30 January 2024
Auto & General Insurance Company has been ordered to rectify “significant” risk governance weaknesses following an Australian Prudential Regulation Authority review, the watchdog announced today...
30 January 2024
Consumer groups will drive home their concerns over insurers’ handling of flood claims at the opening hearing of a parliamentary inquiry tomorrow morning...
30 January 2024
Zurich has appointed former executive Adrian Sweeney as its GM of New Zealand...
30 January 2024
Epsilon, Wellington Underwriting and Aster are merging to create a business that will have more than $150 million in gross written premium...
29 January 2024
Cyclone Kirrily has caused less damage than feared after crossing the Queensland coast between Townsville and Ingham, but insurers have received hundreds of claims and the downgraded tropical low is continuing to contribute to wet weather in the state...
29 January 2024
Agencies accelerator Rhodian Group has launched accident and health (A&H) specialist Batch Underwriting, the second business it has introduced to the market...
29 January 2024
A motorcyclist has lost his claims dispute after he was found to have falsely described how his vehicle was damaged...
29 January 2024
Former National Insurance Brokers Association CEO Dallas Booth has been named on this year’s Australia Day Honours List, in recognition of his decades-long contribution to the industry...
25 January 2024
The Underwriting Agencies Council says it will take sole responsibility for running all its Australian expos, after receiving complaints about the three events that have been jointly branded and run with the National Insurance Brokers Association...
25 January 2024
The Motor Vehicle Insurance and Repair Industry Code of Conduct is set for a “rewrite” and other updates in response to recommendations made in an independent review that was conducted last year...
25 January 2024
The owner of a stolen 2018 Maserati Levante has lost his claims dispute after a ruling panel found the claimant had left the vehicle unattended and at increased risk...
25 January 2024
Authorised Representative network Oracle Group Australia has named Jane Martin its new MD, taking over from Matthew Denehy, who has taken up a new role in the company...
24 January 2024
The Bureau of Meteorology has forecast that Tropical Cyclone Kirrily will form tonight and cross the Queensland coast on Thursday night or early Friday morning at category two intensity...
24 January 2024
The parliamentary inquiry into insurers’ responses to major flooding in 2022 has scheduled its first round of public hearings, with insurers, consumer groups and regulators set to appear over five days starting next Wednesday...
24 January 2024
The Insurance Council of Australia has released its first estimate of the claims cost for ex-Tropical Cyclone Jasper and the Christmas and New Year floods, totalling $743 million...
24 January 2024
AUB Group says the business is ready to “capitalise” on organic and inorganic growth opportunities, after its existing $675 million syndicated debt facility was refinanced and raised to $850 million...
23 January 2024
The Federal Government has opened applications for the second round of its $1 billion five-year Disaster Ready Fund, which backs resilience and risk reduction projects, while bringing the states and territories on board...
23 January 2024
The state-owned Victorian Managed Insurance Authority has received 4849 domestic building insurance claims since March 1 last year from property owners whose builders have gone into insolvency, including the collapse of Melbourne-based Porter Davis...
23 January 2024
A NSW police officer has been charged with offences related to alleged fraudulent insurance claims after two vehicles were suspiciously destroyed by fire...
23 January 2024
A complainant who claimed for Temporary Total Disablement after he was diagnosed with renal failure and chronic kidney disease has successfully challenged his insurer’s denial...