Growth for Marsh in Australia
26 April 2006
Marsh Inc is over the woes it suffered during the past couple of years and is looking at growth areas, such as its Asia Pacific business, to get back on track…
26 April 2006
Marsh Inc is over the woes it suffered during the past couple of years and is looking at growth areas, such as its Asia Pacific business, to get back on track…
26 April 2006
The OAMPS Group has been busy this month following the acquisition of WA-based marine insurance broker Gault Armstrong Kemble…
19 April 2006
Lumley Australia found out just how competitive the marine insurance market was last October when Vero Marine poached its three top marine managers…
19 April 2006
Melbourne-based insurer Associated Marine has made its debut in the New Zealand market, setting up a four-person team of specialists in a new Auckland office…
19 April 2006
Australian Unity is forming a joint venture with NZ-based Farmers Mutual Insurance to service Australia’s regional insurance market…
19 April 2006
Growth might not be the only reason Asia is so attractive to IAG – the region is also less regulation-happy…
11 April 2006
The issue of consolidation seems to be hotting up after QBE Insurance indicated it will consider looking at rivals IAG and Promina if it continues to perform better than them…
11 April 2006
A conditional contract between Centrepoint Alliance and OAMPS has been signed to give Centrepoint 100% of OAMPS Premium Funding…
11 April 2006
Broking network Austbrokers has entered into a distribution agreement with Pacific Premium Funding to provide its entire premium funding solution…
04 April 2006
IAG has grown its Thai market share through the successful acquisition of the country’s seventh largest general insurer, Safety Insurance…
04 April 2006
In its second aviation market initiative in less than a month, QBE has decided to form an aviation underwriting syndicate within its Limit managing agency at Lloyd’s…
04 April 2006
Lumley General Insurance has acquired caravan park insurance specialist, Parks Insurance, after a six-year association…
04 April 2006
Tower Australia has settled the purchase of Australian life company PrefSure after regulatory approval from the Foreign Investment Review Board and APRA…
28 March 2006
Newly listed broking network Austbrokers is continuing its buying spree, adding a 50% stake in Australian Logistics Insurance (Brokers) Pty Ltd to its list of recent acquisitions…
28 March 2006
A new $412 million tax bill will not dent James Hardie’s commitment to compensating asbestos victims, the company says…
28 March 2006
New marine insurance agency Nautilus Marine Insurance Agency says it’s had a very successful first 12 months, with an impressive number of new policies written and its…
21 March 2006
Leading Australian broking house OAMPS has expanded its reach into the small and medium enterprise (SME) market with its acquisition of Melbourne firm BGS Insurance Brokers…
21 March 2006
Newly merged insurance premium funder Centrepoint Alliance has had a happy debut, reporting big jumps in both profit and revenue for the first half of the 2006 financial year…
21 March 2006
Australian insurer and wealth manager St Andrew’s has announced an 89% rise in underlying profit during 2005…
14 March 2006
The Australian operation of FM Global has recorded gross written premium of $146 million in its fourth consecutive year of strong financial and operating performance…