Lloyd’s chief denies support for UFIs
11 February 2015
Lloyd’s Chairman John Nelson has refuted remarks on unauthorised foreign insurers attributed to him in Fairfax Media this morning…
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Merger creates fifth-largest global reinsurer
27 January 2015
Axis Capital Holdings and 10th-largest reinsurer Partner Re have agreed an $US11 billion merger that will create the world’s fifth-largest reinsurer…
Lloyd’s appoints new Australia chief
20 January 2015
Lloyd’s has appointed Gow-Gates Insurance Brokers CEO Chris Mackinnon as its new General Representative for Australia…
XL buys Catlin
12 January 2015
US insurance and reinsurance giant XL Group has announced a cash and share acquisition of major Lloyd’s operator Catlin Group…
Gallagher buys QBE’s placement service for brokers
04 December 2014
Arthur J Gallagher’s underwriting agency company Pen Underwriting has acquired QBE Placement Services…
Austbrokers moves into NZ with major deal
25 November 2014
Austbrokers has moved into the New Zealand broking market with the 100% acquisition of the management group for the Brokerweb cluster group, as well as a 50% interest in the country’s largest independent brokerage, Brokerweb Risk Services…
Allianz to buy TIO
24 November 2014
The Northern Territory Government will sell the Territory Insurance Office’s insurance operations to Allianz Australia…
Lloyd’s underwriter Talbot to open Australian office
19 November 2014
Talbot Underwriting will open a Sydney office in January, writing business from its Lloyd’s syndicate…
Roy Ellis dies
19 November 2014
Roy Ellis, a pioneer in the establishment of underwriting agencies in Australia, died in Sydney yesterday after a long illness…
Sale strengthens Sportscover’s role at Lloyd’s
18 November 2014
Melbourne-based Sportscover has agreed to sell control of its Lloyd’s managing general agency, Syndicate 3334, to Bermudian company Hamilton Insurance…
Arch buys Resource Underwriting
11 November 2014
Arch Insurance Europe has acquired 100% of underwriting agency Resource Underwriting Pacific…
Steadfast launches direct insurance channel
05 November 2014
Listed broker Steadfast is entering the direct personal lines market with a new line of retail insurance products for sale through brokers…
Pagano, Cook leave as Zurich restructures
30 October 2014
High-profile senior managers at Zurich Financial Services have chosen to take redundancy packages under a restructure announced by the company yesterday that will see up to 45 other…
Humphreys moves to Steadfast
29 October 2014
Lloyd’s Australia MD Adrian Humphreys has resigned to join Steadfast as GM Business Development…
Comparison website, unauthorised foreign insurers for north Queensland
23 October 2014
The Federal Government will establish a comparison website for home and contents insurance in north Queensland and allow unauthorised foreign insurers to operate in the market…
IAG announces future of CGU, Lumley and WFI brands
13 October 2014
IAG has announced a major repositioning of its brands, with its intermediated business to fall under the CGU banner, Lumley to be established as an underwriting agencies…
Zurich makes it two in a row, other winners announced
15 September 2014
Zurich Australia has won the National Insurance Brokers Association general insurer of the year award for the second consecutive year…
Sportscover confirms Lloyd’s sale talk with Hamilton
11 September 2014
Sportscover and Bermuda-based property and casualty insurer Hamilton Insurance have announced they are in discussions over the sale of Sportscover’s Lloyd’s syndicate…
Steadfast bids for Calliden
27 August 2014
Broker group Steadfast has announced plans to buy listed insurer Calliden…
Suncorp arm sets up Steadfast brokerage
26 August 2014
Suncorp-owned authorised representative distributor Resilium is launching a broking arm, Resilium Insurance Broking…