Agile targets SMEs through cyber partnership
22 July 2019
Agile Underwriting has entered a partnership with Cynch Security to offer cyber insurance to SMEs...
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IAG wins innovative design accolade
22 July 2019
IAG has won an outstanding design and innovation award for its Human-Centred Design Community...
Allianz secures HCF travel cover contract
22 July 2019
Allianz has been appointed travel insurance provider of choice for members of HCF, Australia’s largest non-profit health insurer...
RACQ Insurance CEO departs
15 July 2019
RACQ Insurance is searching for a new CEO following the resignation of John Myler last month...
Griffiths Goodall sells to PSC, but brand remains
15 July 2019
Regional broker Griffiths Goodall will retain its brand identity following a $48 million acquisition by PSC Insurance Group...
Canopius hires for Australian operation
15 July 2019
Canopius has made key appointments to its office in Sydney, which opened recently to support the global specialty insurer’s growth plans for Australia and New Zealand...
Majors’ earnings in doubt as personal lines premiums slide
15 July 2019
New-customer premium prices in personal lines insurance are declining this year, continuing a seven-year downward trend that throws projected earnings for Suncorp and IAG into doubt, according to Morgan Stanley...
Sure goes direct to tough north Queensland market
15 July 2019
Underwriting agency Sure Insurance says disclosure and claims handling will be a focus as it starts writing home and contents policies in the cyclone-prone region from Bundaberg to Cape York...
Tower ditches disclosure duty for clients
15 July 2019
New Zealand general insurer Tower has started to remove the “duty of disclosure” placed on customers from its sales and claims processing systems for home, contents and car products...
COO steps up to run Flamingo Ai
15 July 2019
Flamingo Ai has promoted COO Olivier Cauderlier to the CEO position, freeing-up founder Catriona Wallace to focus on growth...
IAG backs referendum on Indigenous recognition
15 July 2019
IAG, a vocal supporter of calls to enshrine Indigenous viewpoints, has commended a proposed referendum on giving First Nations people constitutional recognition...
EBM freshens up RentCover product
15 July 2019
WA broker EBM has rebranded its RentCover product and introduced a range of interactive marketing materials...
AGCS names James Stack Pacific CEO, cuts financial lines
08 July 2019
Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty has named James Stack as Pacific CEO, as the business prepares to cease underwriting professional indemnity and directors’ and officers’ cover in Australia and New Zealand...
Tokio Marine snaps up second IAG agency
08 July 2019
Tokio Marine has purchased IAG’s Accident and Health International Underwriting agency, as it looks to expand in the region through niche specialty business lines...
Sedgwick names incoming CEO
08 July 2019
Claims manager Sedgwick has named Philip van Zyl as the next CEO of its New Zealand business, replacing Darryl Cowan...
Legal insurer gains Australian foothold with HDI
08 July 2019
German legal insurer ARAG Group has expanded into Australia in concert with HDI Global Specialty...
Ensurance execs step in to shore up business
08 July 2019
Ensurance’s senior executives have thrown the business another lifeline, extending by two years the maturity of $2.2 million in convertible debt...
iSelect targets SMEs with BizCover partnership
08 July 2019
Comparator iSelect has formed a partnership with BizCover to provide policies aimed at SMEs...
D&O rates to keep rising, Honan says
08 July 2019
The directors’ and officers’ insurance market will harden even further, driven by claims pressure following the Hayne royal commission and a growing risk of well-funded class actions against companies, Honan says...
IBNA brokers head to Steadfast as AIMS splits
01 July 2019
Insurance Brokers Network Australia members will move to Steadfast this year under a new arrangement that ends the 12-year-old AIMS joint venture with Austbrokers...