Local

• Household cover returns to profit
• Family and friends farewell Tim Wedlock
• ICA hosts meetings for bushfire victims as losses near $600m
• AFCA settles row after driver tries to claim against cancelled cover

Corporate

• Guy Carpenter fills Pacific leadership role
• Chubb finds NZ leader
• Proclaim founder bows out after ‘wild ride’
• AIAP rebrands as Bellinger, names new boss

Regulatory & Government

• ASIC warns on ‘easy option for insurers’ after cash settlement probe
• ARPC flags data and analytics drive in four-year plan
• Canberra notes cyclone pool inquiry findings
• Employer fined after crane brings down power line

Life Insurance

• Industry profit, underwriting result drop
• AFCA clears insurer’s response to communication error
• Asteron Life continues NZ board shuffle
• NZ activists seek end to genetic profiling in underwriting

The Professional

• 'One of life’s good guys': friends remember former IAG exec Ian Edgell
• Allianz moves up top workplaces chart
• Lockton adds NZ client officer
• Tower fills casual director vacancy

Insurtech

• Suncorp chooses Crunchwork for property claims
• AI sales channel expanding market: Emmett
• Lab Explore seeks solutions to new risks
• Automation shift to ‘define life industry’

International

• Reinsurers to take ‘significant’ share of Nepal losses
• Record numbers take ILS to ‘foundational’ status
• Cyber claims grow more complex and costly
• Cashed-up collectors leave luxury goods exposed

Analysis

• Wide nets and low bars: draft code draws more feedback
• Top 20 AR networks report examines key issues
• Foreign fires cast a pall over Australian summer
• The broking profession’s promise to clients