Local

• Watchdog fires warning as mass data breaches climb
• Judge blocks insurer’s bid for court appearance
• Australians in dark on true scale of flood risk
• Billabong blow-up ends in ruling against claimant

Corporate

• EML closes Guild Insurance deal
• Lyra unveils cyber specialists platform
• Suzuki gets on board with Club Marine
• BizCover adds commercial property covers

Regulatory & Government

• APRA flags ‘broader consequences’ of AI underwriting
• Cyclone pool helping but is no cure-all, MPs hear
• ICA and state recovery agency strengthen ties
• ASIC raises PI issue in lead generation probe

Life Insurance

• Court rejects exclusion to uphold disability claim
• Cancer pre-dated cover despite insured’s wait for diagnosis
• Industry wants tax relief extended to complying super entities
• PPS narrows field for advice award

The Professional

• Award-winning broker joins IA
• Tell us your views: last chance to complete reader survey
• Tony Harris memorial service to ‘celebrate wonderful man’
• On the move: the latest industry appointments

Insurtech

• Tech sector has ‘crossed AI threshold’
• Fewer mega-rounds but early-stage insurtech funding jumps
• Platform ‘slashes agency build costs’
• Nearmap offers SMEs ‘affordable entry point’

International

• Freezer hacks take cyber risk into physical realm
• Titanic insurance document goes under hammer
• Price competition dents Swiss Re margins
• Tiernan targets ‘unnecessary friction’ in operational shake-up

Analysis

• ICA conference weighs the ‘existential challenge’
• ‘We feel like we're drowning’: what needs to change for insurance professionals
• Cyber conundrum: the risk is rising, but coverage stays low
• Our greatest fears in a ‘world of polycrisis’