Guy Carpenter fills Pacific leadership role
31 August 2026
Guy Carpenter has made Justin Ward Pacific CEO and added James Beedle to its Pacific board...
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Chubb finds NZ leader
31 August 2026
Chubb has filled its New Zealand country president position, appointing Jon Longmore after Ben Carey had taken the role on an interim basis...
Proclaim founder bows out after ‘wild ride’
31 August 2026
Jon Broome, who has led Proclaim for almost three decades, is leaving the business as it rebrands under DWF after acquisition by the British law firm and claims service provider...
AIAP rebrands as Bellinger, names new boss
31 August 2026
Matthew Luxford will lead Bellinger Claims – the new name for third-party claims administrator AIAP...
Finpro specialist marks 20 years
31 August 2026
London Australia Underwriting is celebrating its 20th anniversary, and says it has written more than 60,000 policies, supported about 55,000 clients and paid more than $80 million in claims since its launch...
Shareholders to decide as Steadfast backs $7.7b takeover
24 August 2026
Steadfast’s board is recommending shareholders back a $7.7 billion private equity bid after the offer for Australia’s largest broking company was confirmed on Friday...
Boutique AR network opens doors
24 August 2026
Key Insurance Partners, founded and led by Keith Riddle, has launched as a boutique authorised representative network...
Adica joins fraud-fighting project
24 August 2026
Adica Insurance is a founding member of an industry fraud analytics and detection platform that is under development...
‘Growing role’ for Australia as HDI Global makes gains
24 August 2026
HDI Global Australia says the outlook for the rest of this year is positive following growth initiatives in the first half...
Nib sets date of departure from travel operations
24 August 2026
Nib Holdings says it expects to complete the sale of its travel insurance businesses in the first half of this financial year...
Tower adds director
24 August 2026
Sophie Haslem has joined the board of New Zealand insurer Tower, filling a casual vacancy...
Exclusivity period extended as Steadfast deal moves closer
17 August 2026
Steadfast says the consortium bidding for the company is in the final stages of due diligence and an exclusivity period will be extended by two days to Friday...
Leadership shake-up provides ‘maximum effect’, Suncorp chief says
17 August 2026
Suncorp is on the “right path” as it begins the next phase of strategy implementation under a revamped leadership structure that starts today, CEO Steve Johnston says...
QBE eyes promotion to reinsurance ‘premier league’
17 August 2026
QBE says its reinsurance business is well placed to join the world’s biggest players and the sector presents a growth opportunity following recent expansion...
IAG sees retail premium growth continuing
17 August 2026
Retail premium momentum and a full-year contribution from RACQ Insurance will drive expansion this financial year, IAG says...
Ex-AMP chief joins Zurich board
17 August 2026
Zurich Financial Services says former AMP CEO Alexis George has joined as an independent non-executive director following the resignation of John Mulcahy...
Integra names new ANZ leader
17 August 2026
Integra Technical Services has appointed Mark Thompson as MD of Australia and New Zealand...
Zurich confirms exec departures at Cover-More, Freely
17 August 2026
Cover-More chief marketing officer Chris Noble and Freely EGM Miksu Vaittinen have left the Zurich-owned businesses...
Steadfast adds farm to broking platform
10 August 2026
Steadfast says it will offer Allianz’s farm product on its broking portal in November and it expects to expand its range of offerings in the category in coming months...
Car repairers firm in opposition to IAG-RAC deal
10 August 2026
The Motor Trades Association of Australia says it has examined IAG’s draft undertaking to ease market concerns over its plan to buy WA motoring group RAC’s insurance business, and it remains opposed to the deal...