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Builder collapses test home warranty and surety cover limits

Builder collapses test home warranty and surety cover limits

Subcontractors chase unpaid invoices as construction leads Australia's insolvency wave

Jonalyn Cueto Sep 01, 2026
AI cyberattacks outpace Australian firms' defences

AI cyberattacks outpace Australian firms' defences

Fifty-seven per cent of Australian IT professionals expect a CEO would resign or be removed after a major breach. Three regulators have moved this year to make board accountability the formal governance expectation. Cyber and D&O underwriters are watching both

Rebate cut puts cataract benefits under scrutiny

Rebate cut puts cataract benefits under scrutiny

Private Healthcare Australia submission ties eye-care access directly to affordability of cover

Reinsurers post near-record returns, but the numbers have a catch

Reinsurers post near-record returns, but the numbers have a catch

Gallagher Re finds a record-low combined ratio and rising ROE masking a deteriorating underlying story

Insurers must brace for US$171 billion in annual cat losses, study finds

Insurers must brace for US$171 billion in annual cat losses, study finds

Six straight years above US$100 billion and no US hurricane - that is the new baseline for global catastrophe losses

Australian cyber underwriter Emergence launches in the US

Australian cyber underwriter Emergence launches in the US

Sydney agency takes its underwriting and incident response model into the world's largest insurance market under new US leadership

Rebuild costs outpace inflation, exposing sum insured gaps

Rebuild costs outpace inflation, exposing sum insured gaps

Roof tiles up 77% in five years as disaster repairs collide with new housing supply

Insurers price cash settlements at discounts clients can't access

Insurers price cash settlements at discounts clients can't access

ASIC found no insurer consistently applying a loading to close the gap between insurer and market rates

New claims administrator targets the time brokers lose chasing files

New claims administrator targets the time brokers lose chasing files

Clarion Claims says most broker claims effort goes on chasing updates, not handling the claim

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