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Report calls for ‘effective intervention’ to counter rising disaster cost

Mon, 28 Sep 2026 05:04:02 GMT

Increasingly frequent and severe natural disasters over the next 40 years will pose significant risk to the economy, a federal government forward-looking report has warned...

Dual event raises vital charity funds

Mon, 28 Sep 2026 05:01:21 GMT

More than 170 brokers and lawyers gathered at penthouse Luminare in Melbourne for insurer Dual Australia’s Melbourne charity event...

Resonate innovation summit returns for third year

Mon, 28 Sep 2026 04:57:20 GMT

The Resonate insurance innovation summit will next month bring together industry leaders, experts and innovators in Auckland to discuss trends, challenges and opportunities...

QBE promotes Groves to Australia Pacific head

Mon, 28 Sep 2026 04:24:58 GMT

QBE has appointed Jonathan Groves as CEO Australia Pacific, effective from the start of November, following more than a decade with the company in a number of senior roles...

IAG continues battle to complete RAC deal

Mon, 28 Sep 2026 04:24:50 GMT

IAG will pursue its next avenue for convincing the regulator that its proposed RAC Insurance acquisition should be cleared, potentially extending the process into next year...

Choosi pauses comparison service after court ruling

Mon, 28 Sep 2026 04:19:47 GMT

Choosi has paused its insurance comparison service while it assesses the portal after the Federal Court ruled the comparator misled consumers about its life and funeral insurance comparison service...

UAC crowns first Kurt Nilsen award winner

Mon, 28 Sep 2026 04:10:12 GMT

CHU Underwriting Agencies national customer service team leader Anna Zeeng has been named inaugural winner of the Kurt Nilsen Entrepreneurial Spirit Award...

Former Zurich marine head joins QBE

Mon, 28 Sep 2026 04:10:06 GMT

QBE Insurance has hired James Butchart as national portfolio specialist for marine and aviation...

Insurance revenues support stronger RAC result

Mon, 28 Sep 2026 04:09:41 GMT

WA motoring club RAC Group has reported an increased net profit for the past financial year, including a stronger insurance contribution...

Johns Lyng subsidiary cleared for Steamatic franchisee investment

Mon, 28 Sep 2026 04:09:25 GMT

Johns Lyng subsidiary Steamatic Australia can proceed with buying an 80% stake in a regional franchisee without notifying the competition watchdog...

Get ready for El Nino, says WFI

Mon, 28 Sep 2026 04:08:55 GMT

Rural and regional communities need to prepare for anticipated extreme heat this spring and summer, driven by one of the strongest El Niño events on record, farm insurance specialist WFI, part of IAG, warns...

Rising bushfire risk brings challenges: Descartes

Mon, 28 Sep 2026 04:08:47 GMT

Australia's escalating bushfire risk means forestry plantations, sawmills and other high-risk industries are struggling to find insurance cover and are facing higher deductibles and sub-limits, according to Descartes Underwriting...

Sync Technologies ready for Vegas

Mon, 28 Sep 2026 04:08:18 GMT

Insurtech Sync Technologies says its participation at next month’s Guidewire Connections conference in Las Vegas will support its growth ambition...

QuickQuote inks partnership with logistics tech firm

Mon, 28 Sep 2026 04:08:11 GMT

Cargo insurance software company QuickQuote says it has entered into a partnership agreement with Australian-listed logistics technology firm Yojee...

NZ ombudsman reports rising disputes

Mon, 28 Sep 2026 04:07:59 GMT

New Zealand’s Insurance & Financial Services Ombudsman Scheme has reported record demand for its services, with insurance disputes dominating the figures...

Insurer to pay compensation for wrong PTSD call

Mon, 28 Sep 2026 04:07:44 GMT

A life insurer has been ordered to pay $4000 to an income protection policyholder after telling him his PTSD was covered, only to reverse its position six weeks later and reject his claim...

Advisers say draft privacy law changes need ‘further clarification’

Mon, 28 Sep 2026 04:07:38 GMT

Draft changes to privacy laws need “further clarification” to avoid “unnecessary” duplicative compliance obligations for financial advisers, the profession’s peak body says...

Fatigue, cost main barriers to vital social activity

Mon, 28 Sep 2026 04:07:28 GMT

TAL is giving away tickets to AFLW games and encouraging Australians to invite a family member or friend along to support social connection...

ACT scheme encourages defect cover

Mon, 28 Sep 2026 04:07:19 GMT

The ACT government says it wants to “incentivise” latent defect insurance take-up with the introduction of amendments to a property developer licensing scheme that starts next month...

ABC Insurance seeks end to AG Lawcover approval

Mon, 28 Sep 2026 04:07:12 GMT

ABC Insurance, which is seeking to enter the NSW solicitors’ professional indemnity market, says the Attorney General’s role in approving Lawcover as the sole provider should end...