Helia wins new ING contract
06 July 2026
Helia has secured a new four-year contract to provide lenders’ mortgage insurance to ING Bank home loan customers...
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Zurich enters homes with Honey
06 July 2026
Underwriting agency Honey and global insurer Zurich have expanded their partnership in Australia with an entry into the home market...
QBE takes full control of Indian operation
06 July 2026
QBE has bought the 10% stake it did not already own in its Indian joint venture Raheja QBE General Insurance Company, and says it will ramp up expansion plans...
New pet insurer aims to help owners avoid ‘tough decisions’
06 July 2026
CoverMy Pet says it has entered the market with a no-frills approach that aims to stop insurance being dropped due to rising premiums...
Tower partners up on renters’ cover
06 July 2026
Tower has become the exclusive insurance partner of New Zealand rental services start-up Renti...
AAMC reshuffles heavy motor leadership team
06 July 2026
Accident management group AAMC has made senior appointments in its Land + Road division, as it aims to strengthen its support for insurers in heavy motor crash assessing...
BizCover platform adds Berkshire Hathaway ML cover
06 July 2026
Online business insurance broker BizCover has expanded its partnership with Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance, adding the insurer’s management liability product to its digital platform...
PSC secured ACCC waiver to buy transport specialist
29 June 2026
PSC’s acquisition of MA Insurance Brokers is not expected to reduce competition in the transport market, the mergers watchdog says...
Guardian names new COO
29 June 2026
Guardian Insurance Brokers has appointed compliance specialist Fiona Wood as COO...
BizCover’s broker tool adds Zurich ML product
29 June 2026
The BizCover for Brokers platform now offers Zurich’s SME management liability insurance designed for private companies, non-profits and unlisted public groups with revenue below $20 million and fewer than 200 employees...
Clyde & Co brings in employment practice leader
29 June 2026
Law firm Clyde & Co says Sarah Wood has joined as a partner and employment practice leader in Australia...
IAG takes stake in modular builder
22 June 2026
IAG’s Firemark Ventures has invested in Melbourne modular builder Spacecube after a pilot of its units as claimant accommodation in Victoria after January bushfires...
Bidders tipped to scrutinise Steadfast network structure
22 June 2026
Steadfast’s relationship-driven broking network arrangements will be closely examined by the Amwins and Dragoneer consortium as it considers firming its bid for the group, Macquarie Equity Research says...
Aviva’s Probitas 1492 syndicate rebrands
22 June 2026
Lloyd’s syndicate Probitas 1492 will be rebranded as Aviva Syndicates across all communications, systems and market interactions from October...
Halliwell buys Melbourne polymers lab
22 June 2026
US loss consultancy Halliwell has acquired polymer testing laboratory ExcelPlas, which was founded in Melbourne in 1994...
Vero rolls out no-commission strata cover
22 June 2026
Suncorp’s intermediated brand has launched a strata homes product “designed from the ground up” to address market challenges making it difficult for brokers to place cover...
Consortium cold feet unlikely after Steadfast bid: analysts
15 June 2026
The Amwins and Dragoneer consortium’s offer for Steadfast is more likely to proceed than the private equity bid for AUB Group that fell over last year, analyst group Jarden says...
Regis picks up Sphere ARs
15 June 2026
Regis Licensing has picked up a group of authorised representatives who were with Sphere Insurance Group, which entered liquidation earlier this month...
Forensic accountancy C Lewis lands in Australia
15 June 2026
British forensic accounting firm C Lewis & Company has opened a Sydney office to provide services to insurers, loss adjusters and brokers in Australia, New Zealand and the wider region...
Consultancy adds tech unit run by former IAG exec
15 June 2026
Customer experience consultancy CXO2 has added a practice specialising in process optimisation and technology enablement...