Bondi attack: insurers urged to notify terror pool of losses
15 December 2025
The Australian Reinsurance Pool Corporation has asked insurers to let it know about potential claims related to last night’s mass shooting at Bondi Beach...
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Workshop targets teamwork on ‘hard problems’ of affordability
15 December 2025
A forum featuring a wide range of participants was held last week to drive collaborative responses to insurance affordability problems...
Queensland hailstorm claims pass 60,000
15 December 2025
Hail and strong wind in southeast Queensland late last month produced 60,200 claims, the Insurance Council of Australia says...
Code committee ‘helps insurers improve’
15 December 2025
The General Insurance Code Governance Committee says its actions during the 2024-25 financial year have helped address serious issues within the industry...
Insurers review builder links after directors charged
15 December 2025
Police have charged two directors at an NT building company over allegations related to Defence Department contracts, forcing insurers to review possible repercussions...
Progress on expert reports misses core problem: ACIL
15 December 2025
The Australian Consumers Insurance Lobby says the industry code watchdog’s follow-up report on oversight of external experts may cover for failures to address problems around assessors’ independence...
Insolvency exclusion knocks out liquidator’s claim
15 December 2025
A company liquidator has failed to make a case that three Lloyd’s syndicates are liable for claims relating to an insolvency...
Cladding review roasts fire safety engineers
15 December 2025
Some fire safety engineers providing combustible cladding risk assessments lacked experience in the matter and “struggled to provide these services competently”, an independent review has found...
A&H tipped to grow in ‘complex operating environment’
15 December 2025
Digital distribution, embedded cover and illness fears will sustain personal accident and health insurance in Australia through to 2030, according to GlobalData...
Google search trends show nation ‘bracing for disaster’
15 December 2025
Cyclone Alfred was this year’s leading search term among Google users in Australia...
‘Significant loss’: scores of homes burn in NSW, Tasmania
08 December 2025
Weekend bushfires destroyed 20 homes in NSW and 19 on Tasmania’s east coast...
Code watchdog sees improvement in use of experts
08 December 2025
Insurers have improved their oversight of external experts after an inquiry last year highlighted shortcomings, the industry code governance committee says...
Tunneller payout sets precedent for dust disease cases
08 December 2025
A silicosis sufferer has won $2.4 million in damages and compensation in an Australian-first legal ruling for a tunneller with the disease...
‘Opportunity for growth’ as cyber delivers profit
08 December 2025
The cyber insurance market achieved a $17 million underwriting gain in the September quarter, little changed from $18 million a year earlier, Australian Prudential Regulation Authority data shows...
Compensation cost an insured loss, court rules
08 December 2025
A property developer has won a court appeal against AIG’s decision to reject its claim for a loss from a land sale...
Financial crash, tech troubles worry executives
08 December 2025
Australian business leaders fear an economic downturn, labelling it the top threat facing the nation in the next two years, according to a major survey...
Tassie motor club funds fire research
08 December 2025
RACT will invest up to $1.2 million over four years in the University of Tasmania’s Fire Centre...
Too much information: insurers must explain personal questions
01 December 2025
A code governance committee review of online motor applications has found insurers often fail to explain why they are asking for information around relationships or employment – and it urges less reliance on bankruptcy as an indicator of risk...
Household cover headlines short-tail gains
01 December 2025
Short-tail insurance lines delivered an underwriting profit of $1.55 billion in the September quarter, driven by householders’ contribution of $636 million...
Storm, hail claim count passes 44,000
01 December 2025
The Insurance Council of Australia has extended its catastrophe declaration to include all storms and hail that hit Queensland and NSW from November 20-27...