By Saloni Sinha ( October 8, 2026, 06:14 GMT | Insight) -- Insurance Australia Group and the Royal Automobile Club of Western Australia have sought tribunal review of the Australian competition regulator’s decision to block the proposed RAC Insurance acquisition, while IAG is still proceeding with a public-benefits application that will suspend the tribunal timetable, a court has heard. In an Australian Competition Tribunal hearing on Thursday, lawyer James Arnott, acting for Insurance Australia Group, said that the company was aiming to file a public-benefits application on Oct. 13. Insurance Australia Group and the Royal Automobile Club of Western Australia have sought tribunal review of the Australian competition regulator’s decision to block the proposed RAC Insurance acquisition, while IAG is still proceeding with a public-benefits application that will suspend the tribunal timetable, a court has heard....
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