Site Map for October 2026
Date
Title
10 Oct 2026
Ticked 'no problems' on proposal - now the insurer alleges ASIC was already watching
10 Oct 2026
$1.35b on ice: IAG takes RAC Insurance block to 12-day hearing
10 Oct 2026
ANZ loses $117M coverage fight over class action settlements
09 Oct 2026
Women have changed insurance. Now we need to change the conversation
09 Oct 2026
Toorak finance broker hit with third Fair Work penalty over unpaid insurance staff
09 Oct 2026
Australia’s EV insurance challenge grows as EVs hit 24% of new car sales
09 Oct 2026
Australian and NZ firms’ OT cyber losses average $2m per incident, Claroty finds
09 Oct 2026
Court fines Hollard $2m in first-ever insurer good faith penalty
09 Oct 2026
Midwife PI crunch looms as homebirth insurance exemption expires
09 Oct 2026
QBE Foundation awards $600,000 in local grants, including flood resilience work in Lismore
09 Oct 2026
Castle becomes a Lloyd's coverholder as Canopius replaces QBE
09 Oct 2026
Brokers take note as AFCA gains power to hear genetic testing complaints in life insurance
09 Oct 2026
Banks set the cover, cardholders top it up on new Allianz Partners platform
09 Oct 2026
Life insurance code breaches top 10,000 as sanctioned insurers stay unnamed
08 Oct 2026
Calloused hands and $1.2M in contracts sink builder's TAC serious injury claim
08 Oct 2026
Cuddle therapy, shamanic healing and crystal therapy banned from NSW workers' comp claims
08 Oct 2026
0% to 13%: the WPI scoring gap that almost unlocked a common law claim
08 Oct 2026
Dealmakers are moving faster and bigger, yet underperforming, WTW says
08 Oct 2026
Small business closures peak two years after disasters, QBE research finds
08 Oct 2026
Insurers return to Clifton as storm claims near 12 months
08 Oct 2026
Average business interruption claim now 70% larger than property damage, Allianz finds
08 Oct 2026
Private health rebate cut clears committee as April 2027 change looms
08 Oct 2026
Telematics has a trust problem, and it isn't the technology
08 Oct 2026
Multiple fatalities reported as drones, missiles hit Saudi international airports
08 Oct 2026
Aon says national data could tell a different story on flood premiums
08 Oct 2026
ASOS confirms cyber cover mid-breach as vendor gap questions mount
08 Oct 2026
Broker award winners held real discretion over insurer funds and chose a bushfire town
08 Oct 2026
Air quality blamed for dipping productivity at end of workdays
07 Oct 2026
Cyclone pool data puts storm surge cover in focus for coastal clients
07 Oct 2026
Record broker response puts nine insurers in line for NIBA awards
07 Oct 2026
Senate committee backs rebate cut as health funds urge senators to reject it
07 Oct 2026
Nobody asked: $126K costs order hits insurer that didn't know it was liable
07 Oct 2026
Fifty-nine reinsurers, one writ, zero served: inside a year-long standoff
07 Oct 2026
No privilege in Japan? No problem, rules Federal Court in Greensill trade credit fight
07 Oct 2026
AI is making fake claims easy. Australia's insurers are fighting back together
07 Oct 2026
Arch hands Andrew Whitlock its Australian casualty book after a nine-month climb
07 Oct 2026
Motorsport Australia takes its insurance case to London as premiums bite
07 Oct 2026
CFC adds executive protection, AI cover to cyber policy
07 Oct 2026
Cyber is now the risk most likely to trigger everything else: Hiscox
07 Oct 2026
Disaster funding cuts will lift Queensland premiums, mayors warn
07 Oct 2026
Life insurers decline medical definitions review in Code response
07 Oct 2026
Renewals and rejected claims put brokers in AFCA’s frame
07 Oct 2026
Older clients, higher costs: why brokers can't wait for the Senate
07 Oct 2026
Lockyer Valley fires set to merge within days as storms move in: what brokers need to know
07 Oct 2026
Ship sunk, crew missing after drone strike inside NATO member's economic zone
07 Oct 2026
Insurers formalize four-country alliance as climate and cyber risks converge
07 Oct 2026
Client left uninsured? SIRA’s crackdown on non-compliant employers just got harder to ignore
07 Oct 2026
Builder went bust, regulator lost the report - and a warranty claim came back to life
07 Oct 2026
"I am the owner": Four words that cost a man $111K
07 Oct 2026
Falling house prices mask a widening sum insured gap
06 Oct 2026
HDI Global expands medical malpractice into global healthcare unit
06 Oct 2026
Mental health absence is rising – but most of it never reaches a formal claim
06 Oct 2026
What it takes to make an SME insurance-ready for cyber
06 Oct 2026
Dominic Collins to step down as Howden's executive chairman
06 Oct 2026
One strip club, five times the premium - court rules residents don't pay
06 Oct 2026
A deal is a deal: court blocks insurers' bid for $660K more security in EUR17.9m trade credit fight
06 Oct 2026
Lloyd's dodges $1M claim after Sydney roof collapse
06 Oct 2026
Drought is mispriced – and it’s making farm business harder to place
05 Oct 2026
Home insurers fail to explain renewal price rises, CHOICE and FRLC find
05 Oct 2026
Vendor AI breaches test how cyber notification clauses work in practice
05 Oct 2026
IAG joins global insurer push to cut the cost of repairing cars
05 Oct 2026
Life sciences risk is shifting and coverage may not follow
05 Oct 2026
US insurers have slashed jobs. Should Australia worry?
03 Oct 2026
Cleared of faking it - but five points short of a payout
03 Oct 2026
No memory, no peace: NRMA loses PTSD threshold fight
02 Oct 2026
Your clients’ credit card travel insurance may have quietly disappeared
02 Oct 2026
Zurich completes Beazley deal as Adrian Cox steps down as CEO
02 Oct 2026
NSW's tougher workers comp treatment test takes effect as commutation widens
02 Oct 2026
Financial services leads every Australian industry for workers walking out
02 Oct 2026
Allianz names new CEOs at Allianz Partners and Allianz Direct
02 Oct 2026
29% to 12%: one imaging rule slashed a CTP impairment rating in half
02 Oct 2026
Bags of rubbish and a closed business sink Allianz threshold call
01 Oct 2026
Draft cyclone pool rates cut premiums for high-risk homes but raise them for low-risk ones
01 Oct 2026
Insurance moves: PPS Mutual, Wotton Kearney, Gilchrist Connell
01 Oct 2026
Zurich takes ownership of Beazley as £8.1bn deal closes
01 Oct 2026
Criterion names Ian Mundy CEO to widen options for hard-to-place risks
01 Oct 2026
nib’s travel withdrawal splits broker relationships across two acquirers
01 Oct 2026
Ransomware gang's claim on WA school shows where cyber cover can fall short
01 Oct 2026
Measured floor heights will cut some flood premiums, not the risk
01 Oct 2026
Home values are sliding. Rebuild bills aren't
01 Oct 2026
AXA XL's new distribution chief will shape how it deals with Australian brokers – from Cologne
01 Oct 2026
Suncorp executives flew to Tokyo for Tokio Marine talks
01 Oct 2026
Australia's 5-Star Cyber awardees for 2026
01 Oct 2026
Disaster chasers land on ASIC’s watchlist as weather costs climb
01 Oct 2026
Zurich index links insurance coverage to community resilience
01 Oct 2026
Clarion Claims brings AI damage capture to Australian motor claims
01 Oct 2026
The return to office is complete – but what’s the real driver?
01 Oct 2026
Suncorp denies takeover talks in ASX price query response