Guides

  1. Best Practices For Premium Audits On Large Commercial AccountsLarge commercial premium audits can influence far more than the final invoice. They can affect broker relationships, renewal negotiations, reserving…
  2. Crafting a communication plan for regulatory filings that stands up to scrutinyAustralia's insurance sector carries a distinctive compliance fingerprint. APRA, ASIC and the AASB each pull on different threads of the reporting fabric, and…
  3. Finance as the Gatekeeper in Insurtech Acquisition DecisionsAcross the Asia-Pacific region, insurers are rewriting their growth playbooks by acquiring nimble technology providers rather than building solutions entirely…
  4. Strategies for managing catastrophe event costsCatastrophe events can transform a profitable insurance portfolio into a material financial exposure within days. Bushfires, floods, severe storms and cyclones…
  5. Forging a strategic partnership between IT and finance in insuranceFor decades, the relationship between technology teams and finance functions inside Australian insurers has been one of polite distance. Finance handled the…
  6. Tax Treatment of Reinsurance Commissions for Australian InsurersThe Australian reinsurance landscape continues to evolve, with Sydney and Melbourne functioning as the country's primary hubs for cedent and reinsurer…
  7. Designing a robust captive insurance reporting frameworkA captive insurer gives a corporate group greater control over risk financing, claims management and insurance data. It also creates a reporting obligation…
  8. Measuring the Effectiveness of Insurance Compliance ProgramsCompliance functions within Australian insurers have moved well beyond the historical notion of a back-office policy repository. They now sit at the…
  9. The Use of Machine Learning to Improve Loss Reserve AccuracyLoss reserves sit at the centre of insurance financial reporting, capital planning and executive decision-making. When estimates are too low, an insurer may…
  10. Best practices for continuous internal control monitoringInternal controls are often reviewed as a scheduled compliance exercise, with evidence gathered shortly before an audit or board meeting. That model is…