25 March 2019
Australian mining company Kingsgate and Zurich-led insurers will work together to pursue a trade agreement claim against the government of Thailand over the expropriation of the Chatree gold mine…
25 March 2019
QBE’s New Zealand Pacific Chief Customer Officer Andrew Corbett has taken charge of the newly formed New Zealand and Pacific region…
25 March 2019
Westpac has shifted its general insurance operation into an expanded Consumer division, in what the bank says is a bid to make it easier to meet the needs of retail customers…
25 March 2019
Pen Underwriting has combined its hospitality and leisure liability team with general liability as it looks to strengthen its business in the liability space…
25 March 2019
Ansvar Australia’s underwriting profit more than doubled last year as property gross written premium increased and a more benign natural catastrophe environment cut costs…
25 March 2019
Aviso Group has added Western Insurance Brokers to its Steadfast-affiliated broker network…
25 March 2019
The buyer of British holiday giant Thomas Cook’s local arm says he will honour travel insurance policies written by the former parent…
18 March 2019
Steadfast says its brokers will not be required to use the premium funder it now owns 100%…
18 March 2019
Fusion Specialty Insurance has expanded its Asia-Pacific mergers and acquisitions capacity through an underwriting agency partnership with Zurich…
18 March 2019
The WA Supreme Court has ruled QBE must pay $10 million plus interest for a professional indemnity claim held by a company that has since been deregistered…
18 March 2019
Hailstorms in Sydney and Gympie in Queensland cost Youi a combined $17 million in the December half…
18 March 2019
Trade credit insurance specialist Prasidium has joined Insurance Brokers Network of Australia…
18 March 2019
Tower Insurance has a “very strong” balance sheet, according to AM Best, which has affirmed the insurer’s financial strength rating of A- and long-term issuer credit rating of a-…
18 March 2019
Allianz Australia has appointed Mike Wood as CIO, to oversee a range of IT initiatives across Australia and New Zealand…
11 March 2019
Victorian regional brokerage Griffiths Goodall is not facing allegations of theft “or anything of a criminal fraud nature”, the company’s GM has told a local newspaper…
11 March 2019
Mike Emmett takes the reins today as AUB Group CEO and MD, with predecessor Mark Searles stepping aside…
11 March 2019
Gallagher will acquire JLT’s global aerospace broking business, including operations in Australia and New Zealand, for around £190 million as it continues an expansion in the sector…
11 March 2019
QBE will give “thorough consideration” to a shareholder resolution demanding the insurer reduce its ties with coal-linked businesses…
11 March 2019
New York-listed DXC Technology has launched its annual contest in search of the country’s most innovative insurance solutions…
11 March 2019
Liquidator McGrathNicol is selling CBL Insurance’s interest in a software licence linked to the failed insurer’s Builders Warranty product…