31 October 2013
Speculation that Zurich is set to buy the diversified Wesfarmers Insurance business has been discounted, with sources suggesting the alleged acquisition target is most likely to be…
18 October 2013
International loss adjuster Crawford & Company is set to re-establish its brand in New Zealand through an associate arrangement with Cerno NZ…
14 October 2013
Zurich has been named the NIBA General Insurer of the Year, ending QBE’s 11-year stranglehold on the award…
20 September 2013
Aon Australia has appointed Lambros Lambrou as CEO to replace Steve Nevett, who will step down from the role in January but continue as Chairman for the Pacific Region…
19 September 2013
Former QBE Global Head of Distribution Terry Ibbotson has returned to the local market as Group Commercial Director at Arthur J Gallagher Australia…
02 August 2013
The report of the General Insurance Code of Practice independent review conducted by lawyer Ian Enright was released by the Insurance Council of Australia today…
12 July 2013
Wesfarmers has today announced that Anthony Gianotti is the new MD of Wesfarmers Insurance, effective immediately…
02 July 2013
Former Zurich Australia CEO Shane Doyle has been appointed CEO of London-based Dual International…
30 June 2013
Swift action by Dual Australia has ensured the company will recover most of the $17 million allegedly misappropriated in a complex fraud carried out in the company’s Melbourne office…
13 June 2013
Austbrokers has purchased a 77.1% shareholding in major corporate broker and Steadfast member InterRISK Australia Pty Ltd…
21 May 2013
Zurich Australia Executive GM Claims Stephen Brooks resigned from the company today…
21 May 2013
Broker group Steadfast has bought underwriting agency Altiora Insurance Solutions from Brisbane broker and businessman David Ingram…
10 May 2013
Steadfast COO Cameron McCullagh “has the full support of the company’s board” despite a critical article in a Sydney newspaper linking him to a $100,000 political donation…
02 May 2013
Ebix Inc, the parent of major local insurance technology company Ebix Australia, has agreed to be acquired by an affiliate of US investment bank Goldman Sachs…
24 April 2013
Steadfast has acquired a 30% stake in New Zealand’s fourth-largest brokerage, Rothbury…
28 March 2013
OAMPS Head of Commercial Broking Mark Bradley is leaving the Wesfarmers-owned brokerage to return to Allianz Australia as GM Direct and Life Insurances…
26 February 2013
QBE CEO John Neal has reshaped the management of the group and devised a more “global” strategic focus in changes revealed this morning at the company’s 2012 results announcements…
21 January 2013
Wesfarmers Insurance MD Rob Scott is to become the Finance Director of retailer Coles…
19 December 2012
The Advisernet Group has restructured its underwriting agency operations to bring the businesses under one brand to be managed by former Chubb Australia executive Paul Baldacchino…
19 December 2012
Macquarie Premium Funding has finalised the purchase of GE-owned Pacific Premium Funding…