Middle East turmoil fuels EV quote demand
20 April 2026
Insurers are receiving more requests for quotes covering electric vehicles as Middle East fuel supply issues continue...
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Leading insurers post strong revenue gains: AM Best
20 April 2026
The top 10 Australian non-life insurers produced insurance services revenue of nearly $46 billion in their latest annual results, up 11.1%, an AM Best analysis shows...
‘Financial lines consequences’ flagged as fuel shock rocks companies
20 April 2026
Economic shocks caused by the Middle East war have implications for financial risk exposure, law firm Kennedys has warned...
Psychiatric injury can’t be bolted on to back claim, judges say
20 April 2026
A woman has lost her bid to have a mental illness treated as part of a back injury claim with WorkCover after the Queensland Appeal Court found they are two separate issues...
War sparks business interruption claims, Crawford says
20 April 2026
Business interruptions linked to the Middle East War have emerged, according to claims services group Crawford & Company...
Energy group notifies insurers after huge refinery blaze
20 April 2026
Viva Energy Group has told the Australian Securities Exchange it has property and business interruption cover for last week’s fire at its Geelong refinery...
Market upheaval ‘most profound’ war risk for APAC
13 April 2026
Financial market turmoil poses the largest risk to Australian and other Asia-Pacific insurers stemming from the Iran war, according to an S&P Global Ratings report on the conflict’s impacts...
Midwives flag ‘systemic failure’ in PI coverage
13 April 2026
The Australian College of Midwives has warned there are limited insurance offerings for members in private practice...
‘Significant event’: New Zealanders clean up after Vaianu
13 April 2026
The Insurance Brokers Association of New Zealand says Cyclone Vaianu will have affected people still recovering from severe weather that hit earlier this year...
Court refuses to cap Toyota class action numbers
13 April 2026
A judge has rejected a bid to limit participation in a class action over insurance attached to finance for car loans...
In Insurance News magazine this month
13 April 2026
The tobacco wars and their impact on insurance make the cover of the April/May edition of Insurance News magazine, but it’s not all bad news...
‘Disaster inertia’ grips NZ, researchers warn
13 April 2026
New Zealand’s disaster responses have simply involved doing more of the same every time, according to three academics who have researched post-catastrophe reviews across the past decade...
Institute outlines steps to attract adaptation funding
13 April 2026
A lack of structures, systems and co-ordination is preventing capital from being invested in climate adaptation and resilience, the latest Australian Sustainable Finance Institute gathering found...
Exec fined over cartel bid banned from tapping insurance
13 April 2026
A company director has been ordered not to pursue an insurance payout after he was fined a record $1 million for attempted cartel conduct...
ICNZ reveals new board line-up
13 April 2026
FMG Insurance CEO Adam Heath has become chairman of the Insurance Council of New Zealand, with Suncorp NZ CEO Jimmy Higgins the deputy chairman...
‘Massive destruction’: WA towns count cost of Narelle
30 March 2026
North West Cape in WA has suffered some of the worst damage from Tropical Cyclone Narelle, the biggest storm to hit the state since Seroja in April 2021...
Iran conflict poses threat to underwriting margins
30 March 2026
S&P Global Ratings has warned of impacts on underwriting earnings from the Middle East war...
Intermediated premium edges up
30 March 2026
General insurance intermediaries issued premium invoices totalling $22.97 billion in the six months to December, the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority says...
Solicitors demand move to ‘free market’ PI cover
30 March 2026
A group of NSW solicitors have launched a petition calling for a Law Society general meeting over the lack of professional indemnity cover competition...
Repair worker scarcity makes ‘time a material cost’ in claims
30 March 2026
A shortage of tilers and bricklayers is pushing up claims costs even as broader supply conditions stabilise, Crawford & Company says...