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...
12 June 2026
An El Nino that has developed in the tropical Pacific could become one of the largest events of its type on record, US forecasters say...
12 June 2026
A repeat rogue renovator has been fined $170,000 for falsely posing as a registered builder and working without mandatory insurance, leaving her victims with unfinished jobs and major repair bills...
12 June 2026
A tipping point in electric vehicle adoption and the implications for insurers will be the subject of an insightful masterclass at the upcoming Beyond the Buzzwords insurtech conference...
12 June 2026
A single mother was “blindsided” when her insurer retracted its offer to provide a new car to replace one stolen by a criminal gang...
11 June 2026
Standardised maintenance and wear and tear definitions proposed by the Insurance Council of Australia would add complexity and fail to reduce consumer confusion, the industry code governance committee, complaints authority and consumer groups have warned...
11 June 2026
Peter Chalkias has been appointed Australian country head and CFO at global (re)insurer Everest Group...
11 June 2026
NRMA Insurance says March and April “wild weather” claim numbers were down 47%, giving it the quietest start to a year in more than a decade after a benign January and February...
11 June 2026
An insurer has lost a claim dispute after it denied cover for damaged blinds under an exclusion relating to material awnings...
10 June 2026
Steadfast Group co-founder Robert Kelly says he will continue in the CEO role if a proposed $7.7 billion acquisition of the company proceeds...
10 June 2026
William Robert Berkley, who founded WR Berkley Corporation in 1967, has died aged 80...
10 June 2026
The Owners Corporation Network says it is disappointed the Victorian government has deferred an expert panel’s recommendation to ban strata commissions pending more analysis, but it will continue to press the issue...
10 June 2026
A cash-strapped homeowner has failed in a bid to claim $35,000 from her insurer to cover faulty work carried out by an unlicensed and uninsured builder...
09 June 2026
Authorised representative network Sphere Insurance Group has entered liquidation, according to the corporate regulator...
09 June 2026
Half of businesses in Australia experienced a “cyber event” in the past year, with 26% involving AI-driven attacks such as vulnerability identification, malware, phishing, deepfakes and email compromise, a QBE survey has found...
09 June 2026
A manufacturer that switched to making hand sanitiser during the Covid-19 pandemic has lost a court battle against insurer Allianz after its factory burnt down...
09 June 2026
A driver has failed to overturn a denied claim after she hit three parked vehicles in the early hours, then failed an alcohol test...