Bad balance! A 12-year-old Taiwanese boy who accidentally tripped and fell, punching his fist through an antique painting valued at $2.1 million, has joined a growing list of art fumblers keeping insurance companies busy. The trip, which looked like something out of a Charlie Chaplin movie, saw the boy stumble over the rope barrier intended […]

The rising risk of drones An ever-increasing range of applications have made drones the highest flying aviation sector in terms of growth but a leading insurance authority has warned of key risks that threaten to ground the industry. A new report from Lloyd’s predicts that expenditure on drone acquisition alone is expected to double to […]

Too bizarre to be a lie! Here’s a moral dilemma for you. If you lost your mobile phone up a cow’s behind, would you come clean (as it were) to your insurance company? Or just pretend you’d left it on the bus? All things considered, we think we’d probably go for the latter option. However, […]

Could we handle flood? A leading expert has criticised Australia’s readiness for flood following storms which hit Sydney and New South Wales this week. The weather, which saw hail the size of 20 cent coins and severe weather conditions hit Sydney and the New South Wales south coast, saw many areas affected by flash flooding. […]

The Ferrari and the rich kid Despite having 15 luxury cars already in his possession, the son of a Swiss multi-millionaire was so intent on upgrading his collection he devised a scam to claim another model on his insurance. The unnamed 20-year-old, who was said to have become bored with his Ferrari 458 Italia, (similar […]