12 July 2024
EBM Insurance & Risk regional director Chelsey Harris has been named this year’s WA broker of the year and Knightcorp Insurance Brokers commercial manager Nikita Willis is the state's young broker award winner....
12 July 2024
Steadfast and AUB have made AM Best’s top 20 global insurance brokers list for the first time, placing 17th and 18th respectively...
12 July 2024
A dispute over a $29,000 hire car bill will continue in the courts after an appeal judge rejected an earlier decision saddling an at-fault driver with the cost...
12 July 2024
Insurers should consider “out of the box” solutions to affordability and availability problems, such as creating an industry fund for resilience and mitigation efforts, a consumer group says...
11 July 2024
Chubb has appointed Marcos Gunn as regional president for Asia-Pacific, with responsibility for the general insurance business in Australia, New Zealand and 11 other markets...
11 July 2024
QBE has invested in several initiatives to strengthen its claims handling functions in response to the 2022 record floods...
11 July 2024
Tomorrow is the final chance to secure discounted early bird tickets for the upcoming Insurance News Moving Forward Faster technology seminar...
11 July 2024
A homeowner who claimed for damage caused by ground movement stemming from a leaking pipe will be mostly covered following an Australian Financial Complaints Authority ruling...
10 July 2024
The Australian and New Zealand Institute of Insurance and Finance has unveiled the list of finalists for its industry awards event, to be held in Sydney on August 22...
10 July 2024
The federal parliamentary inquiry into insurers’ handling of 2022 flood claims will travel to northern Queensland later this month to gain input on communities’ experiences after more recent disasters...
10 July 2024
The National Insurance Brokers Association named the winners of its NSW/ACT awards today at a gala lunch at the Fullerton Hotel in Sydney...
10 July 2024
A call by academics for the establishment of a National Relocation Authority is the main topic of debate on the latest episode of the Insurance News podcast...
09 July 2024
The insurance industry will pay about $21.332 million in levies to fund the Australian Securities and Investments Commission’s supervision of the sector for last financial year...
09 July 2024
A coalition of consumer and strata owner groups is pressing the Queensland government to address an “escalating crisis of insurance affordability”, as pressure is stepped up before an October election...
09 July 2024
Noel MacCarthy retired last week after 25 years at Liberty Specialty Markets...
09 July 2024
A homeowner who discovered a large pit on his property will not be reimbursed for damage after the hole was found to have been a decommissioned well...
05 July 2024
Artisan Underwriting will add to insurance options for small businesses when it launches next month with backing from Liberty Specialty Markets...
05 July 2024
The industry is preparing for the next phase of advice reforms after legislation requiring brokers to seek commission consent when providing personal advice to retail clients finally passed yesterday...
05 July 2024
Suncorp has locked in reinsurance protection for losses up to an increased limit of $6.75 billion, with the overall cost of the program expected to be broadly in line with last year given offsetting changes...
05 July 2024
Deadly storms that struck Australia’s east coast in December led to insured losses of $1.56 billion, the largest catastrophe loss of last year, analyst Perils says...