General insurance and financial services news from Australia and around the worldhttps://www.insurancenews.com.au/en-auhttps://www.insurancenews.com.au/local/exorbitant-insurance-demands-hamper-right-to-protest-campaigners-sayhttps://www.insurancenews.com.au/local/exorbitant-insurance-demands-hamper-right-to-protest-campaigners-say<p>Protest rights are under threat from local councils demanding organisers have public liability cover for rallies, according to the Australian Democracy Network...</p>Fri, 16 Oct 2026 04:34:28 GMThttps://www.insurancenews.com.au/corporate/aig-lines-up-new-local-bosshttps://www.insurancenews.com.au/corporate/aig-lines-up-new-local-boss<p>Talbot Underwriting Asia Pacific CEO Rob Hands is set to take over as head of AIG Australia, insuranceNEWS.com.au can confirm...</p>Fri, 16 Oct 2026 04:31:07 GMThttps://www.insurancenews.com.au/local/code-compliance-actions-hold-brokers-accountablehttps://www.insurancenews.com.au/local/code-compliance-actions-hold-brokers-accountable<p>The Insurance Brokers Code Compliance Committee issued 17 formal breach determinations last financial year and imposed six sanctions &ndash; its highest number to date...</p>Fri, 16 Oct 2026 04:30:15 GMThttps://www.insurancenews.com.au/regulatory-government/state-strata-review-proposes-commission-disclosure-reformshttps://www.insurancenews.com.au/regulatory-government/state-strata-review-proposes-commission-disclosure-reforms<p>A WA strata review has proposed reforms requiring clearer disclosure of manager fees, charges and commissions, and improvements around conflicts of interest...</p>Fri, 16 Oct 2026 03:56:15 GMThttps://www.insurancenews.com.au/daily/insurer-driver-share-legal-bill-after-stalling-on-claimhttps://www.insurancenews.com.au/daily/insurer-driver-share-legal-bill-after-stalling-on-claim<p>The industry ombudsman has split court-ordered legal costs between an insurer and a motorist after finding both were at fault for claim delays after a car crash...</p>Fri, 16 Oct 2026 03:04:47 GMThttps://www.insurancenews.com.au/local/sedgwick-shares-claims-lessons-from-year-of-catastropheshttps://www.insurancenews.com.au/local/sedgwick-shares-claims-lessons-from-year-of-catastrophes<p>Preparation and people on the ground are crucial for insurers when handling natural disasters, according to claims manager Sedgwick...</p>Thu, 15 Oct 2026 05:31:44 GMThttps://www.insurancenews.com.au/corporate/arteva-boss-takes-group-role-as-hunter-chief-to-retirehttps://www.insurancenews.com.au/corporate/arteva-boss-takes-group-role-as-hunter-chief-to-retire<p>Hunter Premium Funding CEO Brad Bartlem is retiring after 26 years with the business, which operates across Australia and New Zealand...</p>Thu, 15 Oct 2026 05:30:26 GMThttps://www.insurancenews.com.au/local/exclusions-scupper-anz-class-action-claimhttps://www.insurancenews.com.au/local/exclusions-scupper-anz-class-action-claim<p>ANZ Bank has lost legal action aiming to make a group of 26 insurers and Lloyd&rsquo;s syndicates cover its costs from settling two class actions...</p>Thu, 15 Oct 2026 05:21:37 GMThttps://www.insurancenews.com.au/regulatory-government/recycling-business-charged-after-worker-injured-by-explosionhttps://www.insurancenews.com.au/regulatory-government/recycling-business-charged-after-worker-injured-by-explosion<p>Victoria&rsquo;s WorkSafe is taking a scrap recycling business to court after a worker was seriously injured in an explosion...</p>Thu, 15 Oct 2026 05:16:22 GMThttps://www.insurancenews.com.au/inside-information/ai-is-great-but-be-careful-watch-our-webinar-on-communication-fixeshttps://www.insurancenews.com.au/inside-information/ai-is-great-but-be-careful-watch-our-webinar-on-communication-fixes<p>Artificial intelligence can transform insurer communications, but the technology must be treated with appropriate care and have human oversight, an Insurance News webinar was told...</p>Thu, 15 Oct 2026 03:54:04 GMThttps://www.insurancenews.com.au/daily/claim-denial-over-driving-offences-doesn-t-add-uphttps://www.insurancenews.com.au/daily/claim-denial-over-driving-offences-doesn-t-add-up<p>An insurer has been ordered to reinstate a commercial motor policy and reassess a truck vandalism claim after failing to prove the policyholder breached its duty of disclosure around driving offences...</p>Thu, 15 Oct 2026 02:24:26 GMThttps://www.insurancenews.com.au/the-broker/final-broker-code-better-for-feedbackhttps://www.insurancenews.com.au/the-broker/final-broker-code-better-for-feedback<p>The National Insurance Brokers Association says the updated code of practice, to be launched at next week&rsquo;s annual convention, includes 21 clauses changed between the draft and the final version...</p>Thu, 15 Oct 2026 01:31:04 GMThttps://www.insurancenews.com.au/the-broker/nz-brokers-flag-growing-demand-for-perils-advicehttps://www.insurancenews.com.au/the-broker/nz-brokers-flag-growing-demand-for-perils-advice<p>New Zealand brokers are reporting increased client demand for natural hazard advice as disasters and climate change make insurance harder to place...</p>Thu, 15 Oct 2026 01:30:47 GMThttps://www.insurancenews.com.au/the-broker/howden-recruits-technical-and-claims-chiefhttps://www.insurancenews.com.au/the-broker/howden-recruits-technical-and-claims-chief<p>Howden has appointed former Marsh executive Catherine Osborne as head of technical and claims...</p>Thu, 15 Oct 2026 01:14:09 GMThttps://www.insurancenews.com.au/the-broker/insurer-delays-exacerbated-damage-after-farm-flood-afca-findshttps://www.insurancenews.com.au/the-broker/insurer-delays-exacerbated-damage-after-farm-flood-afca-finds<p>The industry ombudsman has ordered an insurer to pay almost $432,000 to policyholders whose farmhouse was flooded in 2022, finding delays in handling the claim contributed to the property&rsquo;s deterioration and mould growth...</p>Thu, 15 Oct 2026 01:13:42 GMThttps://www.insurancenews.com.au/the-broker/srg-widens-australian-footprint-with-perth-officehttps://www.insurancenews.com.au/the-broker/srg-widens-australian-footprint-with-perth-office<p>Specialist Risk Group has entered the WA market, opening an office in Perth as it continues a national expansion following its February launch in Australia...</p>Thu, 15 Oct 2026 01:13:03 GMThttps://www.insurancenews.com.au/the-broker/howden-expands-sport-and-entertainment-teamhttps://www.insurancenews.com.au/the-broker/howden-expands-sport-and-entertainment-team<p>Howden has appointed Simon Calabrese as head of entertainment and leisure following a recruitment drive in the team...</p>Thu, 15 Oct 2026 01:12:42 GMThttps://www.insurancenews.com.au/the-broker/nih-appoints-retail-and-commercial-managerhttps://www.insurancenews.com.au/the-broker/nih-appoints-retail-and-commercial-manager<p>Network Insurance House says Nicole Coleby will join the brokerage as retail and commercial GM on January 18, bringing operational management, strategic transformation and partner distribution experience...</p>Thu, 15 Oct 2026 01:12:19 GMThttps://www.insurancenews.com.au/the-broker/aei-calls-for-graduate-program-applicantshttps://www.insurancenews.com.au/the-broker/aei-calls-for-graduate-program-applicants<p>AEI Insurance Broking is inviting expressions of interest in its graduate program for next year...</p>Thu, 15 Oct 2026 01:12:11 GMThttps://www.insurancenews.com.au/the-broker/javln-tool-tracks-the-business-brokers-are-chasinghttps://www.insurancenews.com.au/the-broker/javln-tool-tracks-the-business-brokers-are-chasing<p>Insurance technology group Javln has unveiled a customer relationship management tool called Clients...</p>Thu, 15 Oct 2026 01:11:51 GMT