16 February 2026
A NSW parliamentary inquiry will consider options for replacing the emergency services levy on insurance, building on consultations since the plan was announced more than two years ago...
16 February 2026
A review of residential insurance pricing and affordability will be delivered to the New Zealand government by the middle of this year...
16 February 2026
Fixed-income specialist FIIG Securities has been penalised $2.5 million for failing to protect confidential client data over more than four years...
16 February 2026
The prudential regulator will release its general insurance climate vulnerability assessment in coming months, chairman John Lonsdale has told the Senate Economics Legislation Committee...
16 February 2026
Land equivalent to about 70 soccer fields left vacant after home buybacks in Lismore may be repurposed for commercial use, parking, community facilities and parkland...
09 February 2026
Businesses have welcomed the passage of workplace injury laws that include an 18-month freeze on average premium increases in the NSW workers’ compensation scheme...
09 February 2026
New Zealand insurer FMG has agreed to pay $NZ2.1 million ($1.8 million) and to remediate thousands of customers after making misleading representations in relation to some policies...
09 February 2026
NSW’s State Insurance Regulatory Authority is seeking feedback on its revised guidelines for return to work programs...
09 February 2026
The federal and Victorian governments have committed an additional $160 million to help communities recover from recent bushfires...
09 February 2026
An updated code of practice for the trucking industry extends beyond road transport businesses to other industries that rely on heavy vehicles...
02 February 2026
A former broker accused of misusing clients’ money is to appear in court again in April before trials scheduled to begin in February next year...
02 February 2026
The ACT government has rejected calls for a comparator website and other recommendations from an inquiry into insurance costs and availability...
02 February 2026
The corporate regulator has confirmed insurers’ management of disaster claims is a key focus after last month’s Victorian bushfires and Queensland floods following ex-Cyclone Koji...
02 February 2026
NSW’s State Insurance Regulatory Authority is seeking submissions on ways to improve healthcare provider oversight in the state’s personal injury schemes...
02 February 2026
Insurance Commission of WA interim CEO Helen Robinson will take the leadership role on a long-term basis...
02 February 2026
A woman has been found guilty of 10 fraud-related offences after scamming more than $428,000 from the NSW workers’ compensation scheme...
15 December 2025
Treasury is seeking feedback on ways to “enhance the effectiveness” of professional indemnity insurance under a push to improve the Compensation Scheme of Last Resort...
15 December 2025
Insurers must shoulder a portion of the $47.3 million special levy to shore up the Compensation Scheme of Last Resort, which has suffered a blowout in Australian Financial Complaints Authority unpaid determinations...
15 December 2025
Complying with “overlapping and expanding” regulations has come at great cost to productivity and consumer outcomes, according to the Insurance Council of Australia...
15 December 2025
The State Insurance Regulatory Authority says three initiatives focusing on the role of health providers in personal injury schemes will move forward next year...