General insurance and financial services news from Australia and around the worldhttps://www.insurancenews.com.au/en-auhttps://www.insurancenews.com.au/local/ica-chair-calls-on-industry-to-lock-in-behind-new-codehttps://www.insurancenews.com.au/local/ica-chair-calls-on-industry-to-lock-in-behind-new-code<p>Insurance Council of Australia chair Steve Johnston says the new code of practice marks a step change for the sector and he has urged support for the document as it moves through the regulatory approval process...</p>Thu, 05 Nov 2026 05:33:55 GMThttps://www.insurancenews.com.au/corporate/eml-takes-on-catholic-church-insurance-workers-comp-businesshttps://www.insurancenews.com.au/corporate/eml-takes-on-catholic-church-insurance-workers-comp-business<p>Catholic Church Insurance will transfer its national workers&rsquo; compensation legacy portfolio to personal injury claims manager EML Group...</p>Thu, 05 Nov 2026 05:33:25 GMThttps://www.insurancenews.com.au/local/nsw-dominates-bushfire-hotspot-rankingshttps://www.insurancenews.com.au/local/nsw-dominates-bushfire-hotspot-rankings<p>Eight of the 10 postcodes with the most homes at risk of bushfire are in NSW, data from GIO shows...</p>Thu, 05 Nov 2026 05:17:34 GMThttps://www.insurancenews.com.au/the-professional/special-insight-podcast-looks-to-the-future-with-nibahttps://www.insurancenews.com.au/the-professional/special-insight-podcast-looks-to-the-future-with-niba<p>A special edition of the Insurance News INsight podcast examines the National Insurance Brokers Association&rsquo;s Future Ready convention theme...</p>Thu, 05 Nov 2026 05:17:17 GMThttps://www.insurancenews.com.au/daily/ombudsman-says-nay-to-insurer-s-horse-playhttps://www.insurancenews.com.au/daily/ombudsman-says-nay-to-insurer-s-horse-play<p>An insurer has been ordered to cover a horse&rsquo;s veterinary costs after failing to prove its owner knew it had a tumour when she bought her equine policy...</p>Thu, 05 Nov 2026 05:16:24 GMThttps://www.insurancenews.com.au/the-broker/underwriting-profits-face-growing-pressure-aon-sayshttps://www.insurancenews.com.au/the-broker/underwriting-profits-face-growing-pressure-aon-says<p>Aon has warned of impacts on insurer earnings as Australian rates continue to fall...</p>Thu, 05 Nov 2026 00:24:30 GMThttps://www.insurancenews.com.au/the-broker/tributes-for-beloved-member-of-wa-broking-communityhttps://www.insurancenews.com.au/the-broker/tributes-for-beloved-member-of-wa-broking-community<p>Broker John O&rsquo;Leary died suddenly at the weekend, aged 62...</p>Thu, 05 Nov 2026 00:24:23 GMThttps://www.insurancenews.com.au/the-broker/claimants-hit-wall-in-bid-for-storm-damage-payouthttps://www.insurancenews.com.au/the-broker/claimants-hit-wall-in-bid-for-storm-damage-payout<p>An owners&rsquo; corporation has lost a dispute over the collapse of a parapet wall, after an insurer-appointed engineering consultant described the design as &ldquo;grossly inadequate&rdquo;...</p>Thu, 05 Nov 2026 00:24:17 GMThttps://www.insurancenews.com.au/the-broker/prevail-enhances-and-simplifies-farm-packagehttps://www.insurancenews.com.au/the-broker/prevail-enhances-and-simplifies-farm-package<p>Prevail says changes to its farm offering give brokers a &ldquo;stronger, clearer and more efficient&rdquo; way to address client needs...</p>Thu, 05 Nov 2026 00:23:32 GMThttps://www.insurancenews.com.au/the-broker/claims-award-winner-salutes-collective-efforts-of-exceptional-peoplehttps://www.insurancenews.com.au/the-broker/claims-award-winner-salutes-collective-efforts-of-exceptional-people<p>Maree Solvyns is &ldquo;feeling incredibly honoured&rdquo; after being named NIBA claims broker of the year...</p>Thu, 05 Nov 2026 00:22:24 GMThttps://www.insurancenews.com.au/the-broker/vero-continues-residential-strata-rollouthttps://www.insurancenews.com.au/the-broker/vero-continues-residential-strata-rollout<p>Vero residential strata insurance is now available in NSW and the ACT, and there are plans to add Victoria in coming months, completing a national rollout...</p>Thu, 05 Nov 2026 00:22:08 GMThttps://www.insurancenews.com.au/the-broker/niba-mentor-program-opens-applicationshttps://www.insurancenews.com.au/the-broker/niba-mentor-program-opens-applications<p>The National Insurance Brokers Association is seeking applications for next year&rsquo;s mentoring program, which for the first time has a hybrid format...</p>Thu, 05 Nov 2026 00:22:07 GMThttps://www.insurancenews.com.au/the-broker/broker-q-and-a-how-can-risk-advisers-help-the-tourism-industryhttps://www.insurancenews.com.au/the-broker/broker-q-and-a-how-can-risk-advisers-help-the-tourism-industry<p>The Queensland Tourism Industry Council is creating a panel of specialist brokers to help members secure cover, following a report in July detailing the problems of insurance affordability...</p>Thu, 05 Nov 2026 00:22:04 GMThttps://www.insurancenews.com.au/the-broker/tech-specialists-set-out-to-make-insurance-simplerhttps://www.insurancenews.com.au/the-broker/tech-specialists-set-out-to-make-insurance-simpler<p>Brokerage Fahrenheit Insurance has been founded by Sydney-based Faria Anzum and Jack Hazlehurst, who will focus on construction and transport covers...</p>Thu, 05 Nov 2026 00:22:02 GMThttps://www.insurancenews.com.au/the-broker/data-centres-the-exposure-question-of-the-decadehttps://www.insurancenews.com.au/the-broker/data-centres-the-exposure-question-of-the-decade<p>Willis Re has highlighted the risks related to data centres as huge sums are deployed to building the facilities...</p>Thu, 05 Nov 2026 00:20:50 GMThttps://www.insurancenews.com.au/local/beefy-premium-achmea-covers-australia-s-most-expensive-bullhttps://www.insurancenews.com.au/local/beefy-premium-achmea-covers-australia-s-most-expensive-bull<p>An 834kg bull dubbed a &ldquo;herd improver&rdquo; that sold for a record $420,000 has been insured under an Achmea stud stock policy...</p>Wed, 04 Nov 2026 05:20:39 GMThttps://www.insurancenews.com.au/regulatory-government/disaster-ready-fund-reveals-nsw-act-cash-recipientshttps://www.insurancenews.com.au/regulatory-government/disaster-ready-fund-reveals-nsw-act-cash-recipients<p>The Disaster Ready Fund&rsquo;s fourth round of grants will support 14 NSW projects and seven in the ACT, with combined federal and local investments across the two regions topping $100 million...</p>Wed, 04 Nov 2026 05:20:15 GMThttps://www.insurancenews.com.au/the-professional/irreplaceable-presence-colleagues-pay-tribute-to-chubb-underwriterhttps://www.insurancenews.com.au/the-professional/irreplaceable-presence-colleagues-pay-tribute-to-chubb-underwriter<p>A funeral will be held on Monday for Chubb underwriter James Balis, who died on October 23 aged 31...</p>Wed, 04 Nov 2026 05:07:48 GMThttps://www.insurancenews.com.au/daily/ombudsman-backs-driver-in-fiery-dispute-over-car-claimhttps://www.insurancenews.com.au/daily/ombudsman-backs-driver-in-fiery-dispute-over-car-claim<p>An insurer has been ordered to settle on a burnt-out Range Rover after failing to convince the ombudsman the claimant lied about the fire...</p>Wed, 04 Nov 2026 02:37:35 GMThttps://www.insurancenews.com.au/daily/insight-podcast-celebrity-claims-conflict-in-contexthttps://www.insurancenews.com.au/daily/insight-podcast-celebrity-claims-conflict-in-context<p>A celebrity YouTube show that criticised insurer claims handling is the first topic discussed on the latest Insurance News podcast...</p>Wed, 04 Nov 2026 01:03:29 GMT