30 March 2020
AUB Group says it will not go ahead with the planned $140 million acquisition of Adelaide-based MGA Whittles Group that was announced last month, after assessing the impact of the coronavirus outbreak...
27 March 2020
IAG has unveiled a series of measures to support travel and small business customers hit by the coronavirus outbreak – and other insurers are expected to follow suit…
11 March 2020
The annual Steadfast Convention, due to take place in Perth from March 22, has been cancelled due to “ongoing concerns” about COVID-19…
10 March 2020
Aon has announced it will acquire Willis Towers Watson to create an $US80 billion broking giant...
17 February 2020
AUB Group will take full ownership of Adelaide-based MGA Whittles in a $140 million deal...
21 January 2020
Group Executive Ben Bessell will leave IAG at the end of March, the insurer announced today...
14 January 2020
Insurance industry sources have warned that significant numbers of bushfire-affected homeowners could be underinsured, and that the issue could develop into a political storm...
13 January 2020
Blue Zebra is exploring opportunities with South African owned insurer Youi, after Zurich announced it will cease providing security for the underwriting agency...
13 January 2020
Gallagher Australia has appointed Katherine Simmonds, most recently with Willis Towers Watson, as Head of Corporate...
10 January 2020
Insured losses from the ongoing bushfire catastrophe which has devastated areas of NSW, Victoria, Queensland and SA have reached $939 million, and are still rising...
07 January 2020
A general insurance industry delegation met Federal Treasurer Josh Frydenberg today to discuss the response to the ongoing bushfire catastrophe...
07 January 2020
AIG’s International General Insurance CEO Chris Townsend has left the company to pursue other opportunities...
09 December 2019
AUB has abandoned its plan to acquire Coverforce Holdings after failing to gain access to key documents required to finalise the deal...
08 November 2019
AIG has appointed Fairfax Financial executive Nigel Fitzgerald as CEO Australia, taking over from Noel Condon who will leave the business...
18 October 2019
Former Dual Australia claims manager Josie Gonzalez has been sentenced to 9.5 years in jail and her husband Alvaro to 7.5 years for defrauding the underwriting agency of $17.4 million...
09 September 2019
Suncorp has named Steve Johnston as Group CEO following the departure of Michael Cameron in late May...
02 August 2019
AUB Group says it intends to acquire Coverforce Holdings after reaching agreement with the brokerage’s private equity investor Pemba Capital Partners…
29 July 2019
AUB Group has announced a restructure of AIMS, its former joint venture between Austbrokers and independent broking group IBNA...
26 July 2019
Allianz Australia has won the Gold Mansfield Award for excellence in claims-handling for the second year in a row...
25 July 2019
Chubb has set up a new small commercial and mid-market division, to be headed by former Calibre CEO Mike Hooton, as it reports rapid growth in SME business.