but nobody’s home.
134
Nov. 14, 2023
INsight Podcast - Episode 134: never-ending disclosure debate
In this week’s edition of INSIGHT, we’re going back to the future just to go back again. Yes, we’re gone full 1980s as Optus forced us to replace the email with the fax, the mobile phone for the rotary dial phone and lunchtime Bahn-Mi for salmon Vol-au-vents.
133
Nov. 7, 2023
INsight Podcast - Episode 133: floods and the future of optional cover
In this week’s edition of INSIGHT, we rewatch Kevin Costner’s amazing flop, Waterworld and realise it was meant to be a documentary.
132
Oct. 31, 2023
INsight Podcast - Episode 132: floodplain action lifts industry mood
In this week’s edition of INSIGHT, one hundred years later, the NSW Government seems to have admitted Eliza Doolittle was right, the "rine in spine does sty minely in the pline".
131
Oct. 24, 2023
INsight Podcast - Episode 131: why you love insurance, and why you don’t
In this week’s edition of INSIGHT, we take those old records off the shelf, slip on the sunglasses, parade around in undies and socks and slide on the hardwood floors. Yep, it’s a Risky Business.
130
Oct. 17, 2023
INsight Podcast - Episode 130: what went on at ICA, NIBA conferences
In this week’s edition of INSIGHT, not to pun I swear, it’s a challenge, to be fair, but time I’ve had to prepare.
129
Oct. 10, 2023
INsight Podcast - Episode 129: Steadfast makes its US move
In this week’s edition of INSIGHT, we check our fanny pack for our NRA membership card, as we shoot the breeze over coffee and grits. Yep, this ain’t our first rodeo.
128
Oct. 3, 2023
INsight Podcast - Episode 128: good levees, bad levies
In this week’s edition of INSIGHT, I say tom-Ato, you say tom-ay-to, I say pot-ay-to and berate you for even thinking pot-Ato is an acceptable pronunciation for an adult.
127
Sept. 26, 2023
INsight Podcast - Episode 127: what’s on the Radar
In this week’s edition of INSIGHT we’re all feeling a bit Humpty Dumpty. It’s not going to be a good summer, but hopefully we’ll have a great fall.
126
Sept. 19, 2023
INsight Podcast - Episode 126: we’re all going on a European tour
In this week’s edition of INSIGHT we’re off on a National Lampoon European Vacation with industry leaders. Oink Oink, my good man!
125
Sept. 12, 2023
INsight Podcast - Episode 125: reinsurance reassurance at Monte Carlo
In this week’s edition of INSIGHT: You got to ac-cent-tchu-ate the positives, E-lim-i-nate the negatives, The Suisse Re report is per-sua-sive, Don't mess with Monte-Carlo-Rendez-Vous. You got stan-dard-def-init-ions up to the maximum, Bring Hayne-Royal-Com-mission changes to the minimum, Have flood cover, or pan-de-monium, Insurance News is somewhere-in-between.
124
Sept. 5, 2023
INsight Podcast - Episode 124: Australia’s fiery future
It might seem that this week’s edition of INSIGHT proves our support of MAGA and the Trump 24 campaign. But you’ll be de-lighted to learn that nothing can extinguish our general disdain.