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A consultation on professional indemnity insurance is expected in coming weeks after the Building Ministers’ Forum in Sydney last week agreed on a co-ordinated response to the impasse in the troubled construction industry...

The Insurance Council of Australia has rejected suggestions that insurers will enjoy a “significant windfall gain” from Victoria’s cladding rectification plan and should therefore help fund the repairs...

The NSW Government will spend $2 million investigating a national insurance scheme to protect the drought-hit farming sector from future dry spells...

Allianz has lost a lawsuit over workplace bullying charges filed by a former manager, and must pay him $1.39 million in compensation...

Australian property market capacity is contracting, while premiums are increasing for catastrophe-exposed and undesirable risks, Willis Towers Watson’s July update says...

The Australian Financial Complaints Authority has warned insurers against relying on “legally sound” black-letter arguments for actions that create poor consumer outcomes...

About 72% of home building claims from last December’s NSW hailstorm have closed, according to the latest update from the Insurance Council of Australia...