The Broker
Agencies growth adds downward pressure on NZ commercial prices
18 July 2024
New Zealand commercial rates are showing “clear signs” of softening as new capacity enters the market, broker Gallagher says in a July update...
QBE unveils global cyber product
18 July 2024
QBE has launched a global cyber insurance policy, QCyberProtect, offering comprehensive coverage for existing and new digital risks...
Arteva Funding commercial director retires
18 July 2024
Bob Dodd will retire from Arteva Funding after next week, ending a premium funding industry career spanning more than 20 years...
GCube launches new battery project capacity
18 July 2024
Renewable energy project underwriter GCube Insurance has launched a new consortium of six Lloyd’s syndicates to provide insurance capacity to battery energy storage system owners...
AUB takes stake in New Zealand broker
18 July 2024
AUB Group has entered into an equity partnership with New Zealand’s Northco Insurance Brokers...
Lockton names new hires as it opens Adelaide office
18 July 2024
Lockton has announced two new appointments as it marks the launch of its Adelaide office...
Arch recruits underwriting manager from AIG
18 July 2024
Arch Insurance Australia has appointed Alex Mackinnon as its new northern region executive assurance underwriting manager...
NIBA calls for pricing transparency on climate risk
11 July 2024
The National Insurance Brokers Association has urged insurers to provide “clear and detailed explanations” of pricing structures to address concerns about the way climate risk is factored into premiums...
‘Moral challenge’ jacks up rates for coal mining sector
11 July 2024
The insurance struggles facing coal and other fossil fuel-related businesses remain severe more than three years after a parliamentary inquiry examined the matter, CRE Insurance Broking director Adam Battista says...
Victoria to review builders’ warranty panel next year
11 July 2024
The Victorian Managed Insurance Authority says it will review its broker panel for builders’ warranty cover next year, after ejecting Insurance House from the current list of approved distributors...
Brokers vie for ANZIIF awards
11 July 2024
Aon and Marsh will go head to head for the large broker of the year crown at this year’s Australian and New Zealand Institute of Insurance and Finance awards...
UAC hails ‘amazing’ Brisbane Market Exchange
11 July 2024
More than 400 brokers and 132 exhibitors attended the Underwriting Agencies Council Market Exchange in Brisbane yesterday...
ACIL recruits broking veteran to board
11 July 2024
The Australian Consumers Insurance Lobby has appointed retired north Queensland broker John Devaney to its board following its annual general meeting last month...
NIBA to reveal WA award winners
11 July 2024
The National Insurance Brokers Association’s awards roadshow heads to WA tomorrow, with the state’s best-performing brokers to be revealed at a gala lunch...
360 Commercial names AIG as NZ provider
11 July 2024
360 Commercial New Zealand, previously Rosser Underwriting, has announced AIG is its new capacity provider...
Aon analyst takes on wider role
11 July 2024
Aon’s analytics head for Asia-Pacific reinsurance Peter Cheesman will oversee commercial risk in the region as part of an expanded role...
Former Steadfast director buys Sequoia broking businesses
04 July 2024
Sequoia Financial Group has sold its general insurance broking businesses to WIB Corporate, a company owned and controlled by former Steadfast director Cameron Bott...
Howden eyes mature cyber market as ‘robust’ risk controls pay off
04 July 2024
Cyber insurance is entering a “new phase of development”, according to a report from Howden, which projects global premium will more than double by 2030...
Top broking experts to appear at Insurance News seminar
04 July 2024
Leaders from Austbrokers, BJS Insurance, CGU and Marsh will share their expertise at the Insurance News Moving Forward Faster technology seminar in Sydney next month...
AUB seals Pacific Indemnity acquisition
04 July 2024
AUB Group has finalised its acquisition of a 70% equity stake in Pacific Indemnity, an Australian financial lines underwriting agency...