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Call for driver training as high-tech safety features prove a turn-off
18 August 2026
Driver-assist technology can prevent road casualties but about half of Australian motorists have disabled the “proven” smart features in their cars, IAG research has found...
Top 20 AR networks report published
18 August 2026
Insurance News has published a special report on the authorised representative sector, which has grown quickly to become a critical part of general insurance distribution in Australia...
Overhaul tax calculation to ease premium burden, researchers say
18 August 2026
Tasmanian insurance prices have been pushed up by rising bushfire and flood risks, rebuilding costs and taxes, a new report finds...
Travel insurer fails to show carelessness in case of missing laptop
18 August 2026
A traveller who could not explain how her laptop disappeared has won a claim dispute after the industry ombudsman found there was not enough evidence she left the device unattended...
QBE reports $1.5 billion H1 profit
14 August 2026
QBE has reported a $US1.033 billion ($1.464 billion) first-half net profit and premium gains in line with its outlook, as the company flags opportunities to leverage its global breadth in areas including reinsurance and broking relationships...
ANZIIF honours ‘remarkable’ Wedlock with posthumous award
14 August 2026
Broking leader Tim Wedlock, who died in a road accident in the US, has been given a posthumous lifetime achievement award by the Australian and New Zealand Institute of Insurance and Finance...
SIRA names new CEO
14 August 2026
NSW’s State Insurance Regulatory Authority has appointed Megan Main as CEO, replacing Mandy Young, who departed in May...
‘Don’t call AFCA’: dispute ruling reveals mystery phone ‘threat’
14 August 2026
Auto & General has been ordered to pay compensation after an ombudsman’s investigation of a motor claim uncovered a mysterious phone call telling a customer: “Don’t call AFCA”...
IAG retail premium grows as commercial arm lags
13 August 2026
IAG expects tough market conditions to continue for its intermediated business this year and is accelerating a technology overhaul to enhance performance, while its retail operations are tipped to drive premium gains...
Regulator backs Ambrose builder buyout
13 August 2026
Ambrose Construct Group can proceed with its acquisition of Major Loss Builders after the competition regulator deemed the deal unlikely to affect the supply of insurance repair and restoration work...
Final call for feedback under state’s CTP review
13 August 2026
Consultation on the NSW compulsory third party motor insurance scheme closes next Monday...
Ombudsman sides with insurer after crooks make off with copper
13 August 2026
Rolls of copper wire that were stolen from a house are not covered under an additional benefit for unfixed home building materials, the Australian Financial Complaints Authority has found...
Natural hazards hit Suncorp earnings
12 August 2026
Suncorp has signalled a need to “get ahead” of claims inflation after reporting a drop in full-year earnings, driven partly by a blowout in natural hazard costs...
Business MD to leave QBE after ‘period of transformation’
12 August 2026
QBE Australia’s business MD Elliot Hill is departing the insurer after seven years...
Payout bid flops after stud bull loses its mojo
12 August 2026
The owner of a bull that suffered a drop-off in its breeding ability after being sold has lost a claim dispute...
INsight podcast: market trends and TasInsure’s latest twist
12 August 2026
Aon’s latest assessment of the market is the first item discussed on this week’s Insurance News podcast...
Car cover pricing disclosure leaves customers ‘in the dark’
11 August 2026
A review of motor premium disclosure practices has found no insurers detailed “key factors” driving up prices in quote and renewal documents, the corporate regulator says...
Ombudsman lashes insurers, brokers over draft code failings
11 August 2026
The industry ombudsman says the insurers’ draft code of practice hollows out commitments and undermines oversight, while brokers face a “final chance” to improve remuneration disclosure before risking government intervention...
Helia takes hit as LMI demand drops off
11 August 2026
Helia says the Australian lenders’ mortgage insurance market’s gross written premium fell 14% in the first three months of the year even as high loan to value ratio mortgage numbers grew by a quarter compared with a year earlier...
A ‘microsleep’, a miner crash and the major failure that wrecked driver’s claim
11 August 2026
A driver who smashed into a tree and left the scene before police arrived has lost a claim dispute...