Corporate
Agile’s local Lloyd’s syndicate up and running
06 May 2024
Australian underwriting agency Agile says its new Lloyd’s syndicate has started operations here and in New Zealand...
QIB fills Far North Queensland manager role
06 May 2024
Steadfast-owned QIB Group Holdings has appointed Andrew Swaney as GM for Far North Queensland and rebranded its subsidiaries JVIB and Bill Owen as Regional Insurance Brokers...
Petcover ‘consolidates in UK’ with Reach deal
06 May 2024
Petcover Group has acquired Reach Financial Services, owner of the brand Cover My, expanding its customer base in Britain to more than 140,000...
AMA finance chief moves on
06 May 2024
Vehicle repairer AMA Group says CFO Geoff Trumbull has resigned to take up the chief financial role at an unlisted company in an unrelated industry...
Club Marine executive takes up CEO role
06 May 2024
Club Marine interim CEO Tim Wiles has taken the role permanently, following the departure of Karen Te Maipi...
Blue Zebra explores UK move
06 May 2024
Underwriting agency Blue Zebra is exploring options to expand in the UK market...
Australia contributes to Gallagher’s Q1 gains
29 April 2024
Global broker Gallagher has reported a first-quarter net income of $US612.7 million ($933.55 million), up from $US486.6 million ($741.27 million) a year earlier...
QBE appoints sustainability head
29 April 2024
QBE has appointed Nicola Schroder as Group Head of Sustainability, effective immediately...
New Arch Deputy CEO’s growth remit includes Australia
29 April 2024
Arch Insurance International chief administrative officer Kirsten Valder has become Deputy CEO, based in London...
Trade credit specialist joins Gallagher
29 April 2024
Specialist broker Prasidium Credit Insurance has joined Gallagher as the global group continues its run of Australian acquisitions...
Ireland-based Clanwilliam targets Australian expansion
29 April 2024
Global technology and services group Clanwilliam has developed an Australia-specific version of a platform that streamlines and secures data exchanges between insurance companies and the healthcare sector...
Tower lifts earnings guidance
22 April 2024
New Zealand insurer Tower expects underlying net profit to be more than $NZ35 million ($32.11 million) this year...
London cyber expert widens reach across Australia
22 April 2024
British insurer CFC has expanded in the "fast-growing, dynamic" Australian market with the acquisition of Melbourne-based agency Solution Underwriting...
Munich Re gets ‘closer to markets’ with regional division changes
22 April 2024
Munich Re says it is sharpening the focus of its business divisions in the Asia-Pacific region and strengthening the mandate of local property and casualty underwriting teams...
Rothbury appoints new EGM Agencies
22 April 2024
New Zealand’s Rothbury Insurance Brokers has promoted David Walton to the newly created role of EGM Agencies and Chief Counsel...
Sure bumps up strata limits in crisis-hit market
15 April 2024
Sure Insurance is raising its sum insured limit for residential strata to $20 million from $5 million in northern and regional Queensland...
Eric receives interest from buyers as run-off continues
15 April 2024
Motor add-on specialist Eric Insurance says run-off of its portfolio is on track and it has received unsolicited expressions of interest to buy the business...
RAA, RAC win customer satisfaction awards
15 April 2024
Motor mutual clubs RAA and RAC have taken top insurance honours in an annual Roy Morgan customer satisfaction survey...
Wotton + Kearney moves into Singapore
15 April 2024
Insurance law firm Wotton + Kearney will open an office in Singapore in June, marking the Australian group’s first operation in mainland Asia...
IAG issues apology, back-pays staff after breaches
08 April 2024
IAG has back-paid staff more than $37 million following past underpayments and has published an apology on its website as part of an enforceable undertaking with the Fair Work Ombudsman...