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Underwriter backs widening cyclone pool to flood and bushfire
Underwriter backs widening cyclone pool to flood and bushfire
Hutch Underwriting’s Ross Chambers says there is a good argument for extending pooled reinsurance to flood and bushfire
APRA warns AI and technology dependencies are reshaping financial system risks
APRA will use its 2027 stress test to model AI-driven disruption for the first time, as 80 of its top 100 service providers are offshore
APRA warns AI and technology dependencies are reshaping financial system risks
ACCC review leaves no room in Steadfast takeover timetable
The regulator’s phase 1 deadline falls on the same day the $6-a-share deal is due to complete, so any extended review would push implementation into next year
ACCC review leaves no room in Steadfast takeover timetable
Logan homes left uninhabitable as insurers brace for second wave of storms
Claims are likely to climb as more supercells threaten an area still repairing last year’s catastrophe
Logan homes left uninhabitable as insurers brace for second wave of storms
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Spotlight
How Vero is shifting the conversation on strata defects How Vero is shifting the conversation on strata defects
More defects are being disclosed at placement. Vero looks beyond the label to risk and remediation
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Monthly Features
More cyber wordings are covering the human cost of an attack More cyber wordings are covering the human cost of an attack
The executive who buys the cyber policy is the one whose family may have to move and some wordings now acknowledge it
Cyber insurance limits and ransomware reporting under scrutiny Cyber insurance limits and ransomware reporting under scrutiny
Who carries the ransomware reporting obligation and whether some sections meet the new privacy tort
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Digital Transformation
APRA warns AI and technology dependencies are reshaping financial system risks
APRA will use its 2027 stress test to model AI-driven disruption for the first time, as 80 of its top 100 service providers are offshore
Regulator says AI threat has worsened and governance still lags
APRA's John Lonsdale says two of its three artificial intelligence concerns have escalated
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Risk Management
Willis names engineer with Pfizer background to lead global risk team
Chris Mulligan’s industrial roots signal what Willis thinks risk engineering should look like
‘You can’t stop a storm’: Is your business prepared for the next CAT event?
Preparation should begin long before severe weather is forecast, warns Echelon’s Kyle Russell
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Speciality News
Microsoft outage misses the trigger in most cyber policies
Most cyber wordings need an actual or suspected breach to respond and an outage of services may not clear that bar
Microsoft outage misses the trigger in most cyber policies
Microsoft outage puts Australian cyber policy wordings to the test
Check your policy wordings before assuming a contingent business interruption claim will pay, Adelaide cyber broker warns
Microsoft outage puts Australian cyber policy wordings to the test
Wrong state foots the bill: iCare claws back $1.5 million
He fell from a ladder in NSW. Five years and $1.5M later, two states are fighting over the tab
Wrong state foots the bill: iCare claws back $1.5 million
Property losses cluster in a small fraction of sites, FM finds
The global mutual’s loss prevention case rests on a concentration finding that brokers can put against a cheaper renewal
Property losses cluster in a small fraction of sites, FM finds
Women win half of insurance's first promotions, but only 13% of its CEO jobs
Promotions into management now split evenly in Australian financial and insurance services. The drop-off comes later, and new targets for big employers will make it harder to ignore
Women win half of insurance's first promotions, but only 13% of its CEO jobs
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