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Sompo hires Everest staffers for Australian growth push

Wed, 15 Apr 2026 06:10:59 GMT

Sompo International has moved to expand its Australian operation by recruiting a team of specialists from US-listed Everest Group’s local arm...

Insurers to meet storm-hit SA customers

Wed, 15 Apr 2026 06:10:26 GMT

Insurers will set up a consultation hub in Port Pirie to help SA policyholders affected by severe storms that hit the area in November...

Caravan fire was no accident, ombudsman rules

Wed, 15 Apr 2026 05:46:29 GMT

A Tasmanian whose claim for fire damage was denied on the basis the blaze was lit deliberately has lost a dispute before the ombudsman...

INsight podcast: local impact of Middle East mayhem

Wed, 15 Apr 2026 05:33:16 GMT

The impact of the ongoing Middle East conflict on the local industry is the first item discussed on the latest episode of the Insurance News podcast...

Narelle, northern flooding claim count climbs

Tue, 14 Apr 2026 06:37:02 GMT

Insurers have received more than 5500 claims related to cyclone and flood impacts in Queensland, the NT and WA since the start of last month...

January bushfire bill tipped to exceed $800 million

Tue, 14 Apr 2026 06:36:54 GMT

Bushfires in Victoria in January caused $810 million of insured losses, Swiss catastrophe data company Perils estimates...

Regulator raps NRMA Insurance over CTP failings

Tue, 14 Apr 2026 06:16:41 GMT

NRMA Insurance has been sanctioned for breaching NSW compulsory third party scheme guidelines...

Stroke victim’s home empty and uncovered when thieves struck

Tue, 14 Apr 2026 06:14:58 GMT

The financial services ombudsman has ruled against two homeowners in a break-in claim dispute, after their property was found to have been unoccupied for nine months...

Upper house gives final nod to genetic testing law

Mon, 13 Apr 2026 05:04:49 GMT

Life insurers will be banned from using genetic test results for underwriting purposes after the Senate voted to pass legislation implementing the reform...

Dispute dashboard ‘completes picture’ on complaints handling

Mon, 13 Apr 2026 04:38:37 GMT

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission’s interactive complaints data dashboard has, for the first time, provided company-specific internal dispute resolution details, as submitted by financial services operators...

Market upheaval ‘most profound’ war risk for APAC

Mon, 13 Apr 2026 04:37:18 GMT

Financial market turmoil poses the largest risk to Australian and other Asia-Pacific insurers stemming from the Iran war, according to an S&P Global Ratings report on the conflict’s impacts...

Midwives flag ‘systemic failure’ in PI coverage

Mon, 13 Apr 2026 04:37:12 GMT

The Australian College of Midwives has warned there are limited insurance offerings for members in private practice...

‘Significant event’: New Zealanders clean up after Vaianu

Mon, 13 Apr 2026 04:37:06 GMT

The Insurance Brokers Association of New Zealand says Cyclone Vaianu will have affected people still recovering from severe weather that hit earlier this year...

Court refuses to cap Toyota class action numbers

Mon, 13 Apr 2026 04:36:59 GMT

A judge has rejected a bid to limit participation in a class action over insurance attached to finance for car loans...

In Insurance News magazine this month

Mon, 13 Apr 2026 04:36:50 GMT

The tobacco wars and their impact on insurance make the cover of the April/May edition of Insurance News magazine, but it’s not all bad news...

Watchdog hails ‘positive start’ to new M&A regime

Mon, 13 Apr 2026 04:36:41 GMT

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has received 50 merger notifications and 108 waiver applications in the first quarter of a new regime for assessing acquisitions...

‘Disaster inertia’ grips NZ, researchers warn

Mon, 13 Apr 2026 04:35:59 GMT

New Zealand’s disaster responses have simply involved doing more of the same every time, according to three academics who have researched post-catastrophe reviews across the past decade...

Institute outlines steps to attract adaptation funding

Mon, 13 Apr 2026 04:35:50 GMT

A lack of structures, systems and co-ordination is preventing capital from being invested in climate adaptation and resilience, the latest Australian Sustainable Finance Institute gathering found...

Exec fined over cartel bid banned from tapping insurance

Mon, 13 Apr 2026 04:35:21 GMT

A company director has been ordered not to pursue an insurance payout after he was fined a record $1 million for attempted cartel conduct...

ICNZ reveals new board line-up

Mon, 13 Apr 2026 04:35:02 GMT

FMG Insurance CEO Adam Heath has become chairman of the Insurance Council of New Zealand, with Suncorp NZ CEO Jimmy Higgins the deputy chairman...