Open scores partnership with New Zealand telco
20 June 2022
Open, the Hollard-backed insurtech behind the Huddle brand, has entered into a bundling partnership with New Zealand telco and electricity provider Slingshot...
20 June 2022
Open, the Hollard-backed insurtech behind the Huddle brand, has entered into a bundling partnership with New Zealand telco and electricity provider Slingshot...
20 June 2022
Shaneen Marshall has taken on the expanded role of Head of Strategy and Sustainability at Zurich as the insurer prepares to launch a customer pilot in its life business this year with platform Reforest...
20 June 2022
Liberty Specialty Markets has updated its Directors & Officers Liability policy wording in Australia, broadening protection with numerous enhancements including two new features: defence select and common costs allocation language...
20 June 2022
New Zealand’s Tower is selling its stake in its Papua New Guinea subsidiary to Alpha Insurance this year for $7.9 million...
06 June 2022
Crash repairer AMA Group says insurers have been approached and are in active discussions about repricing contracts as cost pressures continue to rise...
06 June 2022
Gallagher has announced its latest acquisition with Canberra-based general insurance brokerage Mitchell Insurance Management agreeing to join its ACT team...
06 June 2022
Resilium Partners expects to wheel out more acquisitions in the coming months, after closing deals for two authorised representative (AR) businesses and moving closer to sealing a third one...
06 June 2022
TravelCard says its Australian business, placed in “hibernation” since October 2020 due to the pandemic, will offer “superior products” and “better user experience” when it resumes operations...
06 June 2022
Insurance Australia Group has released its latest Stretch Reconciliation Action Plan, outlining initiatives to tackle ongoing issues in Indigenous communities...
06 June 2022
Suncorp praised its partnership with community service organisations Uniting and Scope and says it provides the insurer with vital feedback in achieving better customer outcomes...
06 June 2022
PSC Insurance Group has completed its acquisition of regional Victorian brokerage Alan Wilson Insurance Brokers..
06 June 2022
Hollard Insurance will be upgrading its core policy, billing and rating systems from on-premises to cloud-based software as a service, under its latest partnership with Duck Creek Technologies, a provider of core system solutions to the general insurance industry...
06 June 2022
New Zealand’s Tower will acquire a TSB-branded portfolio that is already underwritten by the insurer in a $NZ5.2 million transaction...
30 May 2022
Suncorp insurer Vero has released survey data showing more than half of SMEs say they aren’t completely covered for all business risks and a high number of those have no plan for what they would do if they experienced a major negative event...
30 May 2022
New Zealand’s Tower says its gross written premium jumped 11% in the first half, though its large event costs almost doubled after the January eruption of the Hunga Tonga–Hunga Ha'apai volcano, February’s Cyclone Dovi and March rains in the North Island...
30 May 2022
RACQ has formed a new Advocacy department as it seeks a stronger voice on issues including resilience and sustainability...
30 May 2022
IAG has announced the appointment of Mark Ley as EGM Investor Relations...
30 May 2022
Crash repairer AMA Group is partnering with not-for-profit foundation Defib for Life to install defibrillators at all 172 of its sites over the next two months...
23 May 2022
Lockton has posted record global annual revenue growth of 27% as it added more than 1200 employees across all lines of business, including a new office in New Zealand...
23 May 2022
Chubb says Demetra Day will take over as Head of Distribution for Australia and New Zealand at the start of July after successfully building the insurer’s major accounts team...