Mav Rodriguez

Mav Rodriguez

Insurance Business Australia

Mav Rodriguez

freelance news writer

10 years experience47,137 Total views on Insurance Business Australia in 2025

Mav's specialty topics

regulation & compliance insurtech & AI market shifts & pricing executive moves

Mav Rodriguez is the pen name of a freelance news writer at Key Media, where she reports on insurance, mortgage, finance, and business developments.

Her coverage spans executive moves, market shifts, regulatory developments, industry reports, and company announcements across global financial services. She brings a strong background in research, editorial judgment, and SEO, producing clear and useful stories for specialist audiences.

Before focusing on trade journalism, Mav wrote across news and culture, guided by a longstanding interest in helping readers understand the issues that affect them. That focus on informing readers remains central to her work.

How I think about writing for this industry…

“Good insurance journalism is about showing how individual developments fit into the bigger shifts happening across the market. That requires judgment—not just getting the facts right, but also knowing when a detail is significant and when it is simply noise. The goal is to help readers understand what is changing and, more importantly, what deserves their attention”

Awards and recognition

  • Loyola Schools Awards for the Arts in Nonfiction
  • Raul Locsin Award for Student Journalism

Also published by

When in Manila · Rappler · Philippine Daily Inquirer · Wealth Professional Canada · Insurance Business · The Educator

Featured content from Mav

Insurers face new visibility test in AI search APRA data shows where claims uncertainty is highest - and why size changes the picture Steadfast extends exclusivity for $7.7 billion Amwins-led takeover

Previous experience

  • Key Media — global news writer
  • Ateneo de Manila University — writing assistant
  • Rappler — news and investigative intern

Education

  • Bachelor of Fine Arts major in Creative Writing (Nonfiction), Ateneo de Manila University

Read the latest stories by Mav

NIBA's new strata broker rules win over consumer groups
Changes target broker appointments and commission disclosures
NIBA's new strata broker rules win over consumer groups
Lockton warns of physical loss exclusions after French supermarket cyberattack
Refrigeration failures caused €270,000 in stock losses at two stores
Lockton warns of physical loss exclusions after French supermarket cyberattack
Data centre losses could cross policies and portfolios, Asia-Pacific insurers warn
Shared power, contractors and networks make it harder to trace a loss, complicating BI cover and accumulation modelling
Data centre losses could cross policies and portfolios, Asia-Pacific insurers warn
Airline insurers turn more selective ahead of Q4 renewals
Risk severity and fleet concentration risk shape where capacity lands at Q4 renewals
Airline insurers turn more selective ahead of Q4 renewals
Marine war cover shifts to voyage-by-voyage underwriting
Insurers demand more detail as conflict reshapes placements
Marine war cover shifts to voyage-by-voyage underwriting
Vero, NIBA take young brokers to flood-hit Fitzroy Crossing
Visit comes as under-30s make up just 11% of brokers
Vero, NIBA take young brokers to flood-hit Fitzroy Crossing
Antipodean Underwriting is launching with a focus on faster broker service
New agency will combine local decisions with in-house claims
Antipodean Underwriting is launching with a focus on faster broker service
CALI expands ReCALIbrate to tackle Australia’s adviser shortage
Ten opportunities for women are available under the 2026 program
CALI expands ReCALIbrate to tackle Australia’s adviser shortage
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