Insurers Suncorp - Metway and Insurance Australia Group ( IAG ) are expected to weather the insurance claims arising from Queensland's storms, according to The Sydney Morning Herald.The two ... ...

Insurance Council says Qld storms reinforce need to strengthen national building codes. 21 Nov 2008 8:24 PM ...

Insurance companies have already made provisions to cover the estimated $140-million damage bill from this week's storms. They're also putting more away to cover an expected increase in adverse weather events due to global warming, which will lead to higher premiums for consumers. ...

The Australian Greens are calling on the Federal government to commit to an independent review into Howard's heavy-handed anti-terrorism laws, following the Australian Federal Police's (AFP) decision to discontinue David Hicks' control order, and the release of the Haneef Inquiry report ...

By David P Goldman Subprime mortgages were the beginning, not the end, of a global financial crisis, and in recognition of this fact equity markets have crashed. The proximate cause of this week's retreat in equity markets to the lowest levels since the 1990s was the collapse of loans to America ...