Regulator seeks feedback on RAC deal promises
19 October 2026
The competition watchdog has called for feedback by Wednesday on IAG’s public benefit commitments supporting the planned acquisition of RAC Insurance...
Regulatory & Government
MPs’ artificial intelligence inquiry offers early advice
19 October 2026
A parliamentary inquiry into AI has written to the Prime Minister ahead of its reporting date with advice on safeguards, data centre standards and action needed to support local capabilities...
Workers’ comp review spotlights insurers
19 October 2026
Stronger monitoring and regulation of insurers is central to maintaining a robust Queensland workers’ compensation scheme, according to an independent review...
Bosses ‘need to know AI risk’ as power grows
19 October 2026
New Zealand financial services groups have been told they are expected to maintain cybersecurity strategies and frameworks that address threats as AI becomes more prevalent...
State strata review proposes commission disclosure reforms
16 October 2026
A WA strata review has proposed reforms requiring clearer disclosure of manager fees, charges and commissions, and improvements around conflicts of interest...
Recycling business charged after worker injured by explosion
15 October 2026
Victoria’s WorkSafe is taking a scrap recycling business to court after a worker was seriously injured in an explosion...
Advice group cops $1.3m ‘sting’ over cyber failings
14 October 2026
Financial advice group Fortnum Private Wealth has been fined $1.35 million over cybersecurity lapses including a data breach in 2022 that affected more than 9000 clients...
Cyclone pool claims top $1.6b
12 October 2026
The cyclone pool has received 133,078 claims to date with a total net incurred value of about $1.65 billion, the latest statistics report says...
Hazards Commission backs uni research into quake fires, landslips
12 October 2026
New Zealand’s Natural Hazards Commission is investing $NZ3.6 million ($2.89 million) in research examining earthquake fires, flood risk, coastal cliff collapse and other threats...
Call for submissions as state eyes impairment rating reform
12 October 2026
The NSW State Insurance Regulatory Authority has called for feedback on whether the workers’ compensation scheme’s psychiatric impairment rating scale is fit for purpose...
Data protection agency probes smart glasses app maker
12 October 2026
The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner has launched an inquiry into a Chinese smart glasses app maker after it failed to respond to questions about its safeguarding of personal data...
NZ add-on insurers ‘operate with integrity’
12 October 2026
New Zealand Labour’s plans for targeting add-on insurance need evidence and careful consideration, with regulations already covering the sector, the Financial Services Federation says...
Hollard fined $2m after storm claimants ‘left in limbo for years’
09 October 2026
The Federal Court has fined Hollard $2 million over failures handling a home and contents claim made by a couple after a storm damaged their roof...
Canberra drops plan to slash disaster recovery funding
09 October 2026
The federal government has scrapped proposed changes to the Disaster Recovery Funding Framework after a campaign by Queensland councils and politicians...
Industry questions Treasury calculations on compo scheme levy
09 October 2026
Insurers have pressed for a rethink on their share of the $170.3 million special levy to cover a cost blowout in the Compensation Scheme of Last Resort, questioning the metrics used to decide contributions...
Employee safety watchdog launches fresh inspection blitz
09 October 2026
SafeWork NSW will make another round of workplace inspections to identify psychosocial hazards...
State backs key industries’ worker recovery programs
09 October 2026
Eight projects will share more than $3 million through the Return to Work Victoria innovation grants program...
Demolition group fined for safety failings after worker death
08 October 2026
A demolition recycling company has been fined $187,500 for breaching NSW workplace safety laws when a worker died in an excavator accident...
Fraudsters sentenced in SIRA crackdown
06 October 2026
A woman has been jailed and thousands of dollars recovered through court action as the State Insurance Regulatory Authority cracks down on fraud...
Albanese orders cyber review after OpenAI breach
05 October 2026
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has launched a “rapid review” to assess government cyber crisis response arrangements after an OpenAI agent gained unauthorised access to a Medicare statistics portal...