14 January 2020
Insurance industry sources have warned that significant numbers of bushfire-affected homeowners could be underinsured, and that the issue could develop into a political storm...
13 January 2020
Blue Zebra is exploring opportunities with South African owned insurer Youi, after Zurich announced it will cease providing security for the underwriting agency...
13 January 2020
Gallagher Australia has appointed Katherine Simmonds, most recently with Willis Towers Watson, as Head of Corporate...
10 January 2020
Insured losses from the ongoing bushfire catastrophe which has devastated areas of NSW, Victoria, Queensland and SA have reached $939 million, and are still rising...
07 January 2020
A general insurance industry delegation met Federal Treasurer Josh Frydenberg today to discuss the response to the ongoing bushfire catastrophe...
07 January 2020
AIG’s International General Insurance CEO Chris Townsend has left the company to pursue other opportunities...
09 December 2019
AUB has abandoned its plan to acquire Coverforce Holdings after failing to gain access to key documents required to finalise the deal...
08 November 2019
AIG has appointed Fairfax Financial executive Nigel Fitzgerald as CEO Australia, taking over from Noel Condon who will leave the business...
18 October 2019
Former Dual Australia claims manager Josie Gonzalez has been sentenced to 9.5 years in jail and her husband Alvaro to 7.5 years for defrauding the underwriting agency of $17.4 million...
09 September 2019
Suncorp has named Steve Johnston as Group CEO following the departure of Michael Cameron in late May...
02 August 2019
AUB Group says it intends to acquire Coverforce Holdings after reaching agreement with the brokerage’s private equity investor Pemba Capital Partners…
29 July 2019
AUB Group has announced a restructure of AIMS, its former joint venture between Austbrokers and independent broking group IBNA...
26 July 2019
Allianz Australia has won the Gold Mansfield Award for excellence in claims-handling for the second year in a row...
25 July 2019
Chubb has set up a new small commercial and mid-market division, to be headed by former Calibre CEO Mike Hooton, as it reports rapid growth in SME business.
09 July 2019
PSC Insurance Group will buy the broking business of Shepparton-based Griffiths Goodall, which was the target of an Australian Securities and Investments Commission raid earlier this year...
04 July 2019
A jury today returned a guilty verdict in the $17.4 million Dual fraud trial involving the underwriting agency’s former national claims manager Josie Gonzalez and her husband Alvaro…
03 July 2019
Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty will cease underwriting long-tail financial risks in Australia and New Zealand from September following a strategic review of the business...
02 July 2019
IAG has sold its Accident and Health International Underwriting agency to Tokio Marine Management...
26 June 2019
The Insurance Brokers Network of Australia – part of the AIMS joint venture – is splitting up with Austbrokers and moving across to the Steadfast network...
20 June 2019
AUB Group and Insurance Advisernet have set up a new joint venture to acquire non-controlling shareholdings in the authorised representative network's members in Australia and New Zealand...