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QBE claims stalwart moves to MLC
10 June 2021
QBE Insurance GM Claims Strategy Andrew Beevors has been appointed MLC Life Insurance Chief Claims Officer...
Painting of back deck by tenant not malicious, landlords told
10 June 2021
Landlords have lost a claim dispute with Suncorp after evicting a tenant who used a false name, defied multiple orders not to paint a hardwood deck and was later arrested by police...
Restart accidents among COVID emerging risks
09 June 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic has generated new emerging risks, including the potential for large industrial accidents as mothballed operations are restarted, Swiss Re says in its annual Sonar report...
NSW building reforms pose insurance challenge: WTW
09 June 2021
Willis Towers Watson says incoming legislative measures in NSW requiring building practitioners to hold compulsory professional indemnity insurance may be challenging for the construction industry to meet...
NIBA reveals NSW/ACT award finalists
09 June 2021
The National Insurance Brokers Association has revealed its NSW/ACT finalists for this year’s Broker and Young Professional Broker awards...
INsight podcast: is hybrid working the future?
09 June 2021
QBE's assertion that its new Sydney office is designed to promote hybrid working is discussed by the panel on the latest Insurance News podcast...
COVID stress drives consumer switching
08 June 2021
Consumers with motor and home policies have been far more likely to switch their insurance provider since the COVID-19 pandemic began, research from Roy Morgan shows...
Cyber in focus as IAG boosts UpGuard funding
08 June 2021
IAG’s Firemark Ventures has increased its investment in cybersecurity platform UpGuard as the start-up sees further demand for its offering due to rising business concerns about data breaches...
Claimant whose car 'aquaplaned' on bald tyres wins claim dispute
08 June 2021
RACT Insurance has lost a dispute with a motor policyholder whose claim for damage to his car during a single-vehicle accident was declined because the tyres were assessed as “unsafe and unroadworthy”...
NSW creates 'specialised' disaster recovery taskforce
08 June 2021
The NSW Government has set up a “specialised” team to support local councils with post-disaster recovery in the wake of recent severe flooding in parts of the state...
Ombudsman to review amusement parks mutual plan
04 June 2021
The Australian Small Business and Family Enterprise Ombudsman has launched a review into a discretionary mutual fund proposal that’s aimed at solving insurance problems faced by amusement parks and the leisure and recreation industry...
BI impacts possible from latest Victoria lockdown
04 June 2021
Business interruption claim disputes could still arise from the latest Victorian lockdown in cases where insurers have been slow to revise wordings to exclude pandemics, a lawyer says...
NSW study rules out government-backed farm income insurance
04 June 2021
A NSW government-funded study into farm risk management tools has concluded it is not financially viable to rely on public coffers to establish a farm income protection insurance market...
Woman unaware her overdue renewal was refunded loses dispute
04 June 2021
A car owner who failed to notice her insurer refunded a $1400 renewal premium as she paid it nine days too late and with an incorrect reference number and no name attached has lost a claim dispute...
High Court date set for ICA test case submission
03 June 2021
The High Court will later this month hear the Insurance Council of Australia appeal application relating to business interruption exclusion wordings citing the repealed Quarantine Act...
Insurers gather for crunch reinsurance pool meeting
03 June 2021
Representatives from major insurers and the Insurance Council of Australia have been called to a meeting with a Treasury taskforce to discuss “technical” design aspects of the Federal Government’s cyclone reinsurance pool...
icare to cut almost 100 jobs in overhaul
03 June 2021
NSW state-owned insurer icare will cut almost 100 positions in changes to reduce layers of management and improve accountability as it seeks to improve performance...
Sedgwick makes Australia leadership appointments
03 June 2021
Global loss adjuster Sedgwick announced today four new appointments to its Australia leadership team, as the business works on expanding its services and professional expertise in the local market...
NIBA backs fair go for food delivery riders
02 June 2021
NSW workers’ compensation arrangements should be extended to ensure food delivery riders in the gig economy are covered for personal injury, the National Insurance Brokers Association says in a submission to an inquiry...
Lockton hires team of nine from Willis to launch NZ expansion
02 June 2021
Brokerage Lockton Companies Australia will open an Auckland office in September and is on a recruitment drive as it plans further expansion in other major cities across New Zealand's north and south islands...