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AUB tweaks profit guidance after strong start
12 November 2026
AUB Group has raised the lower end of its earnings guidance range following a positive start to the financial year...
Brokers’ PI could become ‘almost obsolete’
12 November 2026
Envest Broking CEO Benjamin Goodall believes AI could transform brokers’ professional indemnity exposure, dramatically reducing the risk...
AFCA backs bakery in row over burnt buns and lost dough
12 November 2026
A bakery shop that claimed for costs related to a fire at a supplier’s premises has won a dispute before the financial services ombudsman...
Broker Q&A: how to sell SMEs on cyber cover
12 November 2026
Last week, representatives from the Insurance Council, QBE and Marsh addressed the parliamentary inquiry into cybersecurity for SMEs, telling MPs insurance is getting cheaper and more accessible but take-up is still low at about 20%...
Sign up for free wellbeing webinar
12 November 2026
McLardy McShane’s Tylah Jones will take part in a webinar that will explore the findings from this year’s Insurance News Wellbeing Survey...
Nautilus takes marine business covers to NZ
12 November 2026
Nautilus Marine Insurance has launched a full suite of business covers in New Zealand for marinas, yacht clubs, boat dealerships and trades...
Miramar names commercial casualty head
12 November 2026
Donna Brierley has been appointed commercial head of casualty at underwriting agencies brand Miramar Group...
Mitsui Sumitomo appoints broker partnerships chief
12 November 2026
Kerryn Christie has been appointed head of broker partnerships for Australia and New Zealand at Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance – a newly created role...
Howden ‘best placed for complex deals’ with new M&A partner
12 November 2026
Sarah Pendred has been appointed mergers and acquisitions insurance partner at Howden...
Training course ‘puts compliance into practice’
12 November 2026
An ANZIIF course for brokers covers safe and compliant use of AI, renewals and managing conflicts of interest...
Underwriting profits face growing pressure, Aon says
05 November 2026
Aon has warned of impacts on insurer earnings as Australian rates continue to fall...
Tributes for ‘beloved member’ of WA broking community
05 November 2026
Broker John O’Leary died suddenly at the weekend, aged 62...
Claimants hit wall in bid for storm damage payout
05 November 2026
An owners’ corporation has lost a dispute over the collapse of a parapet wall, after an insurer-appointed engineering consultant described the design as “grossly inadequate”...
Prevail ‘enhances and simplifies’ farm package
05 November 2026
Prevail says changes to its farm offering give brokers a “stronger, clearer and more efficient” way to address client needs...
Claims award winner salutes ‘collective efforts of exceptional people’
05 November 2026
Maree Solvyns is “feeling incredibly honoured” after being named NIBA claims broker of the year...
Vero continues residential strata rollout
05 November 2026
Vero residential strata insurance is now available in NSW and the ACT, and there are plans to add Victoria in coming months, completing a national rollout...
NIBA mentorship program opens applications
05 November 2026
The National Insurance Brokers Association is seeking applications for next year’s mentoring program, which for the first time has a hybrid format...
Broker Q&A: how can risk advisers help the tourism industry?
05 November 2026
The Queensland Tourism Industry Council is creating a panel of specialist brokers to help members secure cover, following a report in July detailing the problems of insurance affordability...
Tech specialists set out to ‘make insurance simpler’
05 November 2026
Brokerage Fahrenheit Insurance has been founded by Sydney-based Faria Anzum and Jack Hazlehurst, who will focus on construction and transport covers...
Data centres ‘the exposure question of the decade’
05 November 2026
Willis Re has highlighted the risks related to data centres as huge sums are deployed to building the facilities...