General insurance and financial services news from Australia and around the worldhttps://www.insurancenews.com.au/en-auhttps://www.insurancenews.com.au/the-broker/conflicts-comms-fall-under-spotlight-as-breach-data-revealedhttps://www.insurancenews.com.au/the-broker/conflicts-comms-fall-under-spotlight-as-breach-data-revealed<p>The Insurance Brokers Code Compliance Committee will review conflicts management and communications standards after breaches were highlighted in its latest data report...</p>Thu, 18 Jun 2026 02:29:12 GMThttps://www.insurancenews.com.au/the-broker/red-light-runner-s-mystery-mazda-story-fails-to-sway-afcahttps://www.insurancenews.com.au/the-broker/red-light-runner-s-mystery-mazda-story-fails-to-sway-afca<p>An insurer acted reasonably when it decided a Maserati driver caused a collision with a truck last year, the industry ombudsman has ruled...</p>Thu, 18 Jun 2026 02:29:06 GMThttps://www.insurancenews.com.au/the-broker/french-broker-motors-ahead-with-chat-gpt-apphttps://www.insurancenews.com.au/the-broker/french-broker-motors-ahead-with-chat-gpt-app<p>Leading French wholesale insurance broker April has launched an application within OpenAI&rsquo;s ChatGPT...</p>Thu, 18 Jun 2026 02:28:57 GMThttps://www.insurancenews.com.au/the-broker/broking-leaders-headline-insurtech-conferencehttps://www.insurancenews.com.au/the-broker/broking-leaders-headline-insurtech-conference<p>Some big names in broking are speaking at the upcoming Beyond the Buzzwords conference organised by Insurance News and Insurtech Australia...</p>Thu, 18 Jun 2026 02:28:43 GMThttps://www.insurancenews.com.au/the-broker/aviso-opens-risk-consulting-operationhttps://www.insurancenews.com.au/the-broker/aviso-opens-risk-consulting-operation<p>Aviso Specialty has launched a division that aims to widen access to senior risk management advice...</p>Thu, 18 Jun 2026 02:28:33 GMThttps://www.insurancenews.com.au/the-broker/tax-office-warnings-drive-surge-in-audit-coverhttps://www.insurancenews.com.au/the-broker/tax-office-warnings-drive-surge-in-audit-cover<p>More business owners are buying tax audit insurance to protect against professional fees incurred if they are investigated, according to BizCover....</p>Thu, 18 Jun 2026 02:28:26 GMThttps://www.insurancenews.com.au/the-broker/arch-recruits-northern-underwriting-managerhttps://www.insurancenews.com.au/the-broker/arch-recruits-northern-underwriting-manager<p>Arch Insurance Australia has appointed Fariha Neda as northern region executive assurance underwriting manager...</p>Thu, 18 Jun 2026 02:28:04 GMThttps://www.insurancenews.com.au/the-broker/steadfast-hits-the-road-for-member-forumshttps://www.insurancenews.com.au/the-broker/steadfast-hits-the-road-for-member-forums<p>Steadfast Group has scheduled six network member events in August across Australia&rsquo;s capital cities...</p>Thu, 18 Jun 2026 02:27:54 GMThttps://www.insurancenews.com.au/the-broker/gallagher-swoops-for-aon-triohttps://www.insurancenews.com.au/the-broker/gallagher-swoops-for-aon-trio<p>Gallagher has announced three appointments as it moves to strengthen its Queensland corporate division...</p>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 02:16:07 GMThttps://www.insurancenews.com.au/the-broker/aei-to-drop-ab-phillips-brandhttps://www.insurancenews.com.au/the-broker/aei-to-drop-ab-phillips-brand<p>AB Phillips will cease to exist as a brand from July 1, a year after the business was acquired by AEI Insurance Broking...</p>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 02:16:00 GMThttps://www.insurancenews.com.au/the-broker/chubb-trio-to-manage-brokerage-linkshttps://www.insurancenews.com.au/the-broker/chubb-trio-to-manage-brokerage-links<p>Chubb has promoted three national managers to oversee its distribution relationships with Envest, Steadfast and Austbrokers...</p>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 02:15:54 GMThttps://www.insurancenews.com.au/the-broker/fm-calls-for-close-eye-on-data-centre-dangershttps://www.insurancenews.com.au/the-broker/fm-calls-for-close-eye-on-data-centre-dangers<p>Surging investment in data centres brings fire and water supply risks that must be managed from the start through mitigation strategies, commercial property insurer FM warns...</p>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 02:15:46 GMThttps://www.insurancenews.com.au/the-broker/cqib-celebrates-annual-awardshttps://www.insurancenews.com.au/the-broker/cqib-celebrates-annual-awards<p>The Council of Queensland Insurance Brokers revealed its annual award winners at a Brisbane ceremony...</p>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 02:15:39 GMThttps://www.insurancenews.com.au/the-broker/niba-convention-to-nurture-emerging-talenthttps://www.insurancenews.com.au/the-broker/niba-convention-to-nurture-emerging-talent<p>The National Insurance Brokers Association is calling on young professionals to attend five events supporting career development at its convention this year...</p>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 02:15:24 GMThttps://www.insurancenews.com.au/the-broker/aon-launches-d-and-o-risk-analysishttps://www.insurancenews.com.au/the-broker/aon-launches-d-and-o-risk-analysis<p>A new Aon analysis tool uses decades of Australian litigation and settlement data to help listed organisations assess executive risk...</p>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 01:53:48 GMThttps://www.insurancenews.com.au/the-broker/market-lane-names-new-specialty-leaderhttps://www.insurancenews.com.au/the-broker/market-lane-names-new-specialty-leader<p>Market Lane Insurance Group has appointed Bobby Major as head of its expanding specialty division...</p>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 01:53:40 GMThttps://www.insurancenews.com.au/the-broker/artes-swings-into-australian-crane-cover-markethttps://www.insurancenews.com.au/the-broker/artes-swings-into-australian-crane-cover-market<p>British construction and engineering underwriting agency Artes has continued its Australian expansion, introducing a specialist crane product developed with Mobius Insurance...</p>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 01:53:29 GMThttps://www.insurancenews.com.au/the-broker/up-sure-cfc-team-up-for-faster-easier-tech-cover-quoteshttps://www.insurancenews.com.au/the-broker/up-sure-cfc-team-up-for-faster-easier-tech-cover-quotes<p>Brisbane insurtech UpSure has launched Instant Quote, which it says is a fast, automated broking service built for technology companies...</p>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 01:53:13 GMThttps://www.insurancenews.com.au/the-broker/profession-has-deep-bench-of-emerging-experienced-talenthttps://www.insurancenews.com.au/the-broker/profession-has-deep-bench-of-emerging-experienced-talent<p>The age profile of insurance brokers shows a spread across mid-career and senior workers, according to a report outlining features of the profession and its growing contribution to the industry...</p>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 01:41:08 GMThttps://www.insurancenews.com.au/the-broker/broker-q-and-a-we-ve-been-securing-significant-savingshttps://www.insurancenews.com.au/the-broker/broker-q-and-a-we-ve-been-securing-significant-savings<p>Soft pricing conditions are keeping brokers busy remarketing policies, particularly this month when a greater number of renewals occur...</p>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 01:40:56 GMT