The near-record El Nino underway in the Pacific is expected to intensify during spring while an Indian Ocean climate indicator is also moving towards levels associated with drier weather in parts of ...

Axa XL says Thomas Gotting has become chief client and distribution officer for Australia and the broader Asia-Pacific region as well as Europe. Dr Gotting, who is based in Cologne, Germany, will ...

AIG has promoted global chief actuary Turab Hussain to CRO, effective from next Monday. Mr Hussain, based in New York, will take over from Christopher Schaper who has informed the company that he ...

IPAR Rehabilitation won the award for outstanding contribution to the NT insurance industry by a team. The Stewart Cox Memorial Award was given to Margaret Pratten, who the judges say is “a true ...

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has launched a “rapid review” to assess government cyber crisis response arrangements after an OpenAI agent gained unauthorised access to a Medicare statistics portal.

Listed health insurer Nib Holdings has completed the sale of its travel insurance businesses. As reported previously, the insurer has agreed to sell its Australian and New Zealand travel insurance ...

The Underwriting Agencies Council Leadership Academy is inviting applications for its next intake after a successful inaugural year.

The Life Code Compliance Committee is “carefully” examining proposed measures that will have a bearing on its oversight of the industry. Final decision on the three proposals made by code reviewer ...

PPS Mutual has appointed Matthew Pilcher as director of strategy and Avanti Patki as head of product. The specialist life insurer says Mr Pilcher will lead the company’s long-term strategy, ...

Founder and CEO Katie McDermott, who was formerly chief digital officer for Service NSW, says the insurtech collates data from people who are blind or low vision, deaf, neurodivergent, older, or who ...

Another set of changes to the NSW workers’ compensation scheme has commenced as part of the government’s reform of work injury laws that started on July 1. Starting this month, new claims for medical ...

Suncorp shares fell late last week after the company said in response to an Australian Securities Exchange price query that it is not in discussions regarding a takeover and that it has not received ...