Health specialist Tego targets life sciences
15 April 2019
Specialist healthcare underwriting agency Tego Insurance is targeting growth in the rapidly expanding life sciences and clinical trials sectors…
Corporate
AUB division head quits to work on start-up
08 April 2019
AUB Group’s divisional CEO of risk services, Sunil Vohra, has left the business to focus on a digital start-up…
UK claims specialist builds Gallagher platform
08 April 2019
Gallagher has contracted UK claims specialist 360Globalnet to develop a real-time system for personal and commercial lines customers in Australia…
NTI uses new tech to combat driver fatigue
08 April 2019
National Transport Insurance has teamed up with technology developer Seeing Machines to reduce accidents caused by driver distraction and fatigue…
Marsh backs new cyber offering
08 April 2019
Broker Marsh and insurtech Cyber Indemnity Solutions have teamed up to provide data security solutions…
AAMI wades through Sydney hail claims
08 April 2019
AAMI has paid more than $30 million for claims arising from December’s Sydney hailstorm…
Andrew Boal takes over at Rice Warner
08 April 2019
Rice Warner has appointed former Willis Towers Watson head of Australasia Andrew Boal to be its new CEO, effective immediately…
McCabe Curwood recruits for new Melbourne branch
08 April 2019
Law firm McCabe Curwood has appointed Benjamin Karalus as Principal of its new office in Melbourne…
IAG offers staff childcare for Easter
08 April 2019
IAG is offering a free school holiday program this Easter for employees with children…
QBE ditches coal business
01 April 2019
QBE has unveiled plans to withdraw from coal-related businesses when the next financial year starts…
CBL fallout drags on Assetinsure earnings
01 April 2019
Assetinsure’s pre-tax profit fell by $2.4 million to $5.4 million last year because of additional expenses linked to its financially troubled former parent CBL Corporation…
CBL Corporation owes creditors $166 million
01 April 2019
New Zealand insurer CBL Corporation has paid none of the $NZ173 million it owes creditors, according to voluntary administrator KordaMentha…
QBE seeks restoration service partners
01 April 2019
QBE today launched a tender for the provision of insurance restoration services across its personal and commercial lines…
HDI names ex-QBE exec to pilot aviation team
01 April 2019
HDI Global Specialty has appointed Jamie Bowes as Head of Aviation, overseeing its new Melbourne-based aviation team…
Suncorp silent on crash repairer sale
01 April 2019
Suncorp has declined to confirm reports it is reviewing its majority stake in Melbourne-based crash repairer Capital Smart…
IAG's people person steps down
01 April 2019
Former IAG New Zealand CEO Jacki Johnson will retire from the group in June, but will continue to represent the company on a new financial sector sustainability group…
Salt Marine recruits for Melbourne office
01 April 2019
Salt Marine Risks Australia has opened a Melbourne office and appointed Richard Grant as the local representative and Marine Manager, Cargo…
QBE sounds alarm on smoke detectors
01 April 2019
QBE has called on homeowners to shower more “love and attention” on smoke detectors, as a new study shows the devices are poorly understood…
Suncorp sells Resilium in management buyout
25 March 2019
Suncorp will sell its authorised representative network Resilium through a management buyout led by Adrian Kitchin after last year appointing advisers to review options for the business…
Suncorp starts rebuilding Townsville ‘homes and lives’
25 March 2019
Suncorp has moved its Townsville flood response into the rebuilding phase, as the insurer aims to complete all home assessments this month…