Local

• Industry urged to collaborate on ‘agent economy’ risk
• Insurer sorry for ‘customer service failure’ affecting transgender woman
• Code committee to reveal findings on vulnerability measures
• Injured farm worker wins payout battle

Corporate

• Allianz revamps farm cover
• Raise takes Cover Genius valuation to $2.7 billion
• QBE, Blue Zebra extend motor partnership
• Aon recruits APAC strategy and tech chief

Regulatory & Government

• Corporate watchdog flags bigger levy on industry
• Pool keeps up Alfred payouts
• SA workers’ comp to change claims line-up after 15-year run
• Commission notches record $830 million in penalties

Life Insurance

• AFCA sets bar for benefit recovery in IP row
• Insurer called out over failure to connect with rejected applicants
• Advisers slam ‘crippling’ ASIC levy
• CALI renews push for advice reforms

The Professional

• Marsh names strata boss
• Applications open for Steadfast grad program
• AILA public speaking contest returns
• Education group shakes up top roles

Insurtech

• IAG backs start-ups at ‘frontier of change’
• Insurer, tech experts in IA event line-up
• Raindrop brings in tech expert
• AI tool promises faster crash repair quotes

International

• Cyber ‘at crossroads’ as demand climbs, prices fall
• Euro commissioners wave through Zurich-Beazley deal
• Private credit a ‘compelling opportunity for insurers’
• Peril losses down but risks ‘evolving’

Analysis

• Extinguishing battery risks in Australia’s energy transition
• Bracing for a future of shifts and shocks
• How insurer transformation reshaped the smash repair sector
• High-stakes code review still has some way to run