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The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) is the prudential regulator of the financial services industry. It oversees banks, mutuals, general insurance and reinsurance companies, life insurance, private health insurers, friendly societies, and most members of the superannuation industry. APRA currently supervises institutions holding around $9.8 trillion in assets for Australian depositors, policyholders and superannuation fund members. 

APRA releases findings of survey on life insurance in superannuation

The letter released today follows the survey conducted by APRA at the end of 2022 on the sustainability of group life insurance in superannuation.
Cross-industry
Media release
Published
7 December 2023

APRA releases consultation on minor updates to capital framework for ADIs

In the letter to industry released today, APRA addresses specific issues raised by industry on the implementation of the new capital framework.
Banking
Media release
Published
5 December 2023

APRA grants new general insurance licence to Ivory Insurance

APRA has also licensed Wood Insurance Holdings as a non-operating holding company.
General insurance
Media release
Published
4 December 2023

APRA maintains current macroprudential policy settings

APRA releases its annual update on macroprudential policy outlining the reasons why existing policy settings remain appropriate.
All industries
Media release
Published
4 December 2023

APRA seeks greater industry transparency in latest phase of the Superannuation Data Transformation

As part of Phase 2 of the Superannuation Data Transformation project, “Depth”, APRA plans to collect data needed to further support APRA’s supervision of the superannuation industry in areas including: Trustee profile, superannuation fund profile, investments, indirect investment costs and financial statements.
Superannuation
Media release
Published
30 November 2023

APRA releases new insights on superannuation performance

In an insights paper released today, APRA has drawn upon this year’s annual superannuation performance test data to analyse fees and investment returns across MySuper and trustee directed products (TDPs), a subset of the choice sector.
Superannuation
Media release
Published
29 November 2023

APRA consults on new cross-industry standard to centralise existing standards on definitions for ADIs and insurers

The proposed new prudential standard CPS 001 Defined terms (CPS 001) follows APRA’s strategic initiative to Modernise the Prudential Architecture and it aims to consolidate existing definitions across different standards into one place.
Cross-industry
Media release
Published
27 November 2023

APRA publishes updates to FAQs on Superannuation Data Transformation

The new FAQs and updated worked examples relate to reporting expenses.
Superannuation
Media release
Published
24 November 2023

APRA releases quarterly private health insurance statistics for September 2023

This edition of the publication covers statistics on membership, coverage, benefits paid, medical gap, prostheses and medical services.
Private health insurance
Media release
Published
22 November 2023

APRA responds to consultation on amendments to private health insurance reporting standards

The letter issued today responds to the consultation released in August 2023 on consequential updates to three PHI reporting standards to ensure consistency between the terminology used across the updated PHI legislation and APRA PHI reporting standards.
Private health insurance
Media release
Published
22 November 2023
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