Mina Martin
Mina Martin

Insurance Business Australia

Mina Martin

Journalist

18+ years experience

Mina's specialty topics

Mortgage rates and lender rate movements RBNZ monetary policy and OCR forecasting Housing policy and regulatory reform insurance industry developments

Mina Martin is a journalist at Key Media, where she has been covering the financial services industry since 2016. She now focuses on the mortgage and lending sector across Australian Broker and New Zealand Adviser — reporting on non-bank lending, reverse mortgages, property market trends, securitisation, and the evolving role of technology in broking. Earlier in her Key Media career, she reported for Insurance Business Australia and New Zealand and served as a global profiles writer.

Before joining Key Media, Mina worked as a development editor at a leading educational publisher, authoring published social studies textbooks and magazine features. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Communication, majoring in Journalism with a minor in Speech Communication, and a Master of Education majoring in English — a dual foundation that sharpens her investigative rigour and ability to translate complex financial subject matter into clear, authoritative prose.

Outside the newsroom, she is an avid reader of non-fiction and a devoted fan of dramas and variety shows — a curiosity for real stories and human behaviour that informs the depth and accessibility she brings to every piece she writes.

How I think about writing for this industry…

“The best stories in this space rarely come from a single report — they come from connecting the dots between what the data shows, what the experts are saying, and what it actually means for a broker's next conversation with a client.”

Also published by

Student's Digest · Vibal Group

Featured content from Mina

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Previous experience

  • Key Media — Journalist

Education

  • M.A. Education Major in English, De La Salle Araneta University

Read the latest stories by Mina

Building approvals slide in December
Decline in apartment approvals drives the fall
Building approvals slide in December
Office supply drives up vacancy rates
But high-quality office space still popular
Office supply drives up vacancy rates
Macquarie Bank takes lead in rate adjustments
There were more cuts than hikes in fixed rates last week
Macquarie Bank takes lead in rate adjustments
What to do if your relationships are causing a potential conflict
Brokerages are legally required to have in place adequate arrangements for managing conflicts of interest, expert says
What to do if your relationships are causing a potential conflict
Travel insurer launches API-driven insurtech platform
The platform will soon be publicly available
Travel insurer launches API-driven insurtech platform
Conduit Re sees successful January 2022 renewal season
It is well positioned to benefit from favourable market conditions, says group chairman
Conduit Re sees successful January 2022 renewal season
UK-based MGA commits to the Australian market
The firm is in talks with APRA-approved general insurers, plans to set up a Sydney office
UK-based MGA commits to the Australian market
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