COVID-19 has directly and indirectly affected the operation of many Australian businesses, leaving many with lost earnings. Some businesses have turned to their insurers to claim on their business interruption (‘BI’) insurance policies. However, most current BI policies are not intended by insurers to cover a pandemic, and most include some form of exclusion.
Read the key points of APRA Executive Director Superannuation Division, Suzanne Smith's speech at the recent ASFA Spotlight on Risk and Compliance event.
Three months into the vaccine rollout, publicly available data on vaccine uptake in Australia remains rudimentary and sporadic. This is in stark contrast to many other wealthy countries, where transparency has been key. Karen Cutter, Jennifer Lang and Kirsten Armstrong argue that better information could help all stakeholders understand what’s going right and what’s going wrong, and home in on the interventions most likely to make the biggest difference.
With many Australians and New Zealanders living their lives as they did pre-pandemic, but with severe international travel restrictions, it is easy to understand the current complacency about COVID-19. This complacency is misplaced.
Posted 18 March 2021
