News Non-Life15 Oct 2026

Australian Federal Court orders insurer to pay US$1.4m fine in country's first such civil penalty

| 15 Oct 2026

Australia's Federal Court has ordered Hollard Insurance Partners (Hollard) to pay a A$2m ($1.4m) penalty after the insurer admitted to serious claim-handling failures that left a Victorian family living in appalling conditions, with their home ultimately deemed a total loss.

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