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…

IAG names commercial leadership team

25 August 2014

IAG has announced a new commercial insurance leadership team following its Wesfarmers acquisition…

Gallagher rebrands SRS, Australis agencies

14 August 2014

Arthur J Gallagher has announced a new single brand for its two Australian underwriting agencies…

Assetinsure sale to Ironshore called off

30 June 2014

The acquisition of Assetinsure by US-based insurer Ironshore has been called off by mutual agreement of the parties…

New Zealand Commerce Commission approves IAG’s Lumley takeover

30 April 2014

IAG will be allowed to acquire Wesfarmers Insurance New Zealand assets following a decision by New Zealand’s competition regulator…

Austbrokers creates new distribution super-role

22 April 2014

Austbrokers Holdings has brought together its broker and intermediary distribution management functions in a restructure announced this afternoon…

Feely returns as Zurich revamps management team

11 April 2014

Zurich Australia CEO Daniel Fogarty has announced a major revamp of his senior management team…

Wesfarmers sells broking businesses to Gallaghers

07 April 2014

Global broker Arthur J Gallagher has bought the broking and premium funding assets of Wesfarmers for $1.01 billion…

Charles Pratten jailed

04 April 2014

The NSW Supreme Court has jailed Rural & General Insurance founder Timothy Charles Pratten to three years and six months on charges of obtaining a financial advantage by deception…

Steadfast adds Nautilus to underwriting stable

03 April 2014

Steadfast Group has acquired 70% of the share capital of NM Insurance, which owns underwriting agency Nautilus Marine…

IAG gets green light from ACCC

26 March 2014

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission will not oppose IAG’s acquisition of Wesfarmers’ underwriting business…

Poole announces plan to retire

21 March 2014

Allianz Australia Chief GM Sales & Distribution Jonathan Poole has announced his plan to retire from the company at the end of the year…

Steadfast bars Ebix after SVU talks break down

28 February 2014

Technology company Ebix Australia has been refused entry to the Steadfast Convention beginning in Melbourne tomorrow after negotiations on a systems interface collapsed…

Ace gives Ward giant new region to run

27 February 2014

Ace Australia and New Zealand CEO Giles Ward has been appointed to run a newly formed business region for the company, Eurasia & Africa…

Assetinsure sold to US-based insurer

05 February 2014

The owners of Sydney-based Assetinsure Holdings have entered into a binding agreement to sell the company to US-based Ironshore…

OAMPS acquisition signals strategic shift to growth

20 January 2014

OAMPS Insurance Brokers has acquired mid-sized brokerage TCIS, which has offices in Adelaide, Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney…

Lloyd’s appoints its ‘ideal’ CEO

17 December 2013

Lloyd’s has appointed Inga Beale, the Group CEO of reinsurer Canopius, as the market’s first female CEO…

IAG buys Wesfarmers underwriting businesses

16 December 2013

IAG announced a few minutes ago it has agreed to purchase the insurance underwriting businesses of Wesfarmers for $1.845 billion…

QBE takes big hit from US operations

09 December 2013

QBE expects to report a loss of around $US250 million for 2013 due to writedowns from its North American operations…