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Prudential and conduct authorities

AustraliaAPRA / ASIC

Insurance supervision in Australia.

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01 / The institution

Australian Prudential Regulation Authority / ASIC

APRA is the prudential supervisor established under its 1998 act. General insurance is governed by the Insurance Act 1973; life and private health insurance have separate sector legislation. ASIC has conduct responsibilities.

How it is structured

Prudential and conduct authorities

Institutional source ↗

The legal foundations

Mandate, written into law.

Establishing legislation and the rules governing insurance may be different instruments.

02 / Market signals

The numbers, with context.

Figures retain the reporting period and accounting basis of their source. They are snapshots, not live indicators or directly comparable country rankings.

Insurance penetration. A current premium-to-GDP ratio has not been independently verified for this profile. No estimate is substituted.

03 / The report notebook

A dated view of the market.

What we noted in the regulator’s publications. Each entry separates the period covered, publication date when known, and our review date.

ReviewedNOTE 01

Quarter ended 30 June 2026 · Published

Quarterly general insurance performance statistics — June 2026 ↗

Workbook notes, presentation basis and selected total-industry rows reviewed. Data use AASB 17 and individual authorised insurers, including overseas operations and reinsurance; Lloyd’s Australian operations are excluded. Flow figures are discrete quarterly values.

A different revenue basis

AASB 17

The series beginning in September 2023 cannot be compared directly with the superseded accounting framework.

Quarterly general insurance performance statistics — June 2026Information sheet: change in reporting framework · Country illustration
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04 / Official contacts

Reach the institution.

Public institutional channels, checked 17 September 2026.

Research trail

Sources you can follow.

Independent editorial research by Insurers Global. Source dates do not certify that a law includes every subsequent amendment.

  1. Enabling legislation | APRA ↗Checked
  2. Official contact page ↗Checked
  3. Quarterly general insurance performance statistics — June 2026 ↗Checked

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