Finance

An uptick in workers’ compensation claims related to COVID-19 could lead to a spike in WorkCover premiums.

There is a general understanding among Australian companies that cybersecurity is a growing risk, and that cyber insurance is something that might help. But here's what else companies should know.

Small businesses are anxiously waiting for the Federal Court to hear a second business interruption test case that could see insurers pay out millions of dollars in claims.

Like most startups, Lemonade has been forced to place fewer, bigger bets than their deep pocketed, long established rivals.

The small business ombudsman is backing the federal government’s new $10 billion reinsurance scheme for businesses in northern Australia.

A consultation has been announced by the NSW government to consider how workers’ compensation and CTP schemes serve food delivery riders.

ASIC is urging small businesses to lodge insurance claims to try to recover losses resulting from pandemic restrictions.

Small businesses along the country’s east coast are facing significant revenue losses amid persistent flooding that is expected to stretch well into next week. 

The experience of insurance exacerbates a ‘resilience gap’ between people who have the time, money and capacity to manage the claims process, and those with existing disadvantage who simply do not.

TAL Life, one of Australia’s biggest life insurers, breached its duty to act with “utmost good faith”, prompting the Federal Court to put insurance companies on notice for retrospective underwriting.