Daniel Wood

Daniel Wood

Danny is the news editor of Insurance Business Australia, and also contributes to the Insurance Business platforms globally. He’s worked as a radio and television news journalist and anchor in Sydney, London, Madrid and San Francisco. His reports have aired on numerous ABC Radio and BBC News programs including Saturday Extra and Newshour. He’s also written for local newspapers, online publications and US based WineMaker Magazine.

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Delays, denials, disputes: AFCA warns insurers as complaints surge to record 120,000

Delays, denials, disputes: AFCA warns insurers as complaints surge to record 120,000

As Jim Chalmers prepares to hand down the Federal Budget tonight, the insurance industry's own reckoning is already playing out at the Claims Leaders Summit in Sydney — and the numbers are sobering.

Why two brokerage leaders are dancing to stop domestic violence

Why two brokerage leaders are dancing to stop domestic violence

Lisa Carter and Kate Greaves are competing in Dancing CEOs to raise funds for the Women's Legal Service Queensland (WLSQ) and they want the industry behind them

Why a junior miner's balance sheet won't tell you the real D&O story

Why a junior miner's balance sheet won't tell you the real D&O story

A solvency-first lens misreads how exploration, development and production risk actually unfold in Australia's resources sector

QBE flags resilient Q1 as catastrophe claims run below allowance, premium growth 11%

QBE flags resilient Q1 as catastrophe claims run below allowance, premium growth 11%

Global insurer's broker-facing rate momentum is holding firm across most lines but softening in commercial property and Lloyd's shows where competition is biting hardest

Stagflation, the Strait and unpaid invoices: Why brokers should be talking trade credit now

Stagflation, the Strait and unpaid invoices: Why brokers should be talking trade credit now

With the RBA hiking interest rates again, the conditions for a wave of customer insolvencies are lining up - yet most brokers still aren’t raising trade credit

Big cats enter pet insurance: Why global giants are turning to Lassie

Big cats enter pet insurance: Why global giants are turning to Lassie

Chubb, Allianz, MetLife, AXA and Zurich are turning a fringe specialty line into one of insurance's hottest growth stories

Eight million and climbing: The broken safety net landing on brokers' desks

Eight million and climbing: The broken safety net landing on brokers' desks

A landmark CALI report lays bare a structural shift in who pays when Australians can't work - and brokers are now squarely in the conversation

Brokers as shock-absorbers: Inside the insurer turnaround times squeeze

Brokers as shock-absorbers: Inside the insurer turnaround times squeeze

When brokers need to quietly absorb the lag in insurer systems it can test the limits of client patience

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