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…
Breaking News
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…
Suncorp boss heads to IAG
27 October 2015
Suncorp Personal Insurance CEO Mark Milliner will be the new Chief Operating Officer at IAG…
Axis to close Australian operation
08 October 2015
Axis Capital has announced that it will wind down its retail insurance operations in Australia…
Harmer takes over at IAG
07 October 2015
Peter Harmer has been appointed MD and CEO of IAG, replacing Mike Wilkins from November 16…
Zurich loses CEO
18 September 2015
Zurich General Insurance Australia & New Zealand CEO Daniel Fogarty will leave the company on Wednesday…
UK reinsurance broker quits Australia
16 September 2015
Global broker Cooper Gay is closing its Australian reinsurance broking operation…
NIBA names award winners
07 September 2015
CGU has been named the 2015 General Insurer of the Year at the National Insurance Brokers Association’ convention in Melbourne this morning…
Ex-Chubb chief joins QBE, Standfield goes broking
28 July 2015
Former Chubb Australia MD Mark Lingafelter will become MD Asia Pacific at QBE – the latest in a series of major personnel changes taking place at the group…
QBE announces new Aust-NZ CEO
28 July 2015
Tim Plant has been promoted to CEO of QBE’s Australian and New Zealand operations, replacing Colin Fagen who moves into a new role as Group Chief Strategy Officer…
Willis names next regional CEO
16 July 2015
Willis Australasia Deputy CEO Tony Barber is to become CEO from January 1…
Ace to become Chubb in giant merger deal
02 July 2015
Zurich-based global insurer Ace has agreed to buy US-based Chubb Corporation for $US28.3 billion in what is believed to be the largest-ever deal between two insurance companies…