Dispatches
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The Regulator Was Warned Twice, Brokers Take Their Fight to Parliament, and EQT Bets $2 Billion on Specialty Broking
A collapsed AR network's trust account held $44.15 after two ignored ASIC warnings, AFCA and the Code monitor bypass the Code review to escalate broker fee transparency to Parliament, and EQT agrees to buy McGill and Partners for $2 billion.
The Rebuilding Bill Comes Due, AI Shows Its Work, and Aon's $17 Billion Bet
Building costs — not storms — drive $3.98 billion in catastrophe losses, AI underwriting learns to show its reasoning, and Aon agrees to buy USI for $17 billion.
The Big Sell-Offs, the Data Centre Land Grab, and AI's Regulatory Moment
Steadfast signs its buyout, Marsh builds a $10 billion capacity exchange for data centres, and APRA tells insurers frontier AI can't wait.
Who's Underwriting the AI Boom, Who's Getting Called Out by AFCA and ASIC, and Who's Growing or Struggling this Week.
Data centres take on AI's dirty work, ASIC finds a premium disclosure blind spot no insurer can answer, and QBE loses its business MD in the same week.
Who's Building, Who's Blocked, and Who's Buying This Week
AI takes 99% of new insurtech funding and Guidewire lets insurers build their own AI agents, the ACCC and the courts knock back insurers on class actions and standard definitions alike, and AXA XL, Ignite Specialty Risk and Clearlake all make their next move.
More AI, more agents, and one very human story.
This week: agentic AI, a landmark AI liability breach, and the coverage-gap data every insurer should be watching.
The future of insurance is here.
Catch up on the latest in insurtech, ai, emerging risk and market trends.