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Securing professional indemnity cover will remain tough for building certifiers and other high-risk professionals as insurers look to cut their losses, according to an Aon report...

The General Insurance Code of Practice will be a crucial tool in helping the industry embed Hayne royal commission reforms, the Insurance Council of Australia says...

Access to local government flood data for Moreton Bay Regional Council and the City of Gold Coast would allow for more accurate pricing of premiums in the two Queensland precincts, the Insurance Council of Australia says...

Lloyd’s has welcomed Wickshire as the market’s first Australian-based registered broker as rising technological uptake makes it easier to transact business from global locations...

New research estimates that fixing defects in apartment buildings constructed in the last decade will cost $6.2 billion...

Calculating potential underwriting losses from poor construction remains impossible as governments prove reluctant to share information on building issues, Insurance Council of Australia Head of Risk and Operations Karl Sullivan has told a NSW parliamentary inquiry...

A recent Federal Court of Australia order in the Radio Rentals class action indicates insurers are increasingly going to have to disclose details of their clients’ insurance policies, law firm Allens says...

Industry losses on property insurance from Townsville’s summer flood, which began on Australia Day, have reached $1.22 billion, according to Swiss modeller Perils estimates...

The Bank of Queensland has won in its legal appeal to make an indemnity claim from its civil liability policy...

Anecdotal evidence suggests that insurers are reducing their capacity and availability for defamation cover amid an “explosion” in lawsuit damages, Victorian barrister David Gilbertson QC says...

The New Zealand High Court has ruled that Southern Response engaged in misleading and deceptive conduct in its handling of a Canterbury quake claim...