Black Summer ‘shows need for flexible disaster response’
17 August 2026
Preparing for natural disasters means designing emergency systems that can adapt as conditions change, according to researchers from the University of NSW...
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AFCA issues claims guidelines, case studies
17 August 2026
Insurers must make a decision on a claim within four months, although a “simple claim that is plainly covered” should take less time to accept, the Australian Financial Complaints Authority says...
Push to let council planners see ‘digital twin’ building data
17 August 2026
Geoscape Australia has urged the government to give local councils access to the national buildings data set – an AI-driven “digital twin” of the country’s 19 million buildings...
Natural peril agencies form trans-Tasman alliance
17 August 2026
Natural Hazards Research Australia CEO Andrew Gissing and New Zealand Natural Hazards and Resilience Platform executive director Richard Smith have agreed the groups will work together to advance risk reduction...
Allianz aims to educate EV drivers as cover quotes surge
17 August 2026
Allianz says the number of electric vehicle policy quotes it issues has jumped by two-thirds compared with a year ago...
Underwriting rules relaxed amid ‘intense’ competition
10 August 2026
Coverages have broadened and tough-to-place risks such as property have had exclusions lifted as soft commercial pricing persists, according to an Aon review of the Australian market...
RACT partners with TasInsure on affordability push
10 August 2026
A steering committee met in Tasmania this morning to “start immediate work on priority actions” after RACT agreed to partner with TasInsure on making cover more affordable and accessible...
Counsellors say clearer broker code still falls short
10 August 2026
The redrafted broking code of practice is “undoubtedly easier to read, but not necessarily stronger where it matters most”, financial counsellors say...
Flood trumps stormwater to sink property owner’s claim
10 August 2026
A homeowner who claimed for damage from stormwater run-off has fallen foul of a flood exclusion in her policy after a dispute before the financial services ombudsman...
‘We are all devastated’: tributes flow for Tim Wedlock
03 August 2026
Hundreds of insurance professionals have paid tribute to “one of a kind” broking leader Tim Wedlock, who was fatally injured in a road accident in Nashville, Tennessee...
US authorities probe crash that killed broking figure
03 August 2026
Police in the US are continuing to investigate a devastating accident that took the life of Australian broking leader Tim Wedlock and injured three others...
Updated code may fail ASIC test, industry told
03 August 2026
The redrafted industry code of practice risks being rejected by the corporate regulator, the General Insurance Code Governance Committee has warned...
Judge rejects self-representation bid after AI hallucination claim
03 August 2026
New Zealand’s High Court has refused to let a director represent his company in a case against Vero NZ after hearing the man used AI to write his application...
Concerns mount as PI waiver for private midwives to end
03 August 2026
Midwives in private practice will need professional indemnity insurance from January after a federally granted exemption ends...
Hounds of love can’t be blamed
03 August 2026
A dog owner has avoided liability after his overfriendly pet German shepherd knocked over a neighbour and hurt her wrist, in what injury lawyers say is a key decision affecting negligence cases...
Energy giant apologises after hack exposes nearly 1m customers
03 August 2026
Origin Energy says it is continuing to investigate after the personal information of about 900,000 current and former customers was accessed in a cyber breach it disclosed last week...
Strata peak body leader to depart
03 August 2026
Strata Community Association Australasia CEO Alisha Fisher will step down after almost eight years leading the organisation...
Profit-rich property line drawing capacity, Marsh says
27 July 2026
Australia’s commercial property market has a “supply and demand capacity imbalance” as pricing continues to tumble, according to Marsh...
ICA vows ‘thorough code review’ as consumers demand more protection
27 July 2026
Work on an updated industry code has moved to the next phase, the Insurance Council of Australia says, as consumer groups continue to voice concerns over the proposed redraft...
More ransomware victims refuse payment demands
27 July 2026
Most Australian organisations hit by ransomware attacks have refused to meet extortion payment demands, according to a Howden report...