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Why Pre-Existing Medical Conditions Need Extra Attention Before You Travel
Why Pre-Existing Medical Conditions Need Extra Attention Before You Travel
28 Jun 2026: Paige Estritori
Australian travellers with pre-existing medical conditions have been given a timely reminder to look beyond price when arranging travel insurance, with recently updated consumer guidance placing renewed emphasis on disclosure, medical assessments and policy wording. - read more
What Delta’s Digital Insurance Move Means for Real Estate Agencies
What Delta’s Digital Insurance Move Means for Real Estate Agencies
28 Jun 2026: Paige Estritori
Delta Insurance’s move onto Ebix Australia’s Sunrise Exchange is a useful signal for real estate agencies watching how business insurance is being distributed. The underwriting agency has made its cyber and management liability products available through the platform for the first time, using Entsia technology and an accelerated accreditation pathway. Further products are expected to follow, which points to continuing momentum behind digital placement for financial lines cover. - read more
What a Failed Fridge Claim Means for Restaurant Insurance
What a Failed Fridge Claim Means for Restaurant Insurance
28 Jun 2026: Paige Estritori
A recent insurance dispute involving a faulty vaccine fridge has a useful warning for Australian restaurant and café owners: a broken fridge is not always enough to secure a payout. In the case, reported on 26 June 2026, a business policyholder argued that a refrigeration unit had moved outside the required temperature range and could not be restored through resets. The owner believed an internal control component had failed and sought cover under an equipment failure section of the policy. - read more
Vero’s No-Commission Strata Launch Adds Fresh Pressure to a Changing Market
Vero’s No-Commission Strata Launch Adds Fresh Pressure to a Changing Market
28 Jun 2026: Paige Estritori
Vero has entered the residential strata market with a nil-commission product aimed at addressing some of the placement challenges facing owners corporations, particularly in higher-risk regions. The product will initially be available through intermediaries in Far North Queensland and Darwin, with a broader national rollout planned in stages. - read more
Tool Theft Claim Falls Short After Portable Items Limit Applied
Tool Theft Claim Falls Short After Portable Items Limit Applied
28 Jun 2026: Paige Estritori
A recent Australian Financial Complaints Authority decision is a timely reminder for tradies that the words in a policy schedule can matter just as much as the headline sum insured. The dispute involved a business that had tools and a trailer stolen from a worksite, then challenged the insurer’s payout after receiving far less than it believed the policy should provide. - read more

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Insurance Policy:
Broadly, the entire written contract of insurance. More narrowly, the basic written or printed document, as distinguished from the forms and endorsements added thereto.