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Climate statements and personal exposure: a D&O guide to the liability landscape
By: Raisa Conchin, Jacques Jacobs, Amanda Beattie and Zoe Jones At a glance In 2026, climate‑related statements entered the mainstream of directors’ and officers’ liability. This fourth article in our climate series focusses upon the personal liability landscape for D&O arising from climate-related statements and disclosures, including the new statutory sustainability reporting obligations under Chapter 2M of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth). This article considers the three main pathways through ...
New $10 million environmental fines: What dairy farmers and SMEs need to know
By: Neil Beadle and Finlay Watson What has changed? New Zealand's Resource Management Act's new maximum fine of $10 million for corporate offenders has attracted significant attention.1 For large corporates, the message from New Zealand Parliament appears clear. What was once a $600,000 maximum fine has become $10 million. The intent is plainly to expose serious environmental offending to significantly greater penalties. But what does that mean for dairy farmers and ...
2026 Wotton Kearney APIG Scholarship: Winner announced
Congratulations to Roger Wong at SURA Technology Risks on being awarded the 2026 Wotton Kearney APIG Scholarship. This year’s applicants were asked to identify a major issue in their area of insurance and propose how it could be resolved. Roger impressed the judging panel with his submission on ‘Information Asymmetry in the World of Cyber Insurance’, exploring the importance on helping small businesses better understand the benefits of cyber risk ...