08 September 2020
Zurich has successfully defended a complaint lodged by a traveller who believed he was entitled to claim for losses incurred from buying a new return ticket when the airline he was booked to fly with in March went into administration...
08 September 2020
Broker Gallagher has announced a new appointment to its financial lines team, strengthening its expertise in a tough area of the market...
04 September 2020
New Zealand has marked the 10-year anniversary of the start of the Canterbury earthquake sequence, the biggest insured event in the country’s history and at the time the fourth most expensive global natural disaster...
04 September 2020
NSW state insurer icare says Group Executive, Personal Injury Beth Uehling is departing the organisation after five years to take up the next opportunity in her career...
04 September 2020
A life insurance claim brought by the wife of a drug addict who jumped to his death four years ago after becoming embroiled in fraud allegations has been dismissed in the Supreme Court of NSW...
04 September 2020
A class action has been filed in the Federal Court against Count Financial, a financial advice firm that was previously owned by Commonwealth Bank of Australia...
03 September 2020
Casino operator The Star Entertainment Group has commenced legal action against Chubb Insurance Australia and other insurers, seeking compensation for business interruption losses suffered as a result of COVID-19 trading curbs imposed by governments...
03 September 2020
Hollard has promoted Jack Joubert to the role of CEO of the commercial arm of its insurance business...
03 September 2020
Gallagher has appointed three principal brokers in Australia as it helps local businesses manage increased risks to balance sheets and workplaces brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic...
03 September 2020
The National Insurance Brokers Association has urged Australian Small Business and Family Enterprise Ombudsman Kate Carnell to take into account the impact tax reform could have on premium affordability for SMEs...
02 September 2020
Zurich has announced a new global unit to expand digital services and capitalise on changing customer behaviour, to be run by current Asia Pacific CEO Jack Howell...
02 September 2020
AIG Australia has announced three key appointments including the promotion of company stalwart Dan Collinson to Head of Commercial Insurance...
02 September 2020
A woman who was diagnosed with a rare malignant brain tumour six months after she cancelled her insurance has been awarded a $500,000 payout in a claim dispute ruling...
02 September 2020
Workplace rehabilitation firm Rehab Management says an increase in mental health-related insurance claims driven by the coronavirus pandemic is likely to continue due to on-going impacts from the outbreak...
01 September 2020
The sudden departure of QBE Group CEO Pat Regan “could harm strategic continuity” and introduce doubts about the global insurer’s culture, S&P Global Ratings said today...
01 September 2020
Personal injury claims management firm EML is in discussions with NSW state insurer icare over an extension of the workers’ compensation contract that was controversially awarded three years ago...
01 September 2020
IAG has won a dispute lodged by a commercial client whose claim for fire damage was denied on the basis the business failed to meet a number of conditions for cover, including ensuring there was no smoking on the premises...
01 September 2020
Jennifer Lang has been named Actuary of the Year after taking a lead role in the profession’s response in assisting understanding of COVID-19 pandemic impacts...
28 August 2020
The Australian Small Business and Family Enterprise Ombudsman says responses to its insurance inquiry have highlighted concern over rising costs, cover denials and substantial changes to policies...
28 August 2020
The COVID-19 business interruption test case has been delayed after a directions hearing listed at the NSW Supreme Court today did not go ahead...