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Quest Hotels breach puts vendor liability under the microscope

Quest Hotels breach puts vendor liability under the microscope

Nearly half of all breaches now start somewhere else entirely

Rod Bolivar Aug 21, 2026
Medibank's insurance arm barely grew while its clinics surged

Medibank's insurance arm barely grew while its clinics surged

Direct sales at ahm just overtook aggregator-driven joins for the first time

Cadillac F1 owner denies sale talk as insurance probe widens

Cadillac F1 owner denies sale talk as insurance probe widens

Federal scrutiny of Walter-controlled companies has triggered a US$6.5 billion asset reshuffle and negative ratings actions

Bupa’s reform push lands in a PHI market under structural stress

Bupa’s reform push lands in a PHI market under structural stress

360,000 Gold tier policies abandoned since COVID - and Bupa's reform paper lands in the middle of that contraction

Insurance moves: Zurich, Cowbell, Meridian Lawyers

Insurance moves: Zurich, Cowbell, Meridian Lawyers

Alexis George joins Zurich's board the day ClearView completes - giving Australia's only major composite insurer a former wealth CEO overseeing a three-brand life stack

Inside the format ANZIIF built to avoid another panel-heavy conference

Inside the format ANZIIF built to avoid another panel-heavy conference

ANZIIF's Katrina Shanks explains why depth, not headcount, defines the new International Summit's programme

Regulators warned licensees. Now scammers are testing whether they listened

Regulators warned licensees. Now scammers are testing whether they listened

ASIC's phishing alert is the scenario its May open letter anticipated - and social engineering losses often drop in sublimited or excluded territory under standard cyber policies

Are brokers asking clients if they drive for Uber?

Are brokers asking clients if they drive for Uber?

A Fair Work Commission gig worker ruling and the launch of Australia's first rideshare-dedicated pay-per-kilometre policy have made the same question unavoidable at every motor renewal

Gallagher Re creates digital risk unit as AI reshapes accumulation

Gallagher Re creates digital risk unit as AI reshapes accumulation

The CrowdStrike outage caused up to US$5.4 billion in economic damage to Fortune 500 companies - a fraction of which was insured. This unit is designed to close that gap

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Why brokers can't ignore environmental risk anymore

How brokers can protect themselves and clients as environmental exposures reshape the risk landscape

Underwriters under the microscope

Do they really deliver on speed, flexibility and claims service?

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