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Steadfast has acquired a controlling shareholding in GSA Insurance Brokers, giving the business “extra clout” and filling a “missing piece in the jigsaw” for the network...

A class action filed against the Federal Government for failing to disclose climate change risks attached to sovereign bonds reflects trends that could see rising actions against companies, legal firm Allens warns...

A traveller who changed her return flight so she could get specialist formula for her baby and subsequently made an unsuccessful insurance claim for travel losses, has lost her bid for compensation...

Specialty insurer HDI Global has bolstered its senior team with two new hires in Sydney...

Commercial rates in the Pacific region surged by a record 31% in the second quarter, fuelled in part by further deterioration in Australia’s directors’ and officers’ market...

Hollard-backed insurtech Open has received $3.1 million in new funding from the insurer and local venture capital firm AirTree Ventures to support its recently launched broker-focused digital platform...

Australian fast bowler Mitchell Starc and Lloyd’s have agreed to settle a disputed claim under a total disablement policy, averting an expected hearing in the Victorian County Court...

A man who became sick with severe sepsis in Thailand, after his insurance expired two weeks earlier, has lost a dispute over a $130,000 claim for medical costs...

IAG has flagged the potential for a second industry business interruption test case to clarify that prevention of access extensions don’t apply in the case of pandemics...

The Australian Financial Complaints Authority has ruled Zurich must pay a claimant for losses incurred from changes he had made to his travel plans to avoid the civil unrest in Hong Kong last year...

IAG expects the Victorian lockdown is likely to trigger a repeat of trends seen earlier this year when coronavirus restrictions caused a reduction in new business while retention rates held up well...

Suncorp Portfolio Services Limited has taken members with group life policies off smoker rates and is considering remediation of non-smokers...

The Australian Financial Complaints Authority has ruled against a confectionary seller in a dispute over cover for losses when two shops in tourist locations were forced to close due to the coronavirus outbreak...

The value of travel insurance premiums written in Australia will not have recovered to levels seen last year by 2024 due to international travel restrictions, analytics firm GlobalData predicts...

An online survey has been launched today to gauge the industry’s progress in advancing diversity and inclusion in the workplace, plus the impact of the pandemic on employee wellbeing...

Kerrie Lalich has been promoted to the role of CEO at Lawcover Insurance, succeeding Michael Halliday who has decided to stand down after eight years at the helm...

Retired Supreme Court judge Robert McDougall will lead a “root and branch” examination of NSW state insurer icare as a scheduled five-year review is brought forward and broadened...

Steadfast has cancelled its convention scheduled for next March due to ongoing concerns caused by the coronavirus pandemic, after already not going ahead with this year's event...

A man who crashed his car into several trees while driving in clear weather on a straight, flat, sealed and dry road in Queensland has lost a dispute with his motor insurer...

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission is seeking feedback on a revised proposal of product intervention on add-on insurance sold with motor vehicles...