Suncorp NZ signs up to electricity offset scheme
27 July 2020
Suncorp New Zealand has signed up to Meridian Energy’s renewable energy certificates, which match electricity consumption with renewable energy generation...
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Lawyers say class actions against JLT are progressing
20 July 2020
Class actions brought against broker JLT by local governments are progressing through the NSW and Victorian Supreme Courts, law firm Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan says...
QBE holds pricing on SME, commercial motor
20 July 2020
QBE has held pricing on SME and commercial motor insurance as part of its support for struggling clients battling coronavirus impacts...
Youi says 250,000 take up refund offer
20 July 2020
A quarter of a million car insurance customers affected by COVID-19 have taken up Youi’s premium refund offer, the insurer says...
Aon loses trio as BMS launches energy division
20 July 2020
Specialist broker BMS Group has set up a new energy division in Australia after appointing three key staff members from Aon...
Perth broker expands into SA
20 July 2020
Perth-based broker Mavco Insurance Group is expanding with the addition of a new office in Adelaide which it says will support a growing number of east coast clients...
Bank lures first home buyers with $1 mortgage insurance
20 July 2020
Westpac-owned St George Bank has reduced the cost of Lenders Mortgage Insurance to just $1 for eligible first home buyers...
RACQ Insurance selects local insurtech
20 July 2020
RACQ Insurance has partnered with Brisbane-based insurtech ENData to digitise its home and contents claims, speeding resolution and keeping its members connected and up to date...
PSC commits to pre-virus earnings target
13 July 2020
PSC Insurance Group says its business performed strongly in the last few months, placing the broker in a good position to meet the earnings guidance it had set before the virus pandemic erupted in March...
Strong June trading performance buoys AUB
13 July 2020
AUB Group expects to deliver earnings “towards the top” of the guidance range it recently provided for the past financial year...
Impact of Qamvis liquidation 'unclear'
13 July 2020
Liquidators say it is not yet clear whether there will be a return to unsecured creditors following the collapse of construction-focused insurance group Qamvis...
QBE to quit India
13 July 2020
QBE will sell its insurance joint venture in India as the insurer presses on with shedding non-core assets, freeing up resources to focus on its key markets including Australia and North America...
McLardy McShane presses on with growth plans
13 July 2020
McLardy McShane Group CEO Don McLardy says the Melbourne-based broker is pushing on with plans to grow the business, despite the current difficult economic climate caused by the virus pandemic...
Suncorp splits insurance division leadership
06 July 2020
Suncorp has split the leadership of its Australian insurance business between two executives as it seeks to accelerate improved performance from its largest division...
Marsh parent loses investor over Adani links
06 July 2020
Fund manager Australian Ethical Investment has sold its stock in US-listed Marsh & McLennan Companies because of broking subsidiary Marsh’s involvement with the Adani coal mine in central Queensland...
Insurance House acquires Bendigo brokerage
06 July 2020
Melbourne-based Insurance House has acquired an insurance brokerage in central Victoria as the group continues to expand its reach.
QBE proposes common interface for all insurers
06 July 2020
After three years introducing streamlined technology, QBE’s performance has "increased tremendously" with almost no outages, Head of technology for Data, Advanced Analytics and Integration Shrenik Dagli says...
AUB shifts HQ back to North Sydney
06 July 2020
AUB Group is closing its Sydney CBD premises in Philip Street and moving its head office to the northern side of the harbour where the Sura underwriting agencies business is based...
QBE signs up for wearable sensors to predict workplace injury
06 July 2020
QBE has entered into an agreement with dorsaVi for wearable on-body sensors which will allow customers to better predict, manage and reduce the likelihood of musculoskeletal injuries in the workplace...
IAG invests in customer location tracking
06 July 2020
IAG has invested in startup Bluedot, which counts McDonald’s and Transurban among the users of its customer location tracking technology...