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ICA forum returns in virtual format
15 September 2021
The Insurance Council of Australia Annual Industry Forum will return next month – in a virtual format...
Driver loses claim stoush over crash minutes before cover onset
15 September 2021
A man who lodged a claim after a collision on the same day he bought a Hollard motor insurance policy online has lost a claim dispute...
INsight podcast: reinsurance wrap-up, but not from Monte Carlo
15 September 2021
Reinsurance reports are the focus for the latest Insurance News podcast, in a week when industry professionals would normally converge in Monte Carlo...
Resilium Partners buys Cornerstone Risk Group
14 September 2021
Resilium Partners, which this year became part of Ardonagh, has acquired Brisbane-based Cornerstone Risk Group as it continues to look at growth opportunities...
Steadfast adds cyber to Mansions offering
14 September 2021
Steadfast-owned Mansions of Australia will add personal cyber protection to its Executive Insurance product from October 5, the business announced today...
ANZIIF names insurance awards finalists
14 September 2021
The Australian and New Zealand Institute of Insurance and Finance has announced the contenders for the Australian Insurance Industry Awards...
Storm claim rejected after roof defects found
14 September 2021
Westpac General Insurance has won a dispute over a claim for home water damage after a storm as it was found the roof had pre-existing problems with cracked and dislodged tiles...
Ensurance outlines Australia expansion, key appointment
10 September 2021
Ensurance has completed the integration of newly-acquired underwriting agency TK Specialty Risks, which will be rebranded as Ensurance Australia and target "aggressive" growth...
Lloyd's returns to profit after pandemic hit
10 September 2021
Lloyd’s has reported a £1.4 billion first-half profit, turning around its performance after the pandemic drove a year-earlier loss of £400 million...
VBA funds fire safety system research
10 September 2021
The Victorian Building Authority is supporting Deakin University research aimed at better understanding defects in “passive” fire safety systems in apartment buildings...
Pregnant traveller who scrapped Brazil trip over Zika loses dispute
10 September 2021
A woman who cancelled a planned trip to attend her brother’s wedding in Rio de Janeiro when she became pregnant and was medically advised not to go due to health risks from the Zika virus has lost a claim dispute with QBE...
Quarantine Act back in focus in BI court hearing
09 September 2021
Business interruption insurance exclusion wordings citing the repealed Quarantine Act have come back into focus in the test case hearing currently before the Federal Court...
R U OK? Insurance News conducts industry wellness survey
09 September 2021
Insurance News is marking R U OK? Day by inviting readers to participate in an anonymous wellness survey to gauge how industry members are coping in difficult times, and what could be done better to support them...
Man who injured ankle on a dare to repay $100,000 workers’ comp
09 September 2021
A Melbourne man who claimed he injured his ankle jumping from a work truck when it was actually hurt while leaping a bush on a dare during a night out has been ordered to repay $103,316 in workers’ compensation payments and fined $5000...
Stink over dead possum triggers claim dispute
09 September 2021
A Hollard customer who insisted his landlord insurance policy covered for loss of rental income caused by the stench of a dead possum has lost his dispute with the insurer...
IAG ditches IAL brand as consolidation announced
08 September 2021
IAG will withdraw its IAL brand, consolidating its offerings of personal lines products in the broking space under its CGU label instead...
ICA urges National Cabinet action on borders
08 September 2021
The Insurance Council of Australia has called on National Cabinet to develop arrangements to assist the industry’s natural disaster responders as the country approaches the high-risk catastrophe season with COVID-19 border restrictions hindering travel...
Former Munich Re local COO to head Insurtech Australia
08 September 2021
The board of Insurtech Australia has named Simone Dossetor as its new CEO, effective in October, as co-founder and current chief Rita Yates departs to pursue new challenges in innovation...
INsight podcast: BI cases lead to testing times
08 September 2021
COVID-19 business interruption court cases dominate the latest edition of the Insurance News podcast...
'Eye opener': taxes take up more than a quarter of strata premiums
07 September 2021
Peak body Strata Community Association has again pressed for the removal of taxes on insurance products as a report it commissioned reveals more than a quarter of strata premiums went to government levies such as stamp duties...