COVID lockdowns 'cut truck crash frequency'
11 June 2021
Heavy vehicle crash frequency fell last year from 2019, with the decline probably due to pandemic lockdown measures, an annual study from transport and logistics specialist insurer NTI says...
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Ford Falcon driver with undisclosed drugs conviction loses dispute
11 June 2021
A motorist who failed to disclose a 2018 criminal conviction for a drug-related offence to his insurer has lost a claim dispute after his vehicle was stolen...
360 Underwriting expands to New Zealand with acquisition
10 June 2021
360 Underwriting Solutions has acquired a majority equity stake in TLC Insurance, a New Zealand underwriting agency that specialises in providing mobile plant and heavy machinery solutions...
Blurred lines 'raise NSW workers' comp risks'
10 June 2021
NSW workers’ compensation scheme failings risk being repeated, despite inquiries to improve performance, if unclear lines of accountability are not addressed, the National Insurance Brokers Association warns...
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...