Guides

  1. Building a Continuous Improvement Framework for Insurance Finance OperationsInsurance finance leaders across Australia are navigating one of the most demanding periods the profession has faced. New prudential standards from APRA, the…
  2. How to assess the credit risk of reinsurance counterpartiesReinsurance cedants across Sydney and Melbourne routinely hand over substantial portions of their premium income to a small group of carriers in Bermuda,…
  3. Predictive Analytics And The Future Of Insurance Fraud DetectionInsurance fraud is becoming harder to identify through traditional rules alone. Claims can involve multiple parties, digital documents, staged incidents,…
  4. Closing the books faster: practical strategies for a tighter monthly closeFor finance teams across the Australian insurance market, the monthly close remains one of the most pressure-laden routines in the calendar. Actuaries,…
  5. Understanding the Financial Reporting of Loss-Sensitive Rating PlansLoss-sensitive rating plans link an insured’s final insurance cost to its own claims experience. Common structures include retrospective rating, large…
  6. Designing Compensation Structures for Insurance Claims AdjustersClaims adjusters sit at the operational heart of every general insurer, yet the way they are paid is often treated as an afterthought. A well-designed…
  7. Rate Hikes and the Fixed Income Repositioning in Australian InsuranceThe Reserve Bank of Australia lifted the cash rate from historic lows in 2022, moving it through a sequence of increases before pausing, and the transmission…
  8. Machine Learning Signals for Safer Claims PaymentsClaims payments are a critical test of an insurer’s operational discipline. A payment that is delayed, duplicated, misdirected or released without adequate…
  9. Intercompany Reconciliation Best Practices for Multinational InsurersMultinational insurers operate across borders, currencies, and regulatory regimes, and matching what one subsidiary owes another can be among the most complex…
  10. Building the business case for an insurance data warehouseAn enterprise data warehouse can turn fragmented insurance information into a dependable foundation for pricing, reserving, claims, finance, compliance and…