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Chief economist update: Equity markets struck by coronavirus

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JAN 2020
... 23.5% gain. That time, news.com revived old archives citing a 2006 paper titled Global Macroeconomic Consequences of Pandemic Influenza where, based on economic modeling, 'the most serious "ultra" scenario would cost 142.2 million lives around the ...

FEATURE: Reshaping insurance

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 22 OCT 2015
In a highly competitive market, group insurers are looking beyond lowering prices to attract large fund clients. In May, APRA issued a letter to Australian life insurers outlining the regulator's concerns about the group risk sector. If group insurers ...

Life insurer premiums up amid group policy concerns

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2015
APRA has issued the Quarterly Life Insurance Performance Statistics report for the March 2015 quarter, showing net life insurer premiums are at $61.8 billion for the year to 31 March 2015, up from $50 billion in the previous year. Net policy payments ...

The good in the bad news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2009
... And all this amid news that the World Health Organisation has raised the swine flu threat to 5 - one level away from pandemic. As far as Wall Street is concerned, their bacon is fried. And all this amid news that the US economy sank deeper into the recessionary ...

Too much ado about pig flu

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 28 APR 2009
... S&P 500 shed 1 per cent and the Dow closed 0.6 lower speculating on the dire potential the swine flu - if it becomes a pandemic - would have on the global economy. The deep economic recession we are now experiencing could turn out to be a depression. ...

Bird flu pandemic risk could strike insurers

Life insurers and their reinsurers could be significantly impacted by a bird flu pandemic. Fitch Ratings has released a report detailing the impact of any bird flu pandemic on life insurers and reinsurers, should the disease transmute and become transmitted ...