IAG names commercial leadership team
25 August 2014
IAG has announced a new commercial insurance leadership team following its Wesfarmers acquisition…
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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…
QBE calls share-trading halt
06 December 2013
QBE shares have gone into a trading halt pending an announcement on its North American operations…
Insight names new CEO
06 December 2013
Broker cluster group Insight has appointed David McKinnis as its new Chief Executive…