23 April 2024
Former broker Renato De Maria today pleaded not guilty to charges he issued inflated insurance premium invoices to corporate customers and misused millions of dollars held in trust accounts...
23 April 2024
Global broker Gallagher says Prasidium Credit Insurance has joined the business, enhancing its trade credit insurance expertise in the Australian market...
23 April 2024
Insurers have given diverse views to a parliamentary committee hearing on whether the cyclone reinsurance pool should cover flooding related to events beyond a current 48-hour limit...
23 April 2024
An insured who sought cover under his home and contents policy for damage to his non-driveable car has lost a dispute over his insurer’s decision to reject the claim...
19 April 2024
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission is challenging a court ruling that a notification clause in Auto & General home and contents policies did not breach unfair contract terms laws...
19 April 2024
The Victorian Greens have called on the State Government to offer cheaper insurance for struggling live music venues through the authority that provides public sector and builders’ warranty cover...
19 April 2024
A flood-hit community has told a federal inquiry session in Heathcote, Victoria, that claims handling this year has been “much more positive” than after previous catastrophes...
19 April 2024
A Mitsui Sumitomo customer who bought a travel policy to visit Hawaii was not misled by the way optional natural disaster cover was presented on the insurer’s website, the industry’s dispute adjudicator has ruled...
18 April 2024
The independent panel reviewing the General Insurance Code of Practice has released an initial consultation paper seeking feedback on areas including financial hardship, customer vulnerability, enforceability and claims handling...
18 April 2024
Some flood-hit business owners have alleged they were misled by their brokers over the extent of their cover, the federal inquiry into insurers’ handling of record-breaking floods heard today...
18 April 2024
Insurance News will hold a focused half-day seminar on May 30 to explore current trends and future challenges in the expanding strata sector...
18 April 2024
An experienced builder has lost a claim dispute with Youi over ground movement damage to walls, floors, ceilings, windows and doors in the six months after a storm...
17 April 2024
London-based cyber specialist CFC has acquired Solution Underwriting, expanding its presence in the Australian market...
17 April 2024
A 74-year-old has been awarded $2550 in compensation for “undue delays” after she waited nine months for her vehicle to be repaired following a collision...
17 April 2024
Residents of western Melbourne communities affected by damaging floods voiced strong criticism of insurers at today’s federal inquiry hearings in Maribyrnong...
17 April 2024
Differing views on creating more standard definitions for natural disasters are the main subject for discussion on the latest Insurance News podcast...
16 April 2024
A court has underlined the binding powers of Australian Financial Complaints Authority decisions, finally ending a woman’s fight for a payout after her insurer rejected a claim for thousands of dollars of stolen jewellery...
16 April 2024
The federal inquiry into insurers’ responses to the 2022 floods is travelling to Victoria this week, with hearings set for Maribyrnong, Rochester and Heathcote...
16 April 2024
Applications are open for grants that help low-income north Queenslanders carry out work to protect their homes from cyclones...
16 April 2024
A traveller who was denied entry to India after it introduced covid-19 testing guidelines will be partially covered for his losses following an Australian Financial Complaints Authority ruling...