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Whitbread ‘sharpens strata focus’ under new CEO
27 November 2025
Whitbread Insurance Brokers says Lia de Sousa has been appointed CEO, as the business hones its strata specialisation...
Broker let down client, but no loss means no compensation
27 November 2025
A corporate trustee has failed to win compensation from Marsh Advantage over poor handling of a motor policy renewal...
Intermediary jailed over ‘wide-ranging’ payments fraud
27 November 2025
A UK broker has been sentenced to five years in prison after police found he diverted more than £133,000 ($269,700) into his personal bank account...
NIBA Convention to return to Gold Coast
27 November 2025
Next year’s National Insurance Brokers Association Convention will once again be held at RACV Royal Pines on the Gold Coast...
Transport clients navigate tricky conditions
27 November 2025
Marsh says the Australian transport and logistics market remains challenging for insureds as rates continue to rise, driven by higher accident frequency and increased repairs costs...
Bite-sized SME cyber risk reports ‘cut to the chase’
27 November 2025
CFC is adding cyber threat reviews to quotes to provide personalised rundowns of the risks SMEs face and help brokers encourage take-up of the cover...
Arteva launches ‘payment behaviour’ guide
27 November 2025
Arteva Funding has prepared a report for brokers offering strategies and insights around debtor management...
Steadfast welcomes young professionals’ ‘different perspective’
27 November 2025
Steadfast says it will expand its Young Insurance Professionals Group after a successful first year...
New agency offers ‘bespoke, capital-efficient’ treaty solutions
27 November 2025
The Fidelis Partnership’s Pine Walk platform has launched an underwriting agency offering excess-of-loss solutions across treaty, captive and direct lines...
Peak bodies: industry leaders pedal 350km for fundraiser
27 November 2025
Industry figures hit the road earlier this week for the Tour de Cure’s four-day Victoria Discovery Tour to raise funds for cancer research...
Premier hits out as NSW passes scaled-back workers’ comp reform
20 November 2025
The NSW government has warned workers’ compensation premiums must rise after parliament passed modified reforms that do not include doubling the impairment threshold for psychological injury payouts...
Time to step up coverage as softening continues: Aon
20 November 2025
Pricing continues to soften, with double-digit rate reductions on property cover in key markets including Australia, Aon says in a third-quarter report...
Shop loses compensation clash with broking giant
20 November 2025
A supermarket has failed to win $230,000 compensation from Gallagher, which it accused of causing a blowout in its liability insurance premiums and forecast “elevated pricing for seven to 10 years”...
Claimo slams AFCA decision to close Coverforce complaints
20 November 2025
Add-on refund specialist Claimo says consumers have been left “without any avenue for redress” after the Australian Financial Complaints Authority closed hundreds of disputes – despite having accepted similar cases in the past...
Insurance News conference promises intermediary insights
20 November 2025
Tickets are now available for the third Insurance News Outlook conference, which aims to “future-proof your brokerage in one focused day”...
New surety bond underwriter opens
20 November 2025
Rhodian Group has created an underwriting agency called Amparo, specialising in surety bonds and backed by Munich Re via Great Lakes Australia...
International skipper cover launches in time for top yacht race
20 November 2025
Marine Skippers Insurance has begun offering protection for captains moving boats internationally to and from Australia...
NIBA revamps website to create ‘door to the future’
20 November 2025
The National Insurance Brokers Association has unveiled a new look for its website as part of a push to modernise and improve access for members...
‘Simply bewildering’: NIBA criticised over pace, transparency of code review
13 November 2025
A consumer group says the National Insurance Brokers Association is taking too long to progress its code review and should urgently prioritise publication of a key report to dispel growing transparency concerns...
Commission disclosure calls ramp up as consultation continues
13 November 2025
The National Insurance Brokers Association will carry out further code review consultation with members, including on the critical issue of remuneration disclosure...