Local

• Brokers ‘deserve credit’ for code’s stronger strata rules
• Broker peak body unveils revised code of practice
• ‘In the spirit of Tim’: NIBA Convention opens with moving tributes
• Insurer to act on abusers’ weaponisation of key products

Corporate

• ‘Full-circle moment’: Warden returns to Chubb to lead P&C
• Gallagher hires former Austbrokers Corporate chief
• Canopius and Miramar strike sports capacity deal
• Budget Direct opens in SA to tap ‘exceptional talent pool’

Regulatory & Government

• Regulator seeks feedback on RAC deal promises
• MPs’ artificial intelligence inquiry offers early advice
• Workers’ comp review spotlights insurers
• Bosses ‘need to know AI risk’ as power grows

Life Insurance

• Challenger weighs Daiichi’s $7.9b takeover offer
• Sydney, Brisbane advisers win conference grants
• AFCA sides with insurer as policy lapses after marriage split
• Trauma worst for ‘incorrect outcome’ claim reversals

The Professional

• Final call for UAC Leadership Academy intake
• NIBA crowns community hero
• NIBA reveals claims award winner
• Toolkit helps brokers find and develop interns

Insurtech

• Ban AI trawls of personal data to set prices, Choice says
• Applications open for Fintech Lab
• Insurtech NZ event to explore life insurance trends
• EV quote requests climb as battery cars ‘increasingly attractive’

International

• Tech advances, climate among top future fears
• Benign spell ‘must not lead to complacency’ on nat cats
• Europe’s flood losses depart from historical patterns
• Insurance hubs move on innovative risk transfers

Analysis

• Our greatest fears in a ‘world of polycrisis’
• Why are customers paying for help to secure a fair insurance claim?
• AI is giving insurers time back. What they do with it matters
• Data centre race leaves frameworks behind