The Tasmanian Liberals’ promise to create a government-owned general insurer if re-elected is the main topic discussed on the latest Insurance News podcast.

As previously reported, insurers have warned the plan “poses significant risk to Tasmanian taxpayers”, while industry consultant John Trowbridge says the Liberals must thoroughly run the numbers.

This week’s edition of INsight, hosted by Insurance News MD Andrew Silcox, features deputy editor Wendy Pugh and senior journalists Bernice Han and Miranda Maxwell.

The panel also discusses severe weather in NSW and natural catastrophe claim costs for the first half of the year, strata oversight, reinsurance renewals and the upcoming Beyond the Buzzwords insurtech event in Sydney.

You can find the latest episode, and previous episodes of INsight, published here.