Corporate
31 August 2020
Ansvar Australia’s first-half underwriting loss has deepened to £2.05 million after the result was affected by hailstorms in January and an East Coast Low that brought damaging weather in February...
31 August 2020
Nib Travel has posted a full-year loss of $19.7 million, reversing 2019’s profit of $6.6 million, following a plunge in operating margins as COVID-19 restrictions brought global travel to a standstill...
31 August 2020
Network Steadfast, a brokerage majority-owned by Steadfast Group, has entered into a strategic partnership with Brisbane corporate risks broker Bluebook...
31 August 2020
Suncorp says 2020 offers it a “unique and ideal opportunity” to roll out its new comprehensive car insurance brand Bingle Go as COVID-19 changes how and when people travel...
31 August 2020
Suncorp brand AAMI is the first Australian general insurer to offer customers service over social media platform WhatsApp...
31 August 2020
SA motorists mutual club RAA has announced Tom Griffiths will be RAA Insurance CEO with effect from tomorrow, taking over from David Russell, who will begin his transition to retirement in a supporting role as GM of Services...
31 August 2020
Comparison website iSelect says general insurance products on its platform performed strongly last financial year, despite COVID-19 affecting travel volumes, while life earnings declined...
31 August 2020
Listed insurtech Flamingo AI has agreed to sell its Flamingo Customer Experience and Flamingo Ventures businesses to BDNM Investments.
24 August 2020
PSC Insurance Group announced today full-year underlying earnings exceeded $57 million as previously flagged, with acquisitions and organic growth combining to cushion the economy-wide impact of COVID-19...
24 August 2020
Suncorp has launched a renewed push for investment in disaster mitigation measures as the ideal way to stimulate the economy...
24 August 2020
Authorised representative network Resilium says it is focusing on the growth of the business as equity and financial arrangements with Coverforce are unwound following court rulings...
24 August 2020
Axa XL says it will continue to provide "best in class" solutions and accept new business for Australian financial lines, rejecting suggestions that it is pulling back from the local market...
24 August 2020
Insurtech Coverhero says its income protection product HustleCover is extending a timely lifeline to vulnerable gig-economy workers who have been hit hard by COVID-19...
24 August 2020
Online retailer Kogan.com has posted a near 56% rise in full-year net profit to $26.8 million, aided by a strong performance from its insurance unit...
24 August 2020
Australian digital security firm CyberCX has launched a New Zealand operation, investing more than $NZ30 million initially to have a crack at the country’s $NZ600 million cyber security market...
24 August 2020
Cloud solutions provider TAS is expecting a boost in business from the insurance sector following its acquisition of rival Experteq...
17 August 2020
GSA Insurance Brokers has sold a controlling shareholding to Steadfast, fulfilling a promise made more than a decade ago...
17 August 2020
Zurich’s business operating profit fell 40% in the first half, in part driven by losses incurred at its Australia-based travel business Cover-More...
17 August 2020
Government and central bank responses to the COVID-19 pandemic have eased claim pressure risks even as the global economic outlook remains uncertain, QBE CEO Pat Regan says...
17 August 2020
Marsh has created the new role of Risk Management Leader for the Asia and Pacific regions to assist larger clients amid a difficult environment...