Insurance Business Australia

13/10/2025

: Jane Smith of Gow-Gates Insurance Australasia and Michael Brown of Allianz Australia Insurance say the biggest challenge is collecting all of the information as brokers are forced to untangle complex supply‑chain emissions under the new standards.

"The biggest challenge for us is collecting all of the information"

12/10/2025

Insurance Business' annual Elite Women showcase celebrates the hard work of outstanding women across Australia, New Zealand and Asia. Nominate a deserving professional before the 17 October deadline to help us recognise her achievements.

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10/10/2025

: A magnitude-7.5 earthquake struck off the southern Philippines on Friday morning, prompting tsunami alerts across parts of Southeast Asia and renewed warnings over the country’s chronic vulnerability to natural disasters.

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Insurers brace for renewed catastrophe risk after even bigger quake than Cebu

10/10/2025

Lenneta Monastiriotis, Managing Director of Eminence Insurance & Risk Advisors, reclaimed a major client by partnering with Halo, Batch, Marinex, Sync and Rhodian agencies to deliver a unified, multi‑agency program tailored to the client’s complex needs.

The case study of a broker who won business back

10/10/2025

Guy Worsley, marine insurance specialist at Rothbury Insurance Brokers, warns that EV and battery cargoes like those aboard the Morning Midas create catastrophic, hard-to-extinguish losses that are prompting stricter documentation, warranty clauses, and policy exclusions.

Centuries-old marine insurance traditions are being upended as a new wave of shipboard fires forces insurers to rethink risk from the hull up

09/10/2025

Early Warning Network is revolutionising risk management in the insurance industry with its innovative automation platform, EmbargoPlus. The technology uses real-time, geospatially precise embargoes to protect insurer portfolios during severe weather events, moving away from imprecise postcode-level restrictions.

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The Early Warning Network is at the forefront of modernising climate risk management strategies by combining weather intelligence and automation

09/10/2025

Insurance Business has officially launched entries for Elite Brokers 2026, its annual ranking of the top-performing insurance brokers across Australia and New Zealand.

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Insurance Business is now accepting entries for its annual ranking of the best-performing brokers in Australia and New Zealand

09/10/2025

Recent research has revealed that a significant portion of Australians are uncertain about the extent of their home and contents insurance coverage, particularly in relation to mould.

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Australia trails Canada and US in policy confidence

08/10/2025

Qantas is once again battling the fallout from the major cyber attack it suffered in June, as hackers behind the incident threaten to publish millions of customer records unless their ransom demands are met, a development now drawing scrutiny from insurers and corporate risk managers alike.

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It has just days to pay – or else…

08/10/2025

Australian insurers are leveraging increased premiums to balance out claims costs and sustain earnings, according to a new sector report from S&P Global Ratings.

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Report highlights sector resilience amid evolving market risks

08/10/2025

The 5-Star Insurance Innovations, Products and Leaders in Asia-Pacific report highlights how companies like Elders Insurance and IQumulate Premium Funding are driving the regional industry's technological transformation with new digital products and solutions.

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IB presents the insurance innovations, products and leaders transforming this industry across the Asia-Pacific region

07/10/2025

The Insurance Council of Australia is warning of a growing catastrophe risk and an escalating affordability crisis, leading to a significant protection gap in high-risk, lower-income suburbs.

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Australia comes second to the USA – that’'s not a good result…