Townsend steps out of retirement to run Allianz Worldwide Partners
10 December 2018
Allianz Worldwide Partners has installed Garry Townsend as Acting CEO following the departure of Craig Dalzell, who left after a leadership structure review…
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AIG aims for regional growth with new appointment
10 December 2018
AIG says it will target growth in the Asia-Pacific region following the creation of a new high-level role…
QBE to review model on fossil fuels
10 December 2018
QBE will rethink its underwriting strategy as it again faces pressure to stop covering coal-related business…
Gallagher acquisition opens up aviation
10 December 2018
Gallagher has entered the local aviation market with the acquisition of key parts of the Boston Marks Insurance Group…
AUB completes $116 million raising
10 December 2018
AUB Group has completed a $116 million capital raising to fund its purchase of a majority stake in Adroit Insurance & Risk, and provide flexibility for further acquisitions…
Judge condemns CBL conduct
10 December 2018
CBL Insurance was ordered into liquidation because management displayed “a lack of commercial probity”, according to a judge…
NTI backs livestock blockchain trial
10 December 2018
National Transport Insurance is participating in a blockchain trial involving the beef industry, which aims to improve safety and animal welfare and monitor export security…
Johns Lyng secures repair deal with WA insurer
10 December 2018
Building services provider Johns Lyng Group has entered an agreement with a major WA-based insurer to provide domestic repair work on up to 100 properties a quarter…
Claim Central takes on 360 motor workload
10 December 2018
Claim Central Consolidated has started to manage 360 Underwriting Solutions’ commercial motor claims under a three-year partnership that started last month…
Agile partners with wholesale broker
10 December 2018
Insurtech Agile Underwriting Services has announced a strategic partnership with Fando Group, an independent wholesale broking business…
Zurich streamlines to ‘accelerate improvements’
03 December 2018
Zurich Australia is simplifying its management structure in a bid to sharpen its response to customer needs in the commercial insurance intermediated market…
QBE announces new role, key retirements
03 December 2018
QBE has announced the retirements of GM New Zealand Bill Donovan and CEO Pacific Sylvain Flore as it continues to restructure…
Sedgwick chief sees tech as growth driver
03 December 2018
Sedgwick, the world’s largest claims administrator, says technological change will help drive expansion following its Cunningham Lindsey acquisition…
New director brings gender balance to Hollard
03 December 2018
Hollard has appointed Jane Tongs as a non-executive director, meaning women now occupy half of the insurer’s 10 board seats…
Huddle investor out to disrupt ‘messed-up’ industry
03 December 2018
Investment group AirTree Ventures says technology and trust issues in the insurance industry have opened the door for disruptor Huddle, which sells online car, travel and home contents products underwritten by Hollard…
Sura’s Craig Patterson set to depart
03 December 2018
Underwriting agency Sura has today announced Chief Underwriting Officer and Executive Director Craig Patterson will leave at the end of this month…
IAG defers premiums for drought-hit farmers
03 December 2018
IAG has introduced a drought assistance package for farmers in NSW and Queensland who are struggling to pay for insurance…
Insurance gains lift RAA into profit
03 December 2018
SA motorists mutual club RAA is back in the black, recording a $10.7 million profit last financial year, underpinned by strong results from its insurance business…
Tower shakes up tech, pricing in search of rebound
03 December 2018
New Zealand insurer Tower has forecast an earnings rebound this financial year as it makes technology and pricing changes and pursues a strategy to take on larger rivals…
Ironshore boss secures post-merger role
26 November 2018
Ironshore Australia MD William Lewis will serve Liberty Mutual in a new regional role following the merger of the two groups’ specialty underwriting operations…