Local

• Investments dent industry profit
• ‘Don’t just blame your staff for code breaches’
• Commonwealth files $2 billion suit over forever chemicals
• Firebomb victim sees ‘best side of people’ during recovery effort

Corporate

• ‘No hole in results’ after IAG settles Greensill action
• AEI fills exec roles for ‘next chapter’
• QPC appoints leader for in-house claims unit
• Clearlake passes GWP milestone with latest acquisition

Regulatory & Government

• Treasury sets out industry’s APRA levies
• Ombudsman slams icare over wage adjustment delays
• Beware knock-on effects of mental health reform: EML
• NZ insurers to pay regulation levy

Life Insurance

• Industry profit down amid investment slump
• Watchdog rules out TPD intervention – for now
• Stakeholders weigh fixes for disability cover ‘limitations’
• Insurer rapped over sales practices and payment chase

The Professional

• Tesla hire to work on insurer relationships
• Bellrock expands Perth team
• Gallagher recruits client chief in WA
• Marsh NZ names commercial risk leader

Insurtech

• Cryptographers urged to be ‘quantum-ready’
• Industry body adds partnerships lead
• SSP unveils product creation tool
• Travel platform ‘monetises post-sale behaviour’

International

• P&C market ‘normalising after rate surge’
• US on track for quiet hurricane season
• Moody’s warns on growing US flood cover gap
• Ping An makes it 10 years at the top of brand rankings

Analysis

• What if complaints were a service, not a problem to manage?
• Breach breakdown: key findings from code report
• Three key innovation trends, according to ASIC
• Budget’s big misses: is anyone listening on critical issues?