23 June 2026
The NSW budget released today underscores the case for emergency services levy reform as collection forecasts escalate compared with projections a year ago, the Insurance Council of Australia says...
23 June 2026
Ransomware threats against Australian legal and professional services firms remain at elevated levels, according to QBE’s latest threat intelligence report...
23 June 2026
Tower head of claims experience and transformation Dan Walker has been made chief claims officer...
23 June 2026
An Australian who was not allowed to board the first leg of a flight home from Colombia has won a claim dispute...
19 June 2026
Federal opposition emergency management spokesperson David Littleproud has asked the competition regulator to investigate premiums in Queensland’s southwest as prices soar despite mitigation work...
19 June 2026
Lloyd’s underwriters will not have to pay for an industrial clean-up at a glass reprocessing business after Victoria’s Environment Protection Authority took control of the site...
19 June 2026
Financial Services Minister Daniel Mulino says he doesn’t want the insurers’ code review to “drag on”, as the industry prepares to release a draft...
19 June 2026
A policyholder who lost more than $372,000 of jewellery at a night market in Thailand has been denied a payout because he misrepresented where he lived when insuring the items...
18 June 2026
Failed authorised representative network Sphere Insurance Group could owe more than $11 million to creditors, preliminary projections released by its liquidator show...
18 June 2026
Zurich’s £8.2 billion ($15.5 billon) buyout of London-listed Beazley has been cleared by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission following an examination of potential market impacts...
18 June 2026
A travel policyholder has won a payout after arguing a doctor’s declaration that he could not go overseas was a claimable event, rather than the earlier onset of illness...
18 June 2026
The proposed consortium buyout of Steadfast is the first item discussed on the latest episode of the Insurance News podcast...
17 June 2026
Failure to contact clients at least 14 days before policy renewal accounted for 38% of broker code of practice breaches in the past year, according to an annual compliance report...
17 June 2026
Weather risk is influencing where Australians choose to live and work, particularly among people aged under 45, according to a new IAG report...
17 June 2026
Insurers and brokers have welcomed a New Zealand government review of the fire and emergency services levy on insurance...
17 June 2026
A motor policyholder who denied covering up her criminal history has lost a bid to have her insurer reinstate cover and accept claims for vehicle damage...
16 June 2026
Financial Services Minister Daniel Mulino is “continuing to work on” possible government intervention to help high-risk homeowners who are being priced out of insurance...
16 June 2026
Youi has provided “more compelling” small business insurance after switching to a direct distribution model, CEO Nathaniel Simpson told an inquiry today...
16 June 2026
The Middle East conflict has added volatility to claims costs, particularly around jobs such as plumbing and draining water, and is raising the risk of underinsurance, according to Crawford & Co Australia...
16 June 2026
A new Event Response Centre in Sydney will co-ordinate Allianz’s activity during and after severe weather incidents...