Willis names next regional CEO
16 July 2015
Willis Australasia Deputy CEO Tony Barber is to become CEO from January 1…
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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…
IAG forms strategic relationship with Berkshire Hathaway
16 June 2015
Insurance Australia Group Limited has announced a strategic relationship agreement to establish a long-term partnership with US investment giant Berkshire Hathaway…
IAA’s Kitchin moves to Suncorp
29 May 2015
Former Insurance Advisernet Australia & New Zealand MD Adrian Kitchin has been appointed MD of Suncorp-owned authorised representative network Resilium…
JLT’s Steve Ball dies suddenly
18 May 2015
One of the Australian industry’s most respected and popular insurance brokers, Steve Ball, died suddenly on the weekend…
Berkshire Hathaway gains Australian insurance licence
24 April 2015
Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance has received its insurance licence to provide all lines of general business in Australia…
AIMS picks experienced broker as GM
16 April 2015
Glenn Schultz, the EGM Wholesale Broking of underwriting agency Quanta, is to be the next GM of major insurance broking group Austbrokers & IBNA Member Services (AIMS)…
Suncorp names new group CEO
14 April 2015
Suncorp has appointed board member Michael Cameron as its next CEO…
IAG changes executive team
11 March 2015
IAG has appointed Commercial Insurance CEO Peter Harmer to the new role of Chief Digital Officer as it pours more resources into its digital strategy…
JLT claims top spot in rehab services with acquisition
03 March 2015
JLT Australia has agreed to acquire workplace health, safety and rehabilitation services company Recovre Group…
Gatto to join Mann at JLT
25 February 2015
Well-known Willis GM Placement Services, Risk Services and Claims Maurice Gatto has resigned to join JLT as GM Broking and National Placement…
Steadfast claims the crown with QBE deal
16 February 2015
Steadfast is acquiring two underwriting agencies and one insurance broker from QBE for $290 million, as well as buying a major brokerage…
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…
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…