OAMPS joins Pan-Asian Alliance
20 June 2006
OAMPS is one of 10 brokers in a new Pan-Asian Alliance trying to create a network servicing larger clients with businesses throughout the region…
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Phillips Fox to gain some initials
20 June 2006
Major national law firm Phillips Fox – a leading specialist in insurance matters – has entered an alliance with global law firm DLA Piper…
Vero CEO to take on Promina role
14 June 2006
In a move that some industry spectators say represents much more than a routine management reshuffle, Vero CEO Duncan West will step down from his position on January 1…
Mulcahy does Suncorp shuffle
14 June 2006
Suncorp CEO John Mulcahy has carried out the biggest restructuring of the Queensland-based bancassurance group since he joined it more than three years ago…
Clark quits IBNA chair
14 June 2006
Insurance Brokers Network of Australia Chairman John Clark has resigned from the board of the cluster group due to ill health…
IC Frith takes on law initiative
14 June 2006
After undertaking a management buyout at IC Frith & Associates six months ago, CEO Terry McGough has come up with a new range of integrated insurance cover for law firms…
Benfield gets closer to energy and mining giants
06 June 2006
London-based global insurance and risk company Benfield Corporate Risk has opened an office in Perth as part of a move to strengthen its worldwide network…
Allianz has a new market
06 June 2006
Allianz Australia has a new product that’s not a run-of-the-mill offering…
Promina sells mortgage business
06 June 2006
Promina Group is selling its NZ-based lenders mortgage insurance business to Genworth Financial Mortgage Insurance for $220 million…
Tower of strength
30 May 2006
NZ-owned Tower is in a growth phase, with strong sales and earnings results over the six months to March 31…
Transport insurance industry bolstered
30 May 2006
Allianz Australia and Sydney-based underwriting agency Global Transport and Automotive Insurance Solutions have joined forces in the transport, fleet and specialist equipment…
AAMI awarded Best of the Best
30 May 2006
Promina-owned personal lines insurer AAMI has been awarded the “Best of the Best” for outstanding excellence in customer service at the Australian Service Excellence Awards…
IBNA will decide on Austbrokers deal
23 May 2006
Cluster group IBNA is making sure one thing isn’t forgotten in the speculation over its six-month merger negotiation period with rival cluster Austbrokers…
Suncorp shines after Larry
23 May 2006
Suncorp’s insurance business has survived Cyclone Larry and it predicts an improved result over the next year…
NAB considers insurance options
16 May 2006
National Australia Bank CEO John Stewart is pondering a foray into the general insurance market…
Creditors can file against Gordian (UK)
16 May 2006
AMP and Cobalt Solutions Australia have been given leave to run the Gordian scheme of arrangement past the UK High Court of Justice, with creditors given six months to file claims…
Complainants dog NRMA
09 May 2006
NRMA Insurance, the country’s leading domestic insurer, has topped an online list of Australia’s most complained-about companies as well as being one of its most complimented…
Motor insurer’s ad in racism bingle
09 May 2006
Adelaide-based Royal Automobile Association Insurance has found itself in hot water over its latest TV advertising campaign, which the Advertising Standards Board…
Vero bolsters WA marine division
09 May 2006
Vero National Marine has added three marine and transit insurance underwriters to its marine insurance operations in WA – and dealt another blow to Lumley…
Cyclone Larry doesn’t deter Promina
02 May 2006
Despite claims forecasts of between $40 million and $50 million due to Cyclone Larry, Promina still expects to meet its financial performance targets…