From bushfires Down Under to European floods, insurance and brokerage leaders are facing the same pressure-cooker mix: surge volumes, complex coverage questions, increasing claims costs, rising custom ...

As catastrophe seasons intensify, insurers and brokers are being judged not just on speed of settlement, but on how early they identify vulnerability, how clearly they communicate and whether high-car ...

In a bushfire-prone area in outer Melbourne, a group of students is taking part in a two-way learning exchange to improve ...

Strike Force Vulcan officers working in partnership with Collie Police, have charged a man in relation to a bushfire that occurred in the Collie area ...

SYDNEY: At 8.40am on Dec 12, 2025, in the midst of Australia's bushfire season, a blaze erupted in Golden Valley, a remote woodland region of the island state of Tasmania.

Video from rural firefighting services in Victoria show firefighters battling a blaze that destroyed dozens of structures. The state's emergency management commissioner, Tim Wiebusch, told the media ...

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Danielle Udy receives funding from the Australian Research Council through the Australian Centre for Excellence in Antarctic Science and a Discovery Project Anthony Kiem receives funding from (i) the ...