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Allianz appoints new CEO of marine agency
24 June 2021
Ben Morgan has been promoted to the role of CEO at Allianz Marine & Transit Underwriting Agency, effective next month...
Enticing insurers 'key to cyclone pool design'
23 June 2021
Federal Treasury needs to talk with leading insurers to understand what would encourage greater participation in the northern Australia market before it embarks on detailed design work for the proposed cyclone reinsurance pool, the National Insurance Brokers Association says...
Seize the day: ICA urges NSW action on 'retrograde' taxes
23 June 2021
The Insurance Council of Australia has given a mixed reception to the NSW Government’s 2021/22 Budget, saying inaction on insurance tax reform has tempered the welcome announcement of $268 million to implement measures proposed by the NSW Independent Bushfire Inquiry...
NIBA names WA broker awards finalists
23 June 2021
GSK Insurance Brokers Senior Account Manager Jeff Booth, Marsh Managing Principal Sarsha Neal and Imperium Insurance & Financial Solutions MD Sumit Sopori are in the running to be crowned this year’s WA Broker of the Year...
INsight podcast: the rise and rise of Hollard
23 June 2021
The Australian insurance landscape will shift when Hollard acquires CBA's general insurance business, the Insurance News podcast has heard...
Moving in: Howden lures three local Marsh execs, names CEO
22 June 2021
Three senior managers at market leading broker Marsh have moved across to the new local operation of Howden, boosting the UK-based global broker’s ambition to be a major competitor in the rapidly consolidating specialist insurance broking market...
Steadfast-backed brokerages agree to merger
22 June 2021
Regional Insurance Brokers and Joe Vella Insurance Brokers today announced they have agreed to merge, in a move aimed at giving them more scale and depth to serve the north Queensland market...
Broker not obliged to disclose cheaper direct policy, says AFCA
22 June 2021
A complaint from a body corporate against Aviso EIA, alleging the broker failed in its duty of care obligation by not disclosing cheaper residential strata products are available in the direct market, has been dismissed by the external dispute resolution body...
Emergence recruits corporate cyber head from Chubb
22 June 2021
Emergence Insurance has appointed former Chubb practice leader Trent Nihill to the newly created role of Head of Corporate Cyber as it expands its operations...
BI resolution needed as SMEs suffer: AFCA
18 June 2021
Australian Financial Complaints Authority CEO and Chief Ombudsman David Locke says it's vital to gain resolution on business interruption disputes as soon as possible as continuing lockdowns affect businesses and some face the risk of failing...
Cyber cover tougher, construction challenging: report
18 June 2021
Insurers have become significantly more cautious about cyber cover, local underwriters’ construction market appetite is still shrinking and policy wordings generally are being tightened, Gallagher Australia says in a first-half report...
Suncorp hunts for new executive as policy head departs
18 June 2021
Suncorp is advertising for a new manager of government affairs as Joshua Cooney departs the role...
COVID-thwarted traveller loses dispute over insolvent airline voucher
18 June 2021
A man whose international flight was cancelled due to the COVID pandemic and his airline becoming insolvent has lost a claim dispute with his insurer and been advised to try again in 2023 if a credit voucher offered by the carrier expires...
Tributes paid to former NIBA president and Aon stalwart
17 June 2021
Former president of the National Insurance Brokers Association Robert Harrison has died aged 81...
Axis Underwriting chief steps down after 22 years at helm
17 June 2021
Axis Underwriting says its long-serving MD and CEO Gary Dawson will step down on July 1 after running the business for the last 22 years, and will be succeeded by GM Ivan Verescuk...
US Justice Dept moves to block Aon-WTW merger
17 June 2021
The US Department of Justice has taken legal action to block Aon’s proposed $US30 billion acquisition of Willis Towers Watson, arguing proposed divestments fail to resolve concerns that customers will be adversely affected...
RACQ-backed insurtech promises 'sweeter deals' for Australians
17 June 2021
Insurtech Honey Insurance has launched today targeting the home and contents market, having secured $15.5 million in seed funding from its underwriting partner RACQ and other institutional investors...
ICA launches business interruption advertising campaign in newspapers
16 June 2021
The Insurance Council of Australia is this week running advertisements in major daily newspapers encouraging policyholders to contact their insurer or broker about business interruption claims related to the COVID-19 pandemic...
Queensland Budget 'missed opportunity' for mitigation, tax reform
16 June 2021
The Insurance Council of Australia has labelled the Queensland Government’s 2021/22 Budget a “missed opportunity” to invest in mitigation works and cut insurance taxes...
NIBA's Queensland broker award finalists named
16 June 2021
The National Insurance Brokers Association has revealed this year’s Queensland finalists for both its Broker and Young Professional Broker awards...