26 February 2024
Suncorp recorded a 51.8% rise in first-half general insurance profit after tax to $510 million, as higher premium growth lifted its key Consumer Insurance and Commercial and Personal Injury divisions in Australia...
26 February 2024
QBE has been ordered to send a corrective notice to brokers about a proposed class action, amid concerns it suggested intermediaries did not have to follow a court request to advise clients about registration...
26 February 2024
Lloyd’s has announced two internal appointments as it shakes up its Australian leadership team following the promotion of country head Chris Mackinnon...
26 February 2024
Smash repairer AMA Group’s losses narrowed to $9.2 million in the first half, amid a period of upheaval that included board and executive changes and new pricing arrangements...
19 February 2024
IAG is “super focused” on insurance affordability after its first-half results revealed the toll of rising premiums on customers...
19 February 2024
QBE has forecast gross written premium growth will slow this year to “mid-single-digit” gains, while the company expects an improved combined operating ratio...
19 February 2024
Agile Underwriting’s new syndicate will “shorten the chain” between Australian brokers and Lloyd’s specialty expertise, sources say...
19 February 2024
SafetyCulture Care MD Frank Costigan has left the risk mitigation-focused underwriting agency, as it looks to expand in the US...
19 February 2024
Ausure Insurance Services has launched a new venture in Mildura to service northwest Victoria...
19 February 2024
Tower may outperform expectations this financial year after strong trading results in the first four months, the New Zealand insurer says...
19 February 2024
Discretionary mutual Our Ark has signed up its 100th member three years after its launch in December 2020, and now protects about $2.5 billion of assets across the country...
19 February 2024
Travel insurer Battleface says customers of insurance.com.au, which is part of Steadfast Group, will be able to seamlessly customise their cover under a new partnership...
12 February 2024
New York-listed Everest Group is looking to grow its Australian presence, President and CEO Juan Andrade told a fourth-quarter earnings call last week...
12 February 2024
Europ Assistance will offer insurance to Flight Centre leisure customers in Australia, New Zealand, Canada, the US and Britain under a new partnership...
12 February 2024
Catholic Church Insurance recorded a net loss of $274.2 million last financial year as it entered run-off...
12 February 2024
Envest businesses Fitzpatrick & Co Insurance Brokers, Arete Risk & Insurance Solutions, and Amicus Insurance Services will merge to create an operation with more than $260 million in gross written premium and more than 130 staff...
12 February 2024
IAG New Zealand has appointed three new non-executive directors, adding Michele Embling, Rachel Walsh and Scott Pickering to its board...
05 February 2024
Suncorp has estimated first-half natural hazard event costs at $568 million following six significant events, and has announced a $107 million reserve strengthening spread across several portfolios because of external challenges facing the industry...
05 February 2024
IAG says it has placed its catastrophe reinsurance program for this calendar year amid a stabilisation in the global market...
05 February 2024
Lloyd’s Regional Head of Australia and New Zealand Chris Mackinnon will broaden his horizons in a new role as Regional Director for the Asia-Pacific, Middle East and Africa markets...