The Broker
Boat insurer revamps commercial offer
28 August 2025
Club Marine has changed its commercial boating product to better align with its recreational offer and enhance policy benefits, while still catering for vessels used for both business and occasional pleasure...
Planned Cover brings in state, new business managers
28 August 2025
Planned Cover has made two appointments to its broking leadership teams in Victoria and NSW...
Buyer-friendly trend ‘likely to persist’
21 August 2025
Improved conditions for insurance buyers seen in the first half of this year are likely to continue, Marsh says in an Australian market update...
Steadfast’s Cook joins McLardy McShane board
21 August 2025
Steadfast EGM of Australasian networks, broker and insurer services Nick Cook will join a refreshed McLardy McShane board...
Suncorp ‘excited’ for commercial arm
21 August 2025
Suncorp is upbeat about its commercial business after a strong performance last financial year, with brokers central to its growth plans...
Broker in clear after hay left under cover in an uncovered shed
21 August 2025
A farm package policyholder has lost a dispute with her broker after a storm claim was declined because a damaged shed was protecting hay, putting it outside the home and contents cover...
Claims failings at heart of workers’ comp malaise: NIBA
21 August 2025
Brokers say “systemic shortcomings in claims management” have created problems in the NSW workers’ compensation scheme that are not addressed by the government’s proposed reforms...
Latent defects specialist inks Aon distribution deal
21 August 2025
Broker Aon will distribute latent defects cover from Resilience Insurance under an agreement announced this week...
Hobart lunch to promote women in insurance
21 August 2025
A lunch and networking drinks will be held next month to launch Women in Insurance Tasmania...
CFC opens portal across the ditch
21 August 2025
Cyber specialist CFC is taking its Connect trading portal to New Zealand...
Code breaches show areas for improvement: NIBA
14 August 2025
Brokers take their code compliance duties seriously, the profession’s peak body says after the number of reported breaches increased 19% last year...
IAG hails efficiency gains from tech overhaul
14 August 2025
IAG is seeing early evidence of benefits from an intermediated technology overhaul that comes ahead of a wider rollout, according to CGU and WFI Insurance CEO Jarrod Hill...
Regulator continues probe into Steadfast workers’ share trades
14 August 2025
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission says investigations into the trading of Steadfast shares by two company employees are continuing...
AR network to pay $300k over uninsured fire losses
14 August 2025
A broker has been ordered to pay almost $300,000 compensation to a client after an insurer declined its commercial premises fire claim and cancelled the policy due to misrepresentations...
Coalition brings cyber incident response to Australia
14 August 2025
Cyber specialist Coalition has launched digital forensics and incident response in Australia...
Broking group begins graduate search
14 August 2025
Steadfast has opened applications for next year’s graduate program, seeking six recruits...
‘Strategic enhancement’: QBE unveils landlord cover add-ons
14 August 2025
QBE has changed its commercial landlords industrial special risk product to give brokers “more tools” to support clients...
Trade credit broker promotes co-leaders
14 August 2025
National Credit Insurance has appointed Prudence Chang and Darren Maxfield as joint MDs...
NIBA refreshes brand identity
07 August 2025
The National Insurance Brokers Association has unveiled modernised branding informed by its focus on advocacy, representation and community...
Broker in clear as termite exclusion holes claim
07 August 2025
The financial services ombudsman has backed a broker in a dispute over a business interruption claim triggered by termite damage...