covid 19
… for the private health insurance industry. The sharp COVID-19 led decline in equity markets drove significant …
… premium rate increases. Claims growth fell due to various COVID-19 restrictions imposed across Australia throughout the …
… with lump-sum and pension payments returning to pre-COVID levels, and totalled $18.3 billion for the March …
… “The groundwork of previous years meant that, when COVID-19 hit, the Australian banking industry had sufficient …
… position relative to many other countries. With low COVID-19 cases, we have seen a number of strong indicators of … by mutuals were impacted by repayment deferrals due to COVID-19. Mutuals maintained this position relative to the … and CET1 ratios, and have so far weathered the impacts of COVID-19 well. This reflects well on smaller ADIs, but does …
… for the year ahead very quickly went out the window when COVID-19 struck. To use three of the most over-used words of … spoken previously about how we responded to the onset of COVID-19 with a rapid change to our priorities. 1 In … program are critical reforms that were inflight when COVID-19 descended. There are three I want to highlight …
… increase is likely a consequence of member reactions to COVID-19 related measures, such as increases in lockdown …
… business interruption (BI) issues during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic where lockdowns and other restrictions …
… and capability. Given the economic environment related to COVID, APRA also has intensified supervision of all …
… quarter (predominantly due to increased provisions for COVID related BI claims, alongside storm events and long tail …
… heatmap. And despite an immensely challenging year with COVID-19, more than half of MySuper products exceeded our …
… the accumulation of household savings during the onset of COVID-19. Benefit payments totalled $85.8 billion, declining …
… strong; There is ongoing uncertainty due to COVID-19 and some downside risks remain. In addition, …
… under pressure from a range of challenges associated with COVID-19. However additional, high quality data that is …
… to the significant health and economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic that dominated the year. In that report, we … by the Optus data breach – and the lingering impact of COVID-19 are creating volatility in financial markets, …
… and activities. “With no sign of an imminent end to the COVID crisis, helping regulated entities and their customers …
… There is some degradation of asset quality as a result of COVID-19, although the full scale of this impact will only be …
… Regulatory Leader, based in Melbourne. That was before COVID. By the time I arrived in Australia in September 2020, … what do you miss about the UK? I’m loving Melbourne, but COVID has meant that we haven’t been able to travel as much … a time of significant legislative change and in the era of COVID-19 is a fairly risky venture. But I hope my past record …
… early declines in capital and asset quality as a result of COVID-19, however the full scale of these impacts will only …
… What’s been asked of us has only expanded. The onset of COVID-19, however, saw our priorities sharply narrow. We … in extreme weather events. After a year of not just COVID, but also devastating bushfires, storms and floods, the … I think this partly reflects the overwhelming nature of COVID-19, but also reflects that many banks, insurers and …