The Broker
‘No red flags’ after AUB buyout bid withdrawn
04 December 2025
AUB Group has a positive earnings outlook, and the fact private equity suitors are not proceeding with a takeover is no cause for alarm, a Morningstar research report says...
‘Everything has a cost’: industry queries card surcharge ban
04 December 2025
Banning card payment surcharges could have knock-on impacts for clients, insurance executives say...
Buyers’ market ‘firmly established’ in New Zealand
04 December 2025
A “very benign” claims environment means soft market conditions persist in most insurance lines in New Zealand, Gallagher says in a market update...
PSC rolls Threefold, Musk into NZ business
04 December 2025
PSC Insurance Brokers NZ has brought the Threefold and Musk businesses into its operations after moving earlier this year to wind up an authorised representative network...
Business frozen out after food spoilage claim
04 December 2025
A Melbourne business owner has lost a dispute with his insurer after it denied a payout for food stock ruined by a broken freezer...
Code committee names new industry rep
04 December 2025
Jeff Howells will next month start a three-year term as Insurance Brokers Code Compliance Committee industry representative...
Lockton exec runs for charity after son’s diagnosis
04 December 2025
Adam Squire will compete in the Sydney Marathon next August to raise funds for Arrow Foundation, which helps bone marrow transplant patients...
Marsh veteran to depart after three decades
04 December 2025
Marsh Pacific client engagement leader AnnMarie Rodgers is leaving the broker after 31 years...
Whitbread ‘sharpens strata focus’ under new CEO
27 November 2025
Whitbread Insurance Brokers says Lia de Sousa has been appointed CEO, as the business hones its strata specialisation...
Broker let down client, but no loss means no compensation
27 November 2025
A corporate trustee has failed to win compensation from Marsh Advantage over poor handling of a motor policy renewal...
Intermediary jailed over ‘wide-ranging’ payments fraud
27 November 2025
A UK broker has been sentenced to five years in prison after police found he diverted more than £133,000 ($269,700) into his personal bank account...
NIBA Convention to return to Gold Coast
27 November 2025
Next year’s National Insurance Brokers Association Convention will once again be held at RACV Royal Pines on the Gold Coast...
Transport clients navigate tricky conditions
27 November 2025
Marsh says the Australian transport and logistics market remains challenging for insureds as rates continue to rise, driven by higher accident frequency and increased repairs costs...
Bite-sized SME cyber risk reports ‘cut to the chase’
27 November 2025
CFC is adding cyber threat reviews to quotes to provide personalised rundowns of the risks SMEs face and help brokers encourage take-up of the cover...
Arteva launches ‘payment behaviour’ guide
27 November 2025
Arteva Funding has prepared a report for brokers offering strategies and insights around debtor management...
Steadfast welcomes young professionals’ ‘different perspective’
27 November 2025
Steadfast says it will expand its Young Insurance Professionals Group after a successful first year...
New agency offers ‘bespoke, capital-efficient’ treaty solutions
27 November 2025
The Fidelis Partnership’s Pine Walk platform has launched an underwriting agency offering excess-of-loss solutions across treaty, captive and direct lines...
Peak bodies: industry leaders pedal 350km for fundraiser
27 November 2025
Industry figures hit the road earlier this week for the Tour de Cure’s four-day Victoria Discovery Tour to raise funds for cancer research...
Premier hits out as NSW passes scaled-back workers’ comp reform
20 November 2025
The NSW government has warned workers’ compensation premiums must rise after parliament passed modified reforms that do not include doubling the impairment threshold for psychological injury payouts...
Time to step up coverage as softening continues: Aon
20 November 2025
Pricing continues to soften, with double-digit rate reductions on property cover in key markets including Australia, Aon says in a third-quarter report...