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Revealed - top and fastest-growing insurance brokerages in Australia and New Zealand for 2026
Revealed - top and fastest-growing insurance brokerages in Australia and New Zealand for 2026
Revenue growth of 20.5% median - nearly double GWP growth - as leading brokerages prove their value goes well beyond the price of a policy
ANZIIF names 2026 NZ insurance award finalists
New category debuts as winners head to Nov. 10 gala
ANZIIF names 2026 NZ insurance award finalists
Tower’s first Fiji rainfall payout averaged about FJ$97 a customer and took three weeks
Parametric cover: small payouts, premium support
Tower’s first Fiji rainfall payout averaged about FJ$97 a customer and took three weeks
NZ Police lack capacity to investigate serious cybercrime, official reviews show
AI threats rise as police capability lags
NZ Police lack capacity to investigate serious cybercrime, official reviews show
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Spotlight
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TLC Insurance’s specialist contractors mobile plant insurance goes beyond commercial motor cover
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Monthly Features
Electric vehicle repair capacity is the new fleet risk question Electric vehicle repair capacity is the new fleet risk question
Electrification is arriving through passenger vehicles while commercial registrations fall, splitting the exposure inside a single fleet
Chubb Life's Life Lens is game-changing for advisers Chubb Life's Life Lens is game-changing for advisers
Life Lens by Chubb Life is a 45-second facial scan designed to simplify the life insurance underwriting process
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Digital Transformation
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
Chinese AI models discussed bioweapons after safety controls failed
Moonshot stayed silent for six weeks after a jailbreak warning, raising questions about AI safety controls that cyber and tech E&O wordings have yet to answer
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Risk Management
El Niño is reshaping global catastrophe risk: Moody's analysis
The phenomenon is suppressing hurricanes while increasing bushfire and Pacific risks across insurer and reinsurer portfolios
Data center business interruption exposure starts outside the building
A physically undamaged facility can still lose days of operations. Here's why
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What it takes to make an SME insurance-ready for cyber
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Professional indemnity: new opportunities, AI wordings and insurer appetite Professional indemnity: new opportunities, AI wordings and insurer appetite
DUAL NZ boss: insurance as a force for good DUAL NZ boss: insurance as a force for good
Cyber’s AI challenge, market shifts and systemic threats Cyber’s AI challenge, market shifts and systemic threats
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IB Talk
Why brokers can't ignore environmental risk anymore
How brokers can protect themselves and clients as environmental exposures reshape the risk landscape
Why brokers can't ignore environmental risk anymore
Underwriters under the microscope
Do they really deliver on speed, flexibility and claims service?
Underwriters under the microscope
Water risks: Closing coverage blind spots for manufacturing and agriculture
A broker playbook for identifying water exposures
Water risks: Closing coverage blind spots for manufacturing and agriculture
Parametrics and the industry struggle with nat cats
How much can it help?
Parametrics and the industry struggle with nat cats
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Speciality News
Data centre losses could cross policies and portfolios, Asia-Pacific insurers warn
By Mav Rodriguez
Oct 13, 2026
Digital Transformation
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
H&M investigates hacking claims as retail cyber risks spread
By Gia Snape
Oct 13, 2026
Cyber
The cyber scare follows ASOS breach as hackers exploit third-party access
H&M investigates hacking claims as retail cyber risks spread
Quantum threat timeline raises cyber insurance questions for NZ brokers
By Roxanne Libatique
Oct 10, 2026
Cyber
Data stolen today could be decrypted by 2030, putting retroactive dates and continuity of cover under new scrutiny
Quantum threat timeline raises cyber insurance questions for NZ brokers
NZ insurers’ climate reporting in limbo as election stalls legislation
By Roxanne Libatique
Oct 10, 2026
Life & Health
The FSC has welcomed the FMA’s extended relief for health and life insurers, but whether the exemption becomes law now rests with the next government
NZ insurers’ climate reporting in limbo as election stalls legislation
Australian and NZ firms’ OT cyber losses average $2m per incident, Claroty finds
By Roxanne Libatique
Oct 09, 2026
Cyber
Operational technology attacks cost ANZ organisations almost double the global average, raising questions about cyber insurance adequacy
Australian and NZ firms’ OT cyber losses average $2m per incident, Claroty finds
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