The Optus cyber attack and Australia's exposure to cyber criminals is the main topic of conversation on the latest Insurance News podcast.

As previously reported, French technology group Thales Cloud Security says more Australian organisations are under scrutiny from cyber hackers and nation-state actors.

This week’s edition of INsight, hosted by Insurance News MD Andrew Silcox, features the observations of Chairman Terry McMullan, Managing Editor John Deex, and Deputy Editor Wendy Pugh.

Also discussed was what we can expect from a third consecutive La Nina, the perils of agreed value car insurance in an inflationary environment, and IAG's decision to increase default excesses on some policies.

You can find previous episodes of INsight published here.