In the latest financial reports available to us the industry premium pool reported higher than expected premium growth. In light of a larger market size, FM Global have estimated that to meet the funding obligations to the fire and emergency services a rate of 27% will need to be applied to all assessable NSW premium effective 30 MAR 2020.

In light of a bigger premium pool base, FM Global have estimated that to meet the funding obligations to the fire and emergency services a rate of 29% will need to be applied to all assessable NSW premium effective 15 FEB 2020. We expect a rate rise effective 30 JUN 2020 largely driven by the significant increase to the brigade budget for 2020/21.

FM Global’s Lynette Schultheis, senior vice president, Australia operations manager, has been named to Insurance Business magazine’s ‘2020 Global 100’ list, which acknowledges “the very best the industry has to offer.”