Allianz to buy TIO
24 November 2014
The Northern Territory Government will sell the Territory Insurance Office’s insurance operations to Allianz Australia…
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Lloyd’s underwriter Talbot to open Australian office
19 November 2014
Talbot Underwriting will open a Sydney office in January, writing business from its Lloyd’s syndicate…
Roy Ellis dies
19 November 2014
Roy Ellis, a pioneer in the establishment of underwriting agencies in Australia, died in Sydney yesterday after a long illness…
Sale strengthens Sportscover’s role at Lloyd’s
18 November 2014
Melbourne-based Sportscover has agreed to sell control of its Lloyd’s managing general agency, Syndicate 3334, to Bermudian company Hamilton Insurance…
Arch buys Resource Underwriting
11 November 2014
Arch Insurance Europe has acquired 100% of underwriting agency Resource Underwriting Pacific…
Steadfast launches direct insurance channel
05 November 2014
Listed broker Steadfast is entering the direct personal lines market with a new line of retail insurance products for sale through brokers…
Pagano, Cook leave as Zurich restructures
30 October 2014
High-profile senior managers at Zurich Financial Services have chosen to take redundancy packages under a restructure announced by the company yesterday that will see up to 45 other…
Humphreys moves to Steadfast
29 October 2014
Lloyd’s Australia MD Adrian Humphreys has resigned to join Steadfast as GM Business Development…
Comparison website, unauthorised foreign insurers for north Queensland
23 October 2014
The Federal Government will establish a comparison website for home and contents insurance in north Queensland and allow unauthorised foreign insurers to operate in the market…
IAG announces future of CGU, Lumley and WFI brands
13 October 2014
IAG has announced a major repositioning of its brands, with its intermediated business to fall under the CGU banner, Lumley to be established as an underwriting agencies…
Zurich makes it two in a row, other winners announced
15 September 2014
Zurich Australia has won the National Insurance Brokers Association general insurer of the year award for the second consecutive year…
Sportscover confirms Lloyd’s sale talk with Hamilton
11 September 2014
Sportscover and Bermuda-based property and casualty insurer Hamilton Insurance have announced they are in discussions over the sale of Sportscover’s Lloyd’s syndicate…
Steadfast bids for Calliden
27 August 2014
Broker group Steadfast has announced plans to buy listed insurer Calliden…
Suncorp arm sets up Steadfast brokerage
26 August 2014
Suncorp-owned authorised representative distributor Resilium is launching a broking arm, Resilium Insurance Broking…
IAG names commercial leadership team
25 August 2014
IAG has announced a new commercial insurance leadership team following its Wesfarmers acquisition…
Gallagher rebrands SRS, Australis agencies
14 August 2014
Arthur J Gallagher has announced a new single brand for its two Australian underwriting agencies…
Assetinsure sale to Ironshore called off
30 June 2014
The acquisition of Assetinsure by US-based insurer Ironshore has been called off by mutual agreement of the parties…
New Zealand Commerce Commission approves IAG’s Lumley takeover
30 April 2014
IAG will be allowed to acquire Wesfarmers Insurance New Zealand assets following a decision by New Zealand’s competition regulator…
Austbrokers creates new distribution super-role
22 April 2014
Austbrokers Holdings has brought together its broker and intermediary distribution management functions in a restructure announced this afternoon…
Feely returns as Zurich revamps management team
11 April 2014
Zurich Australia CEO Daniel Fogarty has announced a major revamp of his senior management team…