General insurance and financial services news from Australia and around the worldhttps://www.insurancenews.com.au/en-auhttps://www.insurancenews.com.au/the-broker/market-conditions-not-seen-for-more-than-a-decadehttps://www.insurancenews.com.au/the-broker/market-conditions-not-seen-for-more-than-a-decade<p>Australian market conditions have seen clients in many classes benefiting from competitive pricing, expanded capacity and stronger insurer appetite, Marsh says in a report...</p>Thu, 01 Oct 2026 02:27:59 GMThttps://www.insurancenews.com.au/the-broker/ausure-details-rapid-growth-following-acquisitionshttps://www.insurancenews.com.au/the-broker/ausure-details-rapid-growth-following-acquisitions<p>The Ausure authorised representative network has grown by 138 in recent months, taking its total number of ARs to 251...</p>Thu, 01 Oct 2026 02:21:43 GMThttps://www.insurancenews.com.au/the-broker/commercial-lines-weakness-set-to-persisthttps://www.insurancenews.com.au/the-broker/commercial-lines-weakness-set-to-persist<p>The commercial insurance market may remain soft for another two years driven by factors including competition levels, Taylor Fry&rsquo;s annual Radar report says...</p>Thu, 01 Oct 2026 02:05:27 GMThttps://www.insurancenews.com.au/the-broker/gin-distillery-loses-cyclone-disruption-disputehttps://www.insurancenews.com.au/the-broker/gin-distillery-loses-cyclone-disruption-dispute<p>A gin school and distillery operator who argued Cyclone Alfred public warnings and alerts effectively kept customers away has lost a dispute over trading losses...</p>Thu, 01 Oct 2026 01:45:31 GMThttps://www.insurancenews.com.au/the-broker/hutch-launches-construction-enhancementshttps://www.insurancenews.com.au/the-broker/hutch-launches-construction-enhancements<p>Hutch Underwriting has launched a single project construction product and significantly enhanced its annual construction offering, expanding options for brokers placing risks across residential and commercial sectors...</p>Thu, 01 Oct 2026 01:44:10 GMThttps://www.insurancenews.com.au/the-broker/willis-tool-puts-information-at-fingertips-for-risk-managershttps://www.insurancenews.com.au/the-broker/willis-tool-puts-information-at-fingertips-for-risk-managers<p>Broker Willis says its new intelligence tool gathers risk and insurance data in one place, enabling clients to access important information easily...</p>Thu, 01 Oct 2026 01:29:10 GMThttps://www.insurancenews.com.au/the-broker/steadfast-appoints-duncan-ramsay-company-secretaryhttps://www.insurancenews.com.au/the-broker/steadfast-appoints-duncan-ramsay-company-secretary<p>Steadfast has appointed Duncan Ramsay as company secretary effective from yesterday...</p>Thu, 01 Oct 2026 01:27:27 GMThttps://www.insurancenews.com.au/the-broker/angel-flying-high-at-decade-milestonehttps://www.insurancenews.com.au/the-broker/angel-flying-high-at-decade-milestone<p>Victoria-based Angel Insurance Brokers is celebrating its tenth anniversary...</p>Thu, 01 Oct 2026 00:52:23 GMThttps://www.insurancenews.com.au/the-broker/broking-entry-education-levels-on-the-risehttps://www.insurancenews.com.au/the-broker/broking-entry-education-levels-on-the-rise<p>Brokers are entering the profession with higher education levels than in the past but pathways remain largely informal, a report released by the National Insurance Brokers Association shows...</p>Thu, 24 Sep 2026 02:11:19 GMThttps://www.insurancenews.com.au/the-broker/beekeeper-stung-by-fire-claim-rulinghttps://www.insurancenews.com.au/the-broker/beekeeper-stung-by-fire-claim-ruling<p>An insurer was entitled to partially decline a bushfire claim from a beekeeping business after the industry ombudsman ruled the policy&rsquo;s temporary removal benefit did not cover hives primarily located at apiaries...</p>Thu, 24 Sep 2026 02:11:10 GMThttps://www.insurancenews.com.au/the-broker/mc-lardy-mc-shane-launches-specialty-offeringhttps://www.insurancenews.com.au/the-broker/mc-lardy-mc-shane-launches-specialty-offering<p>McLardy McShane Specialty has launched, helmed by director and principal broker Dave Stott...</p>Thu, 24 Sep 2026 02:10:57 GMThttps://www.insurancenews.com.au/the-broker/niba-finalises-claims-broker-award-contendershttps://www.insurancenews.com.au/the-broker/niba-finalises-claims-broker-award-contenders<p>The National Insurance Brokers Association has shortlisted the finalists for its claims broker of the year award...</p>Thu, 24 Sep 2026 02:10:47 GMThttps://www.insurancenews.com.au/the-broker/howden-tracks-data-centre-exposurehttps://www.insurancenews.com.au/the-broker/howden-tracks-data-centre-exposure<p>The rapid expansion of data centres is creating highly concentrated exposures to extreme weather, armed conflict and community disputes, according to new research from Howden...</p>Thu, 24 Sep 2026 02:10:33 GMThttps://www.insurancenews.com.au/the-broker/aon-promotes-drummond-to-global-rolehttps://www.insurancenews.com.au/the-broker/aon-promotes-drummond-to-global-role<p>Aon has promoted Jane Drummond to global chief commercial officer, effective from January...</p>Thu, 24 Sep 2026 02:10:15 GMThttps://www.insurancenews.com.au/the-broker/marsh-calls-for-place-based-resilience-focushttps://www.insurancenews.com.au/the-broker/marsh-calls-for-place-based-resilience-focus<p>Marsh has produced a disaster resilience &ldquo;place-based&rdquo; action plan in collaboration with the World Economic Forum...</p>Thu, 24 Sep 2026 02:07:01 GMThttps://www.insurancenews.com.au/the-broker/investment-returns-boost-maritime-p-and-i-clubshttps://www.insurancenews.com.au/the-broker/investment-returns-boost-maritime-p-and-i-clubs<p>The International Group of protection and indemnity clubs that provide maritime cover generally produced improved results last year, a report by AUB-owned Tysers says...</p>Thu, 24 Sep 2026 02:01:19 GMThttps://www.insurancenews.com.au/the-broker/afca-snuffs-out-spontaneous-combustion-denialhttps://www.insurancenews.com.au/the-broker/afca-snuffs-out-spontaneous-combustion-denial<p>A motor vehicle repairer and panel beating business has won a fire claim dispute after the insurer argued the event was not covered as it fell under a spontaneous combustion exclusion...</p>Thu, 17 Sep 2026 02:16:55 GMThttps://www.insurancenews.com.au/the-broker/young-brokers-assist-flooded-communityhttps://www.insurancenews.com.au/the-broker/young-brokers-assist-flooded-community<p>Young brokers have spent a weekend in the Kimberley helping out the local community, courtesy of Vero and the National Insurance Brokers Association...</p>Thu, 17 Sep 2026 02:16:47 GMThttps://www.insurancenews.com.au/the-broker/private-acquisition-to-fuel-baldwin-ai-expansionhttps://www.insurancenews.com.au/the-broker/private-acquisition-to-fuel-baldwin-ai-expansion<p>Dell Family Office and Sequence Holdings will acquire a majority stake in US broker The Baldwin Group in a deal valuing the company at about $US7.7 billion, as it seeks to further harness artificial intelligence...</p>Thu, 17 Sep 2026 02:16:36 GMThttps://www.insurancenews.com.au/the-broker/broker-survey-draws-record-responseshttps://www.insurancenews.com.au/the-broker/broker-survey-draws-record-responses<p>The National Insurance Brokers Association market survey received responses from more than 1070 participants &ndash; a record for the annual exercise...</p>Thu, 17 Sep 2026 02:16:03 GMT