The Insurance Council of Australia host several events, engaging with members, government and consumer groups each year.
Insurance Council of Australia
Events
The 2021 Industry Forum - Insurance in uncertain times
On 13 October, the Insurance Council of Australia held its Annual Industry Forum.
The event was hosted by Ellen Fanning from ABC’s The Drum, sessions and presenters included:
9am: Environmental, Social and Governance panel
- Dr Martha Carter, Vice Chairman and Head of Governance, Teneo
- Robin Mellon, CEO, Better Sydney
- Jacki Johnson, Co-Chair United Nations Finance Initiative (UNEP FI) & Founding Co-Chair Australian Sustainable Finance Initiative
10am: Commercial Lines Strategic Review panel
- John Trowbridge, Consultant
- Bruce Billson, Australian Small Business and Family Enterprise Ombudsman
- Celyeste Power, Chief Strategy Officer, Insurance Bureau of Canada
- Estelle Pearson, Principal & Managing Director, Finity
- Andrew Hall, CEO, Insurance Council of Australia
11am: Regulators' Perspective
- Helen Rowell, Deputy Chair, APRA
- Karen Chester, Deputy Chair & Commissioner, ASIC
- Rhys Bollen, Senior Executive Leader Insurers, ASIC
12noon: President's Update
- Sue Houghton, ICA President & CEO Australia Pacific QBE
12:30pm: Ministerial keynote from Assistant Treasurer, Hon. Michael Sukkar MP
1:30pm: The social cost of natural disasters panel
- Shane Fitzsimmons AFSM, Commissioner of Resilience NSW
- Andrew Coghlan, Head of Emergency Services, Australian Red Cross
- Anne Leadbeater OAM, Director, Leadbeater Group
2:30pm: Cyber risk panel
- Ian Cameron, Executive Manager, Cyber Governance, Risk & Compliance, IAG Australia
- Anne-Louise Brown, Director of Corporate Affairs and Policy, Cyber Security Cooperative Research Centre
- Quinton Kotze, Cyber & Technology Product Manager, Chubb
- Max Broodryk, Product Leader – Cyber Risk, International Financial Lines, AXA XL
Recent events
Cyclone Seroja one-on-one appointments
On 14 April, the Insurance Council of Australia declared an Insurance Catastrophe for impacted parts of Western Australia from Tropical Cyclone Seroja.
Insurers and the Insurance Council of Australia were in Western Australia to assist policyholders impacted by Cyclone Seroja from Tuesday 31 August until Friday 3 September 2021. Bookings for, COVID-safe in person appointments, were available online.
Halloween Hailstorm community forum
On 1 November, the Insurance Council of Australia (ICA) declared a Catastrophe for damage caused by hailstorms that struck south-east Queensland on 31 October 2020.
Insurers and the Insurance Council of Australia attended the Springlake Hotel on Thursday 17 June for one-on-one consultations with customers, providing help with their insurance claims.
2021 Parliamentary briefings: Catastrophe response
May 2021
When natural disaster strikes, the Insurance Council of Australia works with insurers, communities, and all levels of government, to assess damage, share data and support communities when they need it most.
As of May, the Insurance Council of Australia has declared three insurance #catastrophes in 2021 and in May, we help sessions with NSW and Federal Government stakeholders to provide on update on industry response and the proactive measures that will help build resilient communities.
April 2021
The third Building Stronger Homes Roundtable event, convened by the Insurance Council of Australia and Master Builders Australia, looked at reforms to the way codes, standards and land use planning systems promote the resilience of Australian family homes.
February 2021
The Building Stronger Homes Roundtable, convened by the Insurance Council of Australia and Master Builders Australia, focused on the financial impacts of natural disasters, the cost of rebuilding and the learnings from existing resilient homes programs, with the aim of creating actionable change.
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