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Hot in the city
As Los Angeles recovers from January’s devastating wildfires, experts weigh the threat to Australia’s urban fringes
Going clubbing
Industry majors are buying in as motor clubs exit their insurance operations, but what will the regulators make of it all?
The fear factor
Consumer champion turned corporate cop Alan Kirkland tells Insurance News what ASIC expects from the industry this year
(RE)ASSESSMENT: The January renewals went smoothly enough, but the California fires may cast a pall over mid-year
SUM HELP: Insurers are under growing pressure to show their working out when it comes to rising premiums
‘STORM CHASERS’: Claims middlemen have moved into the property space, and insurers aren’t happy
High-level talks
NIBA chief Richard Klipin is determined to make sure brokers’ voices are heard where it matters – in the corridors of power
Christmas with Tracy
Darwin recently marked 50 years since Cyclone Tracy. We look back on the deadly storm’s ‘almost inconceivable’ impacts
Executive orders
What does Donald Trump’s war on workplace diversity programs mean for insurers’ commitments to inclusion?
ROOT AND BRANCH: As climate impacts mount, insurers are among those calling for a nature-based approach to reducing risk
TEMPERATURE CHECK: It was another record-breaking year on the natural disaster front. We run the numbers on a catastrophic 2024
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- MGA crew scale new heights at assistants’ conference
- McLardy McShane golf day raises record funds
- Axa XL hosts broker garden parties
- Austbrokers celebrates excellence at Gold Coast conference
OUTLOOK 2025: After a winning debut last year, the Insurance News conference is back to launch some exclusive market research and chart a path forwards for the industry
BUILD BACK BETTER: Bay Building Group is celebrating completion of its biggest project, a major hospital rebuild for a flood-hit community
INSIDE INFORMATION: The Underwriting Agencies Council launched this year’s Market Exchange roadshow with a record-breaking event in Sydney