28 April 2025
A government-backed insurance scheme should be established in the Australian Capital Territory to provide affordable cover to community organisations, says Scouts ACT, as insurance costs reach a quarter of its operational budget...
28 April 2025
A WA director who misused his father’s building contractor credentials has been fined $20,000 after pleading guilty to several offences, including invalid home indemnity insurance...
28 April 2025
Britain’s Financial Conduct Authority is setting up an office in Australia in July to oversee its activities in the Asia Pacific region as part of a new strategy to support UK financial services firms...
28 April 2025
The Queensland government has appointed a new leadership team to overhaul the state building regulator...
28 April 2025
The NSW Government will provide more than $2.25 million in emergency funding to help support five music festivals held across the state under the first round of payments from the Contemporary Music Festival Viability Fund...
14 April 2025
Advice from the Insurance Affordability and Natural Hazards Risk Reduction Taskforce will be a matter for the winner of next month’s federal election...
14 April 2025
A fine imposed under workplace manslaughter laws after a 25-year-old subcontractor died in a forklift accident has been more than doubled on appeal...
14 April 2025
The corporate regulator says its company-level breach and complaints “dashboards” will increase transparency, drive improved performance and help deliver better outcomes...
14 April 2025
A decision on the proposed acquisitions of RACQ and RAA’s insurance underwriting operations will come later than expected...
07 April 2025
IAG New Zealand will not challenge court action brought by the Financial Markets Authority over failures to correctly price premiums and properly advertise and apply discounts...
07 April 2025
A roofer who carried out work without the required insurance and despite not being licensed or qualified to do so has been fined $60,000...
07 April 2025
The Queensland government says it will freeze WorkCover premiums for the next financial year...
07 April 2025
New Zealand has changed its licensing rules for electrical workers, plumbers, gas fitters and drain layers, and says more reforms will follow to “crack down on cowboy builders”...
07 April 2025
NSW state insurer icare says applications are open for its dust disease research grant scheme...
31 March 2025
The Insurance Council of Australia has welcomed the final report from a parliamentary inquiry into the cyclone reinsurance pool, highlighting its focus on broader affordability measures...
31 March 2025
Federal MPs have called for a focus on insurance issues such as affordability and pricing practices after reviewing the corporate and competition watchdogs’ annual reports for 2021, 2022 and 2023...
31 March 2025
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has released draft merger process guidelines for consultation ahead of laws that will begin next year...
31 March 2025
New Zealand’s Accident Compensation Corporation has ordered an independent review of its workplace culture following allegations about some senior executives’ behaviour...
31 March 2025
The general insurance industry will pay about $28.6 million to fund Australian Prudential Regulation Authority operational costs next financial year, down from $32.7 million in 2024–25, Treasury calculates...
31 March 2025
New Zealand’s Financial Markets Authority says it expects businesses to put consumers at the forefront of decision-making as the Conduct of Financial Institutions regime takes effect...