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Report calls for ‘effective intervention’ to counter rising disaster cost
28 September 2026
Increasingly frequent and severe natural disasters over the next 40 years will pose significant risk to the economy, a federal government forward-looking report has warned...
Get ready for El Nino, says WFI
28 September 2026
Rural and regional communities need to prepare for anticipated extreme heat this spring and summer, driven by one of the strongest El Niño events on record, farm insurance specialist WFI, part of IAG, warns...
Rising bushfire risk brings challenges: Descartes
28 September 2026
Australia's escalating bushfire risk means forestry plantations, sawmills and other high-risk industries are struggling to find insurance cover and are facing higher deductibles and sub-limits, according to Descartes Underwriting...
NZ ombudsman reports rising disputes
28 September 2026
New Zealand’s Insurance & Financial Services Ombudsman Scheme has reported record demand for its services, with insurance disputes dominating the figures...
Millennials plugged in to EV opportunity
28 September 2026
Millennials have emerged as Australia's most EV-ready generation, with almost 90% of 30–45-year-olds intending to make their next car an electric one, new research from IAG's ROLLiN’ and NRMA Insurance shows...
Suncorp flags resilience concerns over homes push
24 September 2026
The drive to build more homes as a way to address housing affordability challenges could have drawbacks, Suncorp CEO Steve Johnston cautions, as he advocates for a long-term national resilience plan...
ICA-led delegation heads to US, Europe
24 September 2026
Politicians, government officials and insurance industry leaders will next week depart for Washington DC, New York, Zurich and London to examine how a new set of risks is reshaping the market and driving policy challenges globally...
Court backs AIG over double cover dispute
22 September 2026
The Federal Court has found AIG doesn’t need to contribute to Allianz claim payouts made after a building site gate fell on a traffic controller, causing physical and psychiatric injuries...
Aon champions Australia-developed flood assessment tool
22 September 2026
Broker Aon says a new flood evaluation tool is potentially “transformational” in helping the industry address rising premiums linked to inundation risk...
Privacy complaints soar, commissioner warns
21 September 2026
Trust in the insurance industry to handle personal information has fallen, and privacy complaints about insurers are increasing faster than the overall rate, Australian Privacy Commissioner Carly Kind has told an insurance industry audience...
D&O market stays soft
21 September 2026
The directors and officers market remains soft – as it has been for five years – but there are some signs this could change, the Australasian Professional Indemnity Group conference was told...
ICA names new board member
21 September 2026
Adica Insurance CEO and MD Dean Cullen has joined the Insurance Council of Australia board as a non-executive director...
‘Nothing improper about commissions’: brokers speak up on code debate
18 September 2026
Brokers have rebutted criticism of commission disclosure practices, arguing that clients will not benefit from expanded obligations...
Australian mutual use growing, report says
17 September 2026
More Australian entities are using discretionary risk mutuals, bypassing traditional insurance products to protect their assets, according to a report released today...
Levy says ‘ethical brokers’ disclose commission
15 September 2026
Quality of Advice reviewer Michelle Levy has had her say on the National Insurance Brokers Association draft code, arguing that all commissions should be disclosed...
Insurers gaining ground on fraudsters, says ICA
14 September 2026
More than $100 million in losses was prevented by the Insurance Crime Intelligence Network of Australia in its second year of operation, the ICA’s counter-fraud CEO Andrew Gill told the Sydney Claims Convention...
Market looks good but claims building
14 September 2026
The Australian insurance market remains profitable but there is a risk that market softness runs ahead of emerging claims experience, warns Hall & Wilcox in its Australian specialty insurance market outlook...
Property level intelligence to assess bushfire risk
14 September 2026
A study of the January 2026 Victorian bushfires has found the individual characteristics of a property can affect its vulnerability...
PI market set to stay soft
14 September 2026
The professional indemnity market will remain subdued for the next year, with a projected softening of 5%, according to Taylor Fry...
Sea level rise 'to cause billions in damage'
14 September 2026
Coastal flooding is expected to damage 267,000 properties and two million of hectares across the nation this century, according to the Climate Council...