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Cyclone pool secures 37% premium savings
19 May 2026
The cyclone reinsurance pool has resulted in home premiums falling 37% on average in the highest-risk regions, analysis shows...
Zurich reshuffles as APAC distribution head named
19 May 2026
Zurich has promoted Giles Crowley to the newly created position of head of customer and distribution management for Asia-Pacific, responsible for working with country teams to enhance underwriting capability and local market strategies...
Insurance News launches tech innovation conference
19 May 2026
Tickets are on sale now for Beyond the Buzzwords, a full-day event that breaks down how digital tools are transforming the industry...
Data shows fast action key to worker recovery: Sedgwick
19 May 2026
Early support for injured workers leads to better return to work results, Sedgwick says in a report today...
Steadfast denies misuse of power in $3m row with ex-member
15 May 2026
Steadfast Group has rejected an accusation of “market power misuse” made by Dynamic Insurance Services, a Perth-based broking and authorised representative network...
Here to spray: flexi-hose claim costs rise again
15 May 2026
Suncorp says the cost of claims caused by bursting flexi-hoses is still rising, and the ticking time bombs are not going anywhere in the short term...
Watchdog waves through Zurich-ClearView deal
15 May 2026
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has cleared Zurich to proceed with its acquisition of life insurer ClearView Wealth...
AFCA unimpressed at driver’s U-turn on car theft account
15 May 2026
A motor policyholder has lost a claim dispute after saying she had left a key in her stolen car, before changing her story when told an exclusion would apply...
‘Government has listened’: state backtracks on TasInsure
14 May 2026
Premier Jeremy Rockliff says Tasmania will “partner with insurers, brokers, reinsurers” to fix insurance affordability and availability gaps in the island state...
Tour guide’s helicopter claim crashes despite cost saving
14 May 2026
A trek guide who chartered a helicopter to deliver vital equipment that was delayed in transit has lost a coverage dispute, even though his actions prevented separate trip cancellation claims from his 29 clients...
Food maker fined again after fingers ‘crushed, lacerated, amputated’
14 May 2026
A frozen food manufacturer has been fined $180,000 after a worker's finger was cut in a dough-mixing machine...
INsight podcast: federal budget disappoints again
14 May 2026
The federal budget and its lack of action on insurance and disaster mitigation is the first topic discussed on the latest episode of the Insurance News podcast...
Budget acts on affordability, misses on mitigation
13 May 2026
The federal budget has allocated $3.4 million over four years to develop measures that drive down property insurance costs and reduce unintentional underinsurance, but the government has not delivered a mitigation infrastructure boost...
RACQ Insurance defends ‘misleading’ comparisons
13 May 2026
RACQ Insurance has defended its renewal premium disclosures in response to Federal Court action by the corporate regulator...
Australian chief takes Swiss Re global specialty job
13 May 2026
Swiss Re Australia and New Zealand CEO Trent Thomson will become the group’s head of global specialty, based in London, from July 1...
‘Cosmetic’ row ends in call for a makeover
13 May 2026
A strata block owners’ corporation has won a payout for hail damage after the industry ombudsman ruled roof dents were more than a “minor cosmetic” issue...
IAG sets customer, GWP goals under 2030 strategy
12 May 2026
IAG aims to have more than 11 million customers and gross written premium above $25 billion by 2030...
‘Game-changer’: Hutch AI quote tool hailed as potential world first
12 May 2026
Hutch Underwriting has launched Dawn, a groundbreaking AI service that binds via Ebix Sunrise Exchange, populates broker management systems and completes the entire quote process without manual data entry...
Pool losses ‘within expectations’ after busy cyclone season
12 May 2026
Reinsurance pool losses from the latest cyclone season are estimated at about $267 million, based on an early view of impacts from nine declared events...
Compensation ordered after storm repairs trigger ‘emotional strain’
12 May 2026
The financial services ombudsman has told Suncorp to pay the maximum amount of non-financial loss compensation to a homeowner after its poor handling of her storm claim led to delays and further damage...