Former Catlin Australia chief to run Talbot

11 November 2016

Talbot Underwriting Australia has announced Andrew Case as its new MD…

XL Catlin buys major underwriting agency

16 September 2016

XL Catlin has agreed to acquire Brooklyn Underwriting and Brooklyn IT Pty Ltd from Paul Hines, their beneficial owner…

Willis CEO quits, replacement named

15 September 2016

Willis Towers Watson Australasia Chairman and CEO Tony Barber has quit the company today…

CGU makes it two in a row at NIBA

12 September 2016

CGU has been named the winner of the prestigious General Insurer of the Year award at the National Insurance Brokers (NIBA) Convention in Melbourne this morning…

QBE pushes out CEO after poor results

17 August 2016

Australia and New Zealand CEO Tim Plant has left QBE with immediate effect as the insurer continues to battle challenging conditions…

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…

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…