ABC appeals for rethink on lawyers’ PI decision
16 March 2026
Liberty Mutual-backed ABC Insurance has requested an urgent review of the NSW Attorney-General’s decision stopping it from providing professional indemnity cover for solicitors...
Corporate
Mecon boosts construction risk capacity
16 March 2026
Construction specialist Mecon has more than doubled its construction capacity, underpinned by new underwriting arrangements...
Market Lane shakes up leadership roles
16 March 2026
Market Lane Insurance Group MD David Porteous will become group CEO as the leadership structure is tweaked to better align with operations in Australia and New Zealand...
Cohabit platform adds strata cover
16 March 2026
Insurtech Cohabit has launched a digital strata insurance product...
Steadfast moves seven agencies under Miramar brand
09 March 2026
Steadfast-owned Miramar Group has launched, bringing together seven of the listed parent’s underwriting agencies under one brand...
QBE to take ownership of India business
09 March 2026
QBE will take full control of a joint venture in India following the proposed acquisition of a majority stake held by Prism Johnson...
RAC backs new underwriting buyout application
09 March 2026
WA-based RAC says it is aligned with IAG on the decision to submit a new application seeking regulatory approval for the sale of its underwriting business...
QBE funds financial abuse advice clinics
09 March 2026
The QBE Foundation has partnered with the Centre for Women’s Economic Safety to expand advice about economic abuse for women, non-binary and gender-diverse people...
Barings sees investment opportunities in volatile markets
09 March 2026
Asset manager Barings says it has about $22 billion of funds under management from Australian investors including insurer clients after launching here in 2008...
Local 360Globalnet unit not part of UK administration
09 March 2026
The Australian arm of technology company 360Globalnet says its operations are not affected by the appointment of administrators to its UK parent...
‘The shackles are off’: Guild targets growth after EML deal
02 March 2026
Niche underwriter Guild Insurance says it will fast-track growth after EML acquired a majority stake in the business...
Steadfast to reveal CEO change
02 March 2026
Steadfast expects to announce a new CEO by the release of its full-year results in August, after Robert Kelly confirmed his intention to retire...
AUB eyes bolt-ons in fragmented British market
02 March 2026
AUB Group says the UK retail broking market remains one of the largest and most fragmented in the world despite recent consolidation, and it is looking at further opportunities following its $432 million Prestige acquisition...
Hailstorms hit Allianz P&C result
02 March 2026
Allianz’s property and casualty earnings from Australia slumped 32% last year after a substantial fourth-quarter catastrophe impact...
Helia revenue falls in year of upheaval
02 March 2026
Helia Group says its insurance revenue fell 5% to $371.5 million in a “year of material change” for the lenders’ mortgage insurance industry...
AMA Group affirms outlook after half-year result
02 March 2026
Crash repairer AMA Group delivered a “solid result” in the December half and says it is on track for $70-$75 million in normalised earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation this financial year...
QBE celebrates four decades supporting Swans
02 March 2026
QBE is marking the 40th anniversary of its partnership with AFL club Sydney Swans by expanding its annual Goals for Good initiative...
SRG joins capital markets network
02 March 2026
Specialist Risk Group has become a member of IPO Network, a provider of advisory services for micro to medium capitalised companies in Australia...
Ex-NZ chief takes on IAG simplification job
23 February 2026
IAG’s former New Zealand CEO, Amanda Whiting, has become group executive for enterprise growth and simplification...
Countrywide-Adroit merger boosts ‘scale and footprint’
23 February 2026
A merger between Austbrokers Countrywide and Adroit Insurance & Risk will create a business with about $300 million in gross written premium...