Criminal charges could loom as the regulator's $1 billion super collapse probe enters its endgame — and the fallout is spreading well beyond the fund managers
Insurance Business Australia May 25, 2026
Australia accounted for nearly half of the region’s insurance deals
Mental health claims are reshaping the market
Despite 80% of Australian farms now using agri-tech, most are still overlooking cyber insurance, leaving everything from robotic milking systems to smart irrigation exposed to costly attacks
With this decision, motor accident claimants must put up real psychiatric evidence – not just bare assertions or GP notes – before a “non‑threshold” psychological injury dispute will be referred for assessment, reinforcing insurers’ ability to push back on weak psych injury claims
Canstar says many owners have never changed providers
In a major win for insurer respondents in the $2.2 billion Greensill saga, the Federal Court has brushed aside Swiss and Luxembourg banking secrecy claims
Insurers are pouring money into digital upgrades but fragmented teams, record complaint volumes and an AI fraud wave are exposing cracks brokers will have to navigate
A €225,000 fine won't move the needle — but the Paris Court of Appeal's words just rewrote the risk calculus for aviation underwriters, product liability markets and the brokers placing them
A broker playbook for spotting water exposures
