News Archive

2009

2008

Australia Insurance News

Dire Warning On Economy

Monday January 19, 2009
TREASURER Wayne Swan has promised further action in the wake of a dire warning that Australia is heading into the "sharpest deceleration" its economy has suffered.

Paying The Piper

Saturday January 10, 2009
Diagnosis of bipolar disorder in children has increased dramatically in the US, and Australia is struggling to resist temptations to follow suit, writes Margaret Rice.

Joining A Long-standing Tradition Of Tall Tales

Wednesday January 7, 2009
WHEN Max Harris published his autumn 1944 edition of Angry Penguins magazine, all he knew of young Ern Malley was that he was an English-born insurance salesman who had a flair for modernist poetry.

Insure To Be Sure Of The Future: Imf

Friday January 2, 2009
THE International Monetary Fund is canvassing a novel idea for staving off deep recessions: that governments offer insurance to businesses and individuals against the risk of economies going backwards.