Zurich names new Asia-Pacific chief
12 August 2016
Zurich has announced former Generali executive Jack Howell as its new Regional CEO for the Asia-Pacific…
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Life chief to run Zurich Australia
04 July 2016
Tim Bailey, the CEO of Zurich’s local Life and Investments division, has been named CEO of Zurich Australia…
Westcourt sells to IAG
01 July 2016
Perth-based authorised representative group Westcourt has been sold to IAG’s National Adviser Services…
Munich Re to sell primary insurance arm
15 June 2016
Munich Re plans to sell its Australia and New Zealand primary insurance operation, Great Lakes Australia following a strategic review…
Tragic end for Zurich’s ex-CEO
31 May 2016
Former Zurich global CEO Martin Senn died last Friday in an apparent suicide…
StarStone opens direct presence in Australia
20 May 2016
Bermuda-based specialty insurer StarStone is to have a direct underwriting presence in Australia to run alongside parent company Enstar’s existing Australian operation…
Mason quits Allianz to head up NZbrokers
08 April 2016
Well-known industry figure Jo Mason is set to leave Allianz after less than a year to head home to Auckland as CEO of AUB-owned NZbrokers…
Munich Re’s Australasia MD to retire
24 March 2016
Munich Re Australasia MD Heinrich Eder will retire at the end of June, the German reinsurer has told insuranceNEWS.com.au…
SMEs worry about risks, but don’t insure against them: report
10 March 2016
Small businesses are not as well insured as their owners believe, according to this year’s Vero SME Insurance Index…
Cyclone mitigation the way forward, premium taskforce says
04 March 2016
The Northern Australia Insurance Premiums Taskforce’s final report recommends cyclone mitigation as the only way to reduce insurance premiums on a sustainable basis…
Ace pays for Combined scandal
25 February 2016
Ace will remediate all customers affected by mis-selling at its subsidiary Combined Insurance, and make a donation of $1 million to financial counselling and literacy initiatives…
Day moves to top as Suncorp reorganises
16 February 2016
Suncorp CEO Commercial Insurance Anthony Day has been promoted to a new position overseeing all the group’s insurance operations in Australia…
PSC buys Reliance, LMI gets into education
18 January 2016
Two significant mergers and acquisitions have been announced by two leading insurance industry companies over the past few days…
Gallagher scoops up Strathearn from AUB (updated)
18 December 2015
AUB Group (formerly Austbrokers Holdings) has sold its shareholding in major broker Strathearn to Arthur J Gallagher…
Stream Australia placed into receivership
17 December 2015
Claims services company Stream Australia has been placed into voluntary receivership…
Zurich to quit NSW CTP market
15 December 2015
Zurich is to stop operating in the NSW compulsory third party market from March next year…
Harmer reveals new IAG structure, leadership
08 December 2015
IAG this morning announced a new organisational structure and leadership team…
Cluster group votes to join Steadfast
23 November 2015
Members of Victorian-based cluster group Insight Australia have voted to join diversified insurance group Steadfast…
NIBA hands broker education role to ANZIIF
18 November 2015
The National Insurance Brokers Association has handed over its broker training role to the Australian and New Zealand Institute of Insurance and Finance under a deal signed in Sydney this afternoon…
Zurich signals potential job losses in Australia
16 November 2015
Zurich Australia has warned of possible staff redundancies as it works on changes to its organisational structure…