Former IAG executives launch pet insurer Fetch
25 September 2023
Sydney-based former IAG executives Phil Wilson-Brown, George Lewis and Foo Xin have launched new pet insurer Fetch...
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Axa XL ‘streamlines’ with new casualty, financial lines heads
25 September 2023
Axa XL has promoted Underwriting Manager Kim McEwan to Head of Casualty and Product Manager Management Liability Ewen McKay to Head of Financial Lines...
Roy Morgan honours insurers at annual awards
25 September 2023
RAC Insurance and life insurer CommInsure have been named among the big winners at industry researcher Roy Morgan’s annual Customer Satisfaction Awards...
QBE names Julie Wood as North America CEO
18 September 2023
QBE has confirmed Julie Wood as North America CEO after she took up the role in an acting capacity last month following the departure of Todd Jones...
Markel sets foot in Australia
18 September 2023
Markel Insurance is opening three offices in Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne this month as launchpads for the US specialty insurer’s entry into the Australian market...
Axa XL targets Asia Pacific mid-market growth
18 September 2023
Axa XL says the mid-market segment provides a clear growth opportunity for the insurer and it’s appointed a new regional head to drive the expansion...
Helia announces new partnership
18 September 2023
Helia has entered a five-year partnership to exclusively provide Great Southern Bank home loan customers lenders mortgage insurance...
Aon announces new Asia Pacific COO
18 September 2023
Aon has named Citibank Asia Pacific executive Jeff Plein as its new Asia Pacific COO...
Allianz says ‘sustainability’ of optional flood cover a concern
11 September 2023
Allianz is considering its optional flood cover offering, saying last year’s floods have “called into question” the sustainability of the current arrangement...
Marsh new regional head to take up role in January
11 September 2023
Marsh says new Pacific President Josh Roach will take up the Sydney-based role effective from the start of January...
AMA says capital raising receives ‘strong support’
11 September 2023
Smash repairer AMA Group says a fully underwritten share placement and institutional entitlement offer to raise $55 million has received strong support...
Dual’s Abbruzzo takes new role amid leadership overhaul
11 September 2023
Dual Asia Pacific CEO Damien Coates has announced leadership changes across Australia and New Zealand...
AM Best affirms Delta rating
11 September 2023
Rating agency AM Best has affirmed the Performance Assessment of Delta Insurance New Zealand Limited and Delta Underwriting Private Limited as PA-2.
Finity’s new advisory practice ‘open for business’
04 September 2023
Finity has launched its new Economic Advisory Practice to help bolster insights on a wide range of fields, including general insurance...
Hilary Bates joins Zurich’s UK team
04 September 2023
Zurich Financial Services Australia COO Hilary Bates has been appointed Chief Compliance Officer in the insurer’s UK team...
Meridian Lawyers collaborates with Singapore firm
04 September 2023
Meridian Lawyers has announced a "strategic alliance” with Singapore-based heritage law firm Donaldson & Burkinshaw LLP to strengthen and expand its insurance and commercial legal operations...
QBE Foundation opens submissions for annual grants
04 September 2023
The QBE Foundation has opened applications for this year’s local grants program, offering $360,000 for charity and community organisations working to build climate resilience and inclusion opportunities...
GB flags complexity of EQC claims
04 September 2023
Claims manager Gallagher Bassett has highlighted a combination of in-field experience and targeted training and development as the key to its status as a preferred partner for insurers managing Toka Tu Ake EQC claims...
AUB forecasts strong growth, raises mid-term targets
28 August 2023
AUB Group has forecast strong growth this financial year as its UK Tysers acquisition provides benefits while premium rate momentum continues...
New PSC chairman to ‘find acquisitions’ after Honan, Tysers snags
28 August 2023
Incoming PSC Insurance Group non-executive Chairman Paul Dwyer will support the broker’s search for potential investment opportunities when he takes over from Brian Austin after the annual general meeting in November...