Local

• Property line a driver as commercial pricing continues to slide
• Zurich, Liberty, NTI earn intermediary accolades
• Brokers ‘deserve credit’ for code’s stronger strata rules
• Broker peak body unveils revised code of practice

Corporate

• AUB to acquire Aon underwriting agency
• ‘Full-circle moment’: Warden returns to Chubb to lead P&C
• Gallagher hires former Austbrokers Corporate chief
• Canopius and Miramar strike sports capacity deal

Regulatory & Government

• Regulator seeks feedback on RAC deal promises
• MPs’ artificial intelligence inquiry offers early advice
• Workers’ comp review spotlights insurers
• Bosses ‘need to know AI risk’ as power grows

Life Insurance

• Challenger weighs Daiichi’s $7.9b takeover offer
• Sydney, Brisbane advisers win conference grants
• AFCA sides with insurer as policy lapses after marriage split
• Trauma worst for ‘incorrect outcome’ claim reversals

The Professional

• NIBA names top broker, rising star as 2026 awards wrap up
• Final call for UAC Leadership Academy intake
• NIBA crowns community hero
• NIBA reveals claims award winner

Insurtech

• Ban AI trawls of personal data to set prices, Choice says
• Applications open for Fintech Lab
• Insurtech NZ event to explore life insurance trends
• EV quote requests climb as battery cars ‘increasingly attractive’

International

• Tech advances, climate among top future fears
• Benign spell ‘must not lead to complacency’ on nat cats
• Europe’s flood losses depart from historical patterns
• Insurance hubs move on innovative risk transfers

Analysis

• Our greatest fears in a ‘world of polycrisis’
• Why are customers paying for help to secure a fair insurance claim?
• AI is giving insurers time back. What they do with it matters
• Data centre race leaves frameworks behind