Corporate
13 May 2019
National Transport Insurance is to create an eight-strong “sustainability team”, providing insights, advice and value-add services as the underwriter readies for an industry shift towards more personalised insurance…
13 May 2019
Reinsurance broker Guy Carpenter has made several senior appointments after parent Marsh & McLennan sealed its $US5.6 billion ($8 billion) takeover of rival JLT…
13 May 2019
Genworth Mortgage Insurance Australia says it has commercial arrangements with the top five banks following moves to broaden its product offering…
13 May 2019
Aon has introduced pollution liability insurance, covering businesses that accidentally harm the environment…
06 May 2019
Steadfast is on target for underlying net profit after tax of $85-$90 million and underlying earnings before interest, tax and amortisation of $190-$200 million this financial year…
06 May 2019
Suncorp New Zealand says the hardening price cycle may already have started moderating in some parts of the market…
06 May 2019
US-listed pet insurer Trupanion has formed a partnership with Hollard Insurance Company to offer cover in Australia…
06 May 2019
A Victorian insurance brokerage that was raided by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission is reviewing its future…
06 May 2019
Resilium Insurance, the largest privately owned authorised representative network following its separation from Suncorp, says it has improved growth prospects under its new ownership structure…
06 May 2019
Global specialty insurer Canopius will open an office in Sydney as it looks to grow in Australia and New Zealand…
06 May 2019
Gallagher has acquired specialist agribusiness broker AgriRisk Services, strengthening the US broking giant’s rural product offerings and expertise…
06 May 2019
Genworth Mortgage Insurance Australia has started an international search for a CEO to take over from Georgette Nicholas, who is returning to the US…
06 May 2019
Chubb has replaced Vero as the insurance security partner of AUB-owned strata specialist Longitude Insurance…
06 May 2019
Ensurance has secured Lloyd’s capacity to launch a product that covers against property damage caused by structural defects…
06 May 2019
Westpac’s gross written premium grew 3% to $259 million in the bank’s first half, but the profit contribution from insurance slumped on natural catastrophe claims…
06 May 2019
Loss adjuster McLarens is opening an office in Byron Bay to serve clients in northern NSW and the Gold Coast, as the US group expands its Australian operations…
06 May 2019
Claim Central Consolidated has opened a second Sydney office, in Parramatta, as the digital claims group expands locally…
06 May 2019
The UK’s Financial Reporting Council has fined KPMG and related parties more than £6 million for mishandling the accounts of an underwriting business IAG formerly owned…
06 May 2019
Genworth says it reduced its environmental and carbon footprint last year by more than one-quarter…
06 May 2019
Cyber insurer Emergence has extended its coverage to include social engineering theft and “crypto-jacking”…