18 October 2024
The parliamentary floods inquiry has made 86 recommendations in a final report released today, including strengthening regulation and the industry code of practice, and considering a “government-supported reinsurance arrangement” for high-risk properties...
15 October 2024
Envest has outlined organisational and leadership changes following the completion of Ardonagh’s acquisition of PSC Insurance Group...
10 September 2024
Steadfast Group has released a statement rejecting allegations featured in the ABC’s Four Corners investigation into the strata industry...
24 July 2024
Insurance House authorised representatives are set to move to Community Broker Network as part of a new strategic partnership between the two Steadfast-owned businesses...
07 June 2024
Allianz has been ordered to pay a community benefit payment of $50,000 for a code of practice breach, in the first such financial sanction imposed on an insurer by the governance committee...
08 May 2024
UK-based Ardonagh has announced it plans to buy PSC Insurance Group for an implied equity value of $2.26 billion...
10 April 2024
NSW state-owned insurer icare has announced CEO Richard Harding has resigned and will leave the organisation in October...
18 March 2024
The National Insurance Brokers Association has appointed Richard Klipin as CEO, as Phil Kewin departs the role...
13 March 2024
PSC Insurance Group says it has received “multiple strategic approaches” and is taking part in discussions that “may or may not lead to an offer being made for PSC”...
21 February 2024
Lloyd’s has appointed new leaders to run its business here as Regional Head of Australia and New Zealand Chris Mackinnon prepares to take up an expanded role in Singapore on April 1...
20 February 2024
Suncorp has won its appeal over the planned $4.9 billion sale of its bank to ANZ, with a decision in the two companies’ favour handed down by the Australian Competition Tribunal this morning...
15 February 2024
Australian underwriting agency Agile has been given the go-ahead to establish its own Lloyd’s syndicate, insuranceNEWS.com.au understands...
10 January 2024
The National Insurance Brokers Association says CEO Phil Kewin has resigned from the role and will leave the organisation in April...
16 November 2023
Steadfast has announced it will acquire a 70% equity interest in Queensland underwriting agency Sure Insurance for a deal including an upfront cash payment of $148.8 million...
16 November 2023
The NSW Labor Government says the state’s insurance-funded Emergency Services Levy is inefficient and unsustainable and it plans to ditch current arrangements and introduce a fairer system...
20 October 2023
The Australian and New Zealand Institute of Insurance and Finance has appointed former New Zealand politician Katrina Shanks as its next CEO...
06 October 2023
Steadfast says it has acquired ISU Group, one of the largest privately owned independent insurance agency networks in the US, for $US55 million...
06 September 2023
Marsh has announced that Josh Roach will become Pacific President from January, taking over from Nick Harris who will move to a senior role with the company in the UK...
21 August 2023
Global broking giant Marsh has agreed to acquire Melbourne-headquartered Honan Insurance Group...
04 August 2023
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has rejected Suncorp’s plan to sell its banking business to ANZ in a proposed $4.9 billion deal, with the insurer saying it is "surprised and disappointed" by the decision...