The Insurance Council of Australia has predicted that the damage from a storm which struck Perth will exceed $650 million....

Thousands of cars damaged in Perth's hail storms have been written off, because insurance companies consider them too expensive to repair....

Thousands of public school students in Perth will not return to class until after the school holidays, as the clean up continues from damage sustained during Monday's storm....

The Insurance Council of Australia says only eight per cent of claimants from the Victorian bushfires have opted to re-build. This weekend will commemorate one year since the Black Saturday bushfires tore through parts of the state killing 173 people and destroying more than 2000 homes. The ...

The damage bill from the New Zealand earthquake is expected to reach nearly $2 billion....

Storms in Melbourne and Perth dragged insurance group IAG's profits down from $181 million to $91 million....

Asset sales and falling bad debts has doubled Suncorp Metway's profits, but there are concerns over business debt....

AMP's first half profits were up 17 per cent but short of expectations, dragging the market down....

The financial services sector has seen mixed results, with insurance giant QBE confirming a big fall in first half earnings....