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Former Dual Australia claims manager Josie Gonzalez was the mastermind behind a $17.4 million fraud that could have destroyed the underwriting business, County Court of Victoria Judge Paul Lacava said today before sending her to jail...

Insurers have welcomed Canberra’s move to set aside $50 million a year for flood levees, seawalls and other mitigation works aimed at improving natural disaster resilience...

Adelaide-based MGA Insurance Brokers has added another business to its network, taking its total number of offices around Australia to 40...

IAG has reached agreement to sell its 26% stake in the SBI General joint venture in India for more than $640 million as the insurer continues to wind back its presence in Asia...

Australia’s fintechs believe relationships with insurers have improved since the Hayne royal commission, a new survey has found...

Life insurers have been told by the corporate regulator to fix shoddily designed total and permanent disability (TPD) insurance products and deal with unsatisfactory claims practices or face having changes imposed on them...

Climate change could lead to parts of the country becoming uninsurable, the Insurance Council of Australia has warned...

NSW state insurer icare has released workers’ compensation claims performance data as it aims to increase transparency...

Nine of Australia’s ten worst car crash locations were in Melbourne last financial year, an annual analysis of AAMI motor accident claims shows...

The revised General Insurance Code of Practice is set to introduce a $100,000 punishment for “significant breaches”...

Mandatory disclosure laws designed to protect and help consumers make informed choices have failed to produce the intended results, a study by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission says...

The Victorian Government has pledged to pursue “dodgy building practitioners” through the courts on behalf of owners of apartments covered in combustible cladding...

Brokers are taking too long to manage client disputes, their independent Code Compliance Committee says today in a report examining the internal complaint handling process...

Building owners seeking to reduce the cost of fixing cladding problems are finding enhanced fire prevention systems and other “performance solutions” are not satisfying insurers, a Sedgwick executive says...

Quarterly reports from NSW Emergency Services Levy Monitor Allan Fels have been hidden from public view for a year...

Declarations by consumer group Choice that pet insurance is “shonky” and “worthless” are overly simplistic and don’t match the facts, the Insurance Council of Australia says...

Bushfires have destroyed at least 21 homes in northern NSW, causing the Insurance Council of Australia to declare its second catastrophe in five weeks as drought conditions worsen ahead of summer...

Quad bikes – one of the most dangerous pieces of equipment in common use on Australian farms – must now meet a raft of safety standards announced today by the Federal Government following a two-year consultation...

NSW state insurer icare has appointed an independent customer advocate as a review into its workers’ compensation scheme continues...

Almost half of Australian SMEs don't understand their obligations under the Notifiable Data Breaches scheme, a Chubb report has found...