Allianz scoops Mansfield Awards
06 July 2018
Allianz Australia has won the Gold Mansfield Award for excellence in claims-handling…
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IAG offloads operations in Thailand, Indonesia
19 June 2018
IAG has agreed to sell its operations in Thailand and Indonesia to Tokio Marine & Nichido Fire Insurance Co for about $525 million, and will also exit Vietnam in a separate deal after earlier this year announcing a review of its Asian businesses…
BHSI appoints new Australasia president
04 June 2018
Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance has appointed Mark Lingafelter as Australasia President…
Insurance House sells stake to aid growth
22 May 2018
An investment group led by former AMP CEO Paul Batchelor has taken a “significant minority interest” in Melbourne-based Insurance House Group…
Former IAG CEO takes helm at AMP
20 April 2018
Former IAG CEO Mike Wilkins has been appointed acting CEO at AMP, following the resignation of Craig Meller…
Suncorp Chairman Ziggy Switkowski to retire
19 April 2018
Suncorp Chairman Ziggy Switkowski will retire from the board after the annual general meeting on September 20, with Christine McLoughlin to take over the role…
JLT hits back at council class action threat
17 April 2018
JLT has rejected suggestions that local councils should pursue a class action over premium levels paid for cover provided through mutual schemes administered by the company...
Zurich CEO announces sudden exit
11 April 2018
Zurich Australia’s General Insurance CEO Raj Nanra will leave the business later this month…
QBE unveils senior management shake-up
11 April 2018
QBE says Group CFO Michael Ford is leaving the company and the top finance role will be filled by Inder Singh, currently Australian and New Zealand CFO, as part of wider senior management changes…
Axa seals $19.7 billion takeover
05 March 2018
Bermuda-based global insurer XL Group is to be acquired by French insurer Axa to create what it says will be the leading global property & casualty commercial insurer…
QBE sells Latin American operations to Zurich
26 February 2018
QBE will sell its Latin American business to Zurich Insurance Group for $US409 million, the company said today…
CBL enters interim liquidation
26 February 2018
Troubled New Zealand-based global insurer CBL has been placed into interim liquidation by the High Court of New Zealand…
Ex-QBE chiefs launch agency
13 February 2018
Former QBE senior executives Colin Fagen and Blair Nicholls have teamed up to launch a new underwriting agency they say will bring brokers back into the personal lines market…
Aon names a new CEO for Australia
12 February 2018
Aon Risk Solutions Australia announced this afternoon that its next CEO will be James Baum, who is currently its Commercial MD and Aon Broking Pacific Chairman…
QBE revamps intermediary team
07 February 2018
QBE has appointed two GMs to its intermediary distribution leadership team, and created two new portfolios…
QBE expects $US1.2 billion loss for 2017
23 January 2018
QBE expects an after-tax loss of $US1.2 billion ($1.5 billion) for 2017 after writedowns on its North American business and the impact of fourth-quarter catastrophes, and new CEO Pat Regan has flagged an overhaul…
ASIC crackdown costs insurers more than $120 million
17 January 2018
Two more insurers have been ordered by ASIC to repay customers money for deficient add-on cover sold through car dealers, bringing the total so far to more than $120 million…
QBE recruits icare chief
10 January 2018
QBE has recruited Insurance & Care NSW (icare) MD and CEO Vivek Bhatia as its CEO Australian and New Zealand Operations…
Industry mourns insurance figures
08 January 2018
Members of the insurance community are mourning the deaths of three well-known professionals…
Government backs mitigation in premium taskforce response
19 December 2017
The Federal Government says it will pursue reforms to place downward pressure on premiums through accountability and transparency, outlining the plans in a formal response to the Northern Australia Insurance Premiums Taskforce and this year’s Senate inquiry…