Corporate
IAG to make public interest case in quest for RAC deal
12 October 2026
IAG expects to lodge a public benefits application with the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission in the next few days as it pursues approval for its RAC Insurance acquisition...
Shark Tank star to ‘build $200m brokerage’
12 October 2026
Entrepreneur and TV personality Nick Bell has posted a wanted ad seeking a Melbourne-based insurance broker partner for a new venture...
Johns Lyng unit seeks OK to buy fellow strata manager
12 October 2026
Johns Lyng subsidiary Bright & Duggan Group will buy Civium Property Group’s strata and building management business, subject to clearance from the competition watchdog...
Technical Assessing names new operations chief
12 October 2026
Bruce Cooper has been promoted to COO at loss adjuster Technical Assessing...
Power couple team up on green energy discounts
12 October 2026
IAG has partnered with fintech Brighte to help its employees and NRMA Insurance customers transition their homes to more sustainable energy...
Club Marine and Mercury renew partnership
12 October 2026
Boat retailer Mercury and Club Marine have renewed an insurance agreement that has been in place since 2012...
IAG, RAC apply for review of blocked deal
08 October 2026
IAG and RAC have lodged applications that keep the door open for an Australian Competition Tribunal review of a blocked takeover deal, as they also pursue a public interest test process...
Hollard hires former banking exec as risk chief
08 October 2026
Hollard Insurance Australia has recruited Mark Adams from the banking sector to be its chief risk officer...
Tower grows premium, lifts profit guidance
07 October 2026
Tower says gross written premium grew 3% in the year to September 30 and it will not need to use all its annual large event allowance...
Castle announces capacity deal with Canopius
06 October 2026
Underwriting agency Castle Insurance has struck a new capacity agreement with international (re)insurer Canopius, drawing a line under its partnership with QBE...
Clearlake takes Journey as expansion continues
06 October 2026
Clearlake Insurance Brokers has expanded in Queensland with the acquisition of Journey Insure...
New Finity leadership team settles in
06 October 2026
Finity Consulting says Nelson Henwood has started work as MD and director Aaron Cutter has become board chair...
Shares drop after Suncorp says it's ‘not in talks’
05 October 2026
Suncorp shares fell late last week after the company said in response to an Australian Securities Exchange price query that it is not in discussions regarding a takeover and that it has not received an offer...
Axa XL names APAC and Europe client and distribution officer
05 October 2026
Axa XL says Thomas Gotting has become chief client and distribution officer for Australia and the broader Asia-Pacific region as well as Europe...
Nib concludes travel insurance divestment
05 October 2026
Listed health insurer Nib Holdings has completed the sale of its travel insurance businesses...
Insurer-charity tie-up helps people in crisis
05 October 2026
Allianz has partnered with charity Orange Sky, which provides hot showers and laundry services to homeless or displaced people...
Gallagher acquires NZ brokerage
02 October 2026
Gallagher has expanded its New Zealand operations with the purchase of Albany Insurance Services, a retail broker with commercial and personal lines clients in Auckland and Canterbury regions...
Criterion appoints new CEO
01 October 2026
Criterion Underwriting, which specialises in complex and hard-to-place risks, has appointed Ian Mundy as CEO as the business expands its capabilities for brokers and their clients...
QBE promotes Groves to Australia Pacific head
28 September 2026
QBE has appointed Jonathan Groves as CEO Australia Pacific, effective from the start of November, following more than a decade with the company in a number of senior roles...
IAG continues battle to complete RAC deal
28 September 2026
IAG will pursue its next avenue for convincing the regulator that its proposed RAC Insurance acquisition should be cleared, potentially extending the process into next year...