General insurance and financial services news from Australia and around the worldhttps://www.insurancenews.com.au/en-auhttps://www.insurancenews.com.au/the-broker/australia-leads-way-as-commercial-rate-slide-continueshttps://www.insurancenews.com.au/the-broker/australia-leads-way-as-commercial-rate-slide-continues<p>Australian commercial cover pricing contracted by 12% in the fourth quarter of last year &ndash; the largest drop among eight regions monitored in Marsh Risk&rsquo;s Global Insurance Market Index...</p>Thu, 05 Feb 2026 00:56:17 GMThttps://www.insurancenews.com.au/the-broker/broker-did-fair-job-during-complex-claim-ombudsman-findshttps://www.insurancenews.com.au/the-broker/broker-did-fair-job-during-complex-claim-ombudsman-finds<p>A small business has failed to show its broker&rsquo;s poor claim handling caused it to incur $16,000 in legal and accounting fees...</p>Thu, 05 Feb 2026 00:47:52 GMThttps://www.insurancenews.com.au/the-broker/american-ai-specialist-targets-australian-smeshttps://www.insurancenews.com.au/the-broker/american-ai-specialist-targets-australian-smes<p>Zurich-backed cyber underwriter Cowbell has launched operations in Australia...</p>Thu, 05 Feb 2026 00:47:46 GMThttps://www.insurancenews.com.au/the-broker/qbe-revamps-d-and-o-product-to-tackle-new-riskshttps://www.insurancenews.com.au/the-broker/qbe-revamps-d-and-o-product-to-tackle-new-risks<p>QBE says it has enhanced its directors and officers product to help boards and senior leaders navigate an increasingly complex risk environment...</p>Thu, 05 Feb 2026 00:47:39 GMThttps://www.insurancenews.com.au/the-broker/trident-director-takes-chief-exec-rolehttps://www.insurancenews.com.au/the-broker/trident-director-takes-chief-exec-role<p>Trident Insurance Group director Belinda Caunt has been promoted to CEO...</p>Thu, 05 Feb 2026 00:46:45 GMThttps://www.insurancenews.com.au/the-broker/envest-agency-hails-tech-cover-growthhttps://www.insurancenews.com.au/the-broker/envest-agency-hails-tech-cover-growth<p>London Australia Underwriting says its ComTech IT liability product has been &ldquo;hugely popular&rdquo;...</p>Thu, 05 Feb 2026 00:42:14 GMThttps://www.insurancenews.com.au/the-broker/zurich-ar-head-takes-up-intermediary-rolehttps://www.insurancenews.com.au/the-broker/zurich-ar-head-takes-up-intermediary-role<p>Zurich has appointed Melissa Starfield as head of strategic broker management for its general insurance business in Australia and New Zealand...</p>Thu, 05 Feb 2026 00:41:38 GMThttps://www.insurancenews.com.au/the-broker/smarter-alternative-metrix-triples-ar-numbershttps://www.insurancenews.com.au/the-broker/smarter-alternative-metrix-triples-ar-numbers<p>Metrix Connect says it has expanded its national authorised representative network by more than 300% in the past year and many more ARs will join in coming months...</p>Thu, 05 Feb 2026 00:40:54 GMThttps://www.insurancenews.com.au/the-broker/envest-groups-psc-workers-comp-operations-under-new-brandhttps://www.insurancenews.com.au/the-broker/envest-groups-psc-workers-comp-operations-under-new-brand<p>Envest Group has rebranded its PSC-owned workers&rsquo; compensation risk advisory businesses...</p>Thu, 05 Feb 2026 00:40:35 GMThttps://www.insurancenews.com.au/the-broker/hostel-suffers-setback-as-premium-row-heads-to-final-judgmenthttps://www.insurancenews.com.au/the-broker/hostel-suffers-setback-as-premium-row-heads-to-final-judgment<p>The owner and tenant of a Surfers Paradise backpacker hostel have lost legal action seeking an interim ban on their body corporate charging a substantially higher share of a strata insurance premium...</p>Thu, 18 Dec 2025 00:44:27 GMThttps://www.insurancenews.com.au/the-broker/ombudsman-puts-brake-on-servo-s-theft-payouthttps://www.insurancenews.com.au/the-broker/ombudsman-puts-brake-on-servo-s-theft-payout<p>The owner of a service station seeking a $69,000 theft payout has lost a claim dispute with Suncorp...</p>Thu, 18 Dec 2025 00:44:09 GMThttps://www.insurancenews.com.au/the-broker/javln-buys-australian-business-after-6-million-capital-raisehttps://www.insurancenews.com.au/the-broker/javln-buys-australian-business-after-6-million-capital-raise<p>Insurance software group Javln has acquired organiseit, an Australian document management system provider...</p>Thu, 18 Dec 2025 00:43:58 GMThttps://www.insurancenews.com.au/the-broker/claims-specialists-join-forces-for-national-reachhttps://www.insurancenews.com.au/the-broker/claims-specialists-join-forces-for-national-reach<p>Martin Minett Claims Preparation says its new alliance with Southern MSM will &ldquo;strengthen its national coverage and technical expertise&rdquo;...</p>Thu, 18 Dec 2025 00:43:35 GMThttps://www.insurancenews.com.au/the-broker/future-of-broking-features-at-outlook-conferencehttps://www.insurancenews.com.au/the-broker/future-of-broking-features-at-outlook-conference<p>The evolution of SME and mid-market insurance distribution over the next 10 years will be the focus of a key session at the Insurance News Outlook 2026 conference...</p>Thu, 18 Dec 2025 00:43:10 GMThttps://www.insurancenews.com.au/the-broker/fast-turnarounds-vacant-premises-sme-warned-on-holiday-riskshttps://www.insurancenews.com.au/the-broker/fast-turnarounds-vacant-premises-sme-warned-on-holiday-risks<p>The trades, hospitality and retail industries are the leading sources of insurance claims over the Christmas and new year period, analysis by BizCover shows...</p>Thu, 18 Dec 2025 00:42:25 GMThttps://www.insurancenews.com.au/the-broker/chu-expands-capacity-for-considerably-larger-buildingshttps://www.insurancenews.com.au/the-broker/chu-expands-capacity-for-considerably-larger-buildings<p>Strata underwriter CHU has increased its coverage cap for residential and commercial buildings to cater for larger risks...</p>Thu, 18 Dec 2025 00:42:05 GMThttps://www.insurancenews.com.au/the-broker/perth-broker-joins-ausure-ar-networkhttps://www.insurancenews.com.au/the-broker/perth-broker-joins-ausure-ar-network<p>Ausure says InsuranceTek, led by principal broker Mark Adams, has become an authorised representative of the Steadfast-backed network...</p>Thu, 18 Dec 2025 00:41:56 GMThttps://www.insurancenews.com.au/the-broker/steadfast-not-approached-as-m-and-a-targethttps://www.insurancenews.com.au/the-broker/steadfast-not-approached-as-m-and-a-target<p>Steadfast has not received a takeover approach, CEO Robert Kelly told an analysts&rsquo; briefing this morning following media speculation a private equity firm may be interested...</p>Thu, 11 Dec 2025 01:14:26 GMThttps://www.insurancenews.com.au/the-broker/a-loss-of-faith-landlord-pays-for-undeclared-religious-meetingshttps://www.insurancenews.com.au/the-broker/a-loss-of-faith-landlord-pays-for-undeclared-religious-meetings<p>AIG has won a dispute with a landlord that failed to disclose its building was no longer occupied by a restaurant and that a religious organisation met weekly on the upper floor...</p>Thu, 11 Dec 2025 01:10:50 GMThttps://www.insurancenews.com.au/the-broker/new-global-and-corporate-boss-in-place-at-aonhttps://www.insurancenews.com.au/the-broker/new-global-and-corporate-boss-in-place-at-aon<p>Aon has confirmed James Harmer has joined the company to lead a team of 170 people as head of global and corporate...</p>Thu, 11 Dec 2025 01:10:43 GMT