Centrepoint grows premium funding profits
04 November 2013
Centrepoint Alliance’s insurance premium funding business continues to grow through existing and new broker relationships, Chairman Rick Nelson says…
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EML opens self-insurance division with Woolies deal
04 November 2013
Workers’ compensation specialist Employers Mutual has launched a national self-insurance division…
Hollard restructure ‘simplifies operations’
04 November 2013
Hollard has announced an internal restructure aimed at simplifying operations and giving better support to partners…
Steadfast weighs up new acquisition candidates
28 October 2013
Steadfast is on the hunt for more acquisitions, including brokers it considered before floating on the Australian Securities Exchange, MD Robert Kelly says…
Berkshire Hathaway joins Willis sidecar
28 October 2013
Willis says Berkshire Hathaway, Hiscox and the People’s Insurance Company of China have agreed to participate in its Global 360 sidecar…
Snowball says Suncorp’s margin is improving
28 October 2013
Suncorp’s general insurance margin continues to improve, CEO Patrick Snowball told last week’s annual general meeting…
Dual appoints MD for Asia
28 October 2013
Dual International has appointed Mark Spadaccini as Regional MD for Asia, responsible for the Hong Kong and Singapore offices…
Centrepoint names new CFO
28 October 2013
Glenn Toohey will become CFO at Centrepoint Alliance from November 1…
Reinsurance keeps Western Pacific moving
28 October 2013
Liquidators of Western Pacific Insurance have used the failed New Zealand company’s first reinsurance payout to fund loss adjusters and pay fees, so assessments can continue…
Steadfast finalises first brokerage hub
21 October 2013
Steadfast is close to announcing its first brokerage hub with the formation of IRS Steadfast in NSW…
Australian Unity prepares for broking launch
21 October 2013
Australian Unity is in talks with a number of brokers as it prepares to start offering general insurance advice…
QBE’s Drabsch stays as his successor withdraws
21 October 2013
QBE Group CFO Neil Drabsch is to delay his retirement because his intended successor, Steven Burns, has decided to leave full-time work…
Ansvar chief recovering
21 October 2013
Ansvar Insurance CEO Andrew Moon will be on leave until January as he recovers from an operation…
Insurance House wins physios’ PI business
21 October 2013
Insurance House Group has won a contract to provide professional indemnity cover for the Australian Physiotherapy Association, taking the endorsement from Guild Insurance…
Australis halts new marine business
21 October 2013
Australis Group Underwriting has stopped writing new marine business with immediate effect, so it can focus on developing other sectors…
Six of the best aid Guy Carpenter expansion
21 October 2013
Marsh reinsurance broking subsidiary Guy Carpenter has added six people to its Australian operations in Sydney, as it looks to expand its advisory service…
Dual appoints new claims manager
21 October 2013
Dual Australia has appointed Bernadette Casey as National Claims Manager, as the company continues its recovery from a $17 million claims fraud…
Lloyd’s aims to match Australian GDP growth
21 October 2013
Lloyd’s strategy in Australia is to grow in line with the country’s gross domestic product, General Representative Adrian Humphreys told the National Insurance Brokers Association convention in Melbourne…
Crawford & Company expands brand in NZ
21 October 2013
International loss adjuster Crawford & Company is to re-establish its brand in New Zealand through an associate arrangement with Cerno NZ…
QBE launches in-car ‘black box’
21 October 2013
Safe drivers can earn lower premiums by using QBE’s Insurance Box product, Australia’s first insurance use of telematics technology for cars…