Once a minnow in the field, local insurer Hollard has turbo-charged its GWP after pulling off the daring acquisition of Commonwealth Bank’s insurance business. The cover story in the latest edition of Insurance News magazine features the company’s founder Richard Enthoven, who talks about how the deal came about and how Hollard will leverage its new business to foster growth.

The August-September edition of the industry’s favourite news magazine also examines the June 30 renewals period, finding premiums continuing to rise and some pain points becoming more acute.

It’s much the same news in the commercial insurance market, with another report looking at the commercial insurance market from brokers’ perspective.

Meanwhile, insurers are facing a new dilemma after a torrid year of natural disasters: building material costs are rising and availability is falling. Insurance News looks at the causes and solutions.

In other articles we profile how broker PSC has managed its first 15 years; we meet the CEOs of Howden Broking and Ardonagh-owned Resilium; an expert warns brokerages adding ARs must be aware of changing compliance rules; we preview the upcoming Dive In Festival and its drive to make us all “allies for change”; and we show how Vero is helping its customers by providing business recovery grants.

All that and our regular features – including social pictures –  in the busy August-September edition of Insurance News magazine. Copies will start landing in letterboxes and inboxes over the next few weeks.