28 June 2021
New entrant Howden Broking will operate across the local insurance market from corporate to SME, with the recent consolidation at the top end providing a range of opportunities, the company’s newly appointed Australian division CEO says...
28 June 2021
Rating agency AM Best says it does not expect Hollard’s operations to be impacted by its holding company’s acquisition of CommInsure, the general insurance arm of Commonwealth Bank...
28 June 2021
Another merger move has been made by Regional Insurance Brokers, weeks after it announced the business will join forces with fellow Steadfast-backed broker Austcover...
28 June 2021
Allianz Marine & Transit Underwriting Agency has promoted Ben Morgan to the role of CEO, effective next month...
28 June 2021
SRG Group, a WA brokerage half-owned by AUB’s Austbrokers, has acquired corporate insurance broking specialist Gibbscorp...
21 June 2021
Hollard has entered into a deal to acquire Commonwealth Bank’s general insurance operation, expanding its business by around 50%, giving it a stronger position in personal lines and adding distribution...
21 June 2021
Axis Underwriting has announced the promotion of GM Ivan Verescuk to MD and CEO, taking over from Gary Dawson who is stepping down on July 1 after running the business for the last 22 years...
21 June 2021
Johns Lyng Group has again bumped up its earnings outlook for this financial year, citing the strong performance of its key Insurance Building & Restoration Services division and increased post-catastrophe recovery works...
21 June 2021
BP Marsh & Partners, a UK specialist private equity investor in which PSC Insurance Group holds a 20% stake, has reported improved earnings for the year to January 31...
21 June 2021
PSC Insurance Group has appointed James Kalbassi as Executive Director and Joanne Dawson as an independent non-Executive Director...
21 June 2021
Suncorp is considering repurposing office space in New Zealand occupied by individual workstations to create “hubs” for teams to come together and collaborate as the COVID pandemic forces organisations to think differently about work and where it is done...
21 June 2021
Suncorp New Zealand has shared for the first time its work supporting customers who are experiencing vulnerability...
21 June 2021
New Zealand insurer Tower says its business faces an ultimate cost of about $NZ 2.8-3 million before tax from the floods that inundated the Canterbury region last month...
21 June 2021
Ansvar's near-term operating results are vulnerable to revisions in COVID-related provisions and a challenging investment landscape, AM Best says...
21 June 2021
Cyber specialist CFC is introducing new transaction liability cover in Australia and offshore aimed at “micro” business owners wanting to sell, a segment which it says has been “all but ignored” by insurers...
21 June 2021
Zurich will sponsor the Melbourne Football Club, including women’s and men’s teams, for another two years and its logo will be featured on Demons’ guernseys...
07 June 2021
Christine Bell is to take the role of Country Head Australia & New Zealand at Swiss Re Corporate Solutions, ending an executive recruitment search that began in February...
07 June 2021
Ethos Broking Australia will be looking at merger and acquisition opportunities in the local market as part of Ardonagh Group’s expansion of its global operations...
07 June 2021
QBE has relocated to its new Sydney head office at Level 18, 388 George Street in the city’s CBD precinct...
07 June 2021
Claim Central Consolidated has named Eben le Roux as Group CEO, replacing Brian Siemsen who will move into the newly created position of Executive Director...