Funke Kupper joins Suncorp board
16 December 2019
Elmer Funke Kupper has accepted an invitation to join the board of Suncorp as non-executive director from January...
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Travel insurer introduces medical score algorithm
16 December 2019
Travel insurer Zoom is now offering cover to Australians and New Zealanders with medical conditions by making use of Verisk’s latest technology...
AUB drops plan to buy Coverforce
09 December 2019
AUB has abandoned its planned acquisition of Coverforce Holdings after failing to gain access to key documents required to finalise the proposed $150-200 million deal...
Blue Zebra set to launch new products, expand overseas
09 December 2019
Underwriting agency Blue Zebra will grow its product suite next year, and is also considering expanding into Asia after approaches from Hong Kong and Singapore...
New marine agency aims to make a difference
09 December 2019
Highly regarded marine underwriter Jill Murphy has set up an independent underwriting agency, RedSky Insurance, with a portfolio acquired from her previous employer, Agile Underwriting...
360Globalnet builds claims platform for Insuret
09 December 2019
Claims specialist 360Globalnet has built a digital claims platform for Queensland-based Insuret, an underwriting agency that provides claims management services to the rental car sector...
Community Underwriting sets up Brisbane branch
09 December 2019
Community Underwriting will open an office in Brisbane next month to support the agency’s growing business in Queensland...
Funder moves to file class action against CBL
09 December 2019
Australian litigation funder IMF Bentham has filed an application in the High Court in Auckland to commence a shareholder class action against failed New Zealand insurer CBL Corporation...
QBE non-executive director departs
09 December 2019
Former Hanover Insurance Group President and CEO and QBE non-executive director Fred Eppinger has retired from the board after less than a year...
Suncorp NZ backs online domestic violence shelter project
09 December 2019
Suncorp New Zealand and its other subsidiaries, Vero and Asteron Life, have joined the Shielded Site network, an initiative that offers online support services for victims of domestic violence...
Hollard replaces AIG at Steadfast Direct
02 December 2019
Hollard will begin writing business through the Steadfast Direct personal lines panel from the middle of this month after agreements were finalised for it to replace AIG...
Honan expands with Malaysia partnership
02 December 2019
Honan has entered a partnership with Kuala Lumpur-based MP Insurance Brokers to build its presence in Malaysia, as it expands in the Asia-Pacific region...
QBE names new Chief Underwriting Officer
02 December 2019
QBE has named Phuong Ly as Chief Underwriting Officer, Australia Pacific, effective from February...
Suncorp donates $100,000 to aid bushfire recovery
02 December 2019
Suncorp has made a $100,000 donation to the Red Cross-led bushfire recovery efforts in NSW and Queensland...
Munich Re names financial business development head
02 December 2019
Munich Re has appointed Alex Francois to the new Sydney-based role of Head of Australia and New Zealand Business Development for savings and investments...
Austbrokers, InterRisk chiefs depart in AUB changes
25 November 2019
Austbrokers Divisional Chief Executive Nigel Thomas will leave AUB Group effective next month after his position was made redundant, while InterRisk MD Phil Kearns departed the brokerage last week in other changes...
Brightstar buys Risk Insure brokerage
25 November 2019
Mobile distribution and services company Brightstar, part of Japan’s Softbank Group, has acquired Adelaide-based Risk Insure as part of a strategy to boost its device protection business in Australia and New Zealand...
Johns Lyng sees work rise from bushfires, hailstorms
25 November 2019
Building and restoration services company Johns Lyng Group says recent bushfire and hailstorm events are driving record job registrations while its “business as usual” operations are also buoyant...
QBE grows progressive investments portfolio in leaps and bounds
25 November 2019
QBE has grown its Premiums4Good progressive investment portfolio as it targets $US1 billion in investments such as green bonds by 2021, which would bring “impact” investment to 4% of total QBE investment...
Tower returns to profit
25 November 2019
New Zealand general insurer Tower Limited has returned to profit with full year earnings of $NZ16.8 million, helped by benign weather and improved underwriting...