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Australia's Largest Insurer Posts Sharp Profit Drop as Bushfire and Flood Claims Surge

Sourced from 3 publications

  • •Australia and New Zealand's largest insurer saw annual profit fall sharply as bushfire and flood claims mounted, per The West Australian
  • •Singtel's profit rose 21% above estimates, powered by Optus and Bharti Airtel contributions, Tech in Asia reported
  • •Telstra's CEO received a $700,000 pay rise to $6.8 million while the board cut $1.3 million in executive bonuses over a major network outage, according to The Guardian

Sources

Scorched: rising natural disasters hit insurer's profit

Thewest

Singtel profit rises 21%, beats estimates

Techinasia

Telstra CEO gets $700,000 pay rise to $6.8m despite Australia-wide outage

The Guardian

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