IAG’s top lawyer to depart
16 July 2018
IAG’s Group General Counsel Chris Bertuch will leave the insurer in September…
Corporate
Zurich simplifies broker platform
16 July 2018
Zurich has revamped its Z.Stream trading platform following feedback from brokers seeking property, liability and fleet motor covers…
Agile moves into PI space
16 July 2018
Insurtech Agile Underwriting Services has entered the financial lines market with the introduction of Lloyd’s-backed professional indemnity insurance…
McLarens recruits for new Perth office
16 July 2018
Global loss adjuster McLarens has hired Desmond Lee as Executive Loss Adjuster for its new Perth office…
CHU sets up post-disaster recovery arm
16 July 2018
Strata and community title insurer CHU has established a business unit dedicated to speeding the recovery process for clients after disasters…
WTW taps AI to increase customer retention
16 July 2018
Willis Towers Watson has recruited machine learning and artificial intelligence insurance technology group Relativity6 to raise customer retention in Australia…
Nautilus drops anchor in NZ
16 July 2018
Boat specialist Nautilus Insurance has launched in New Zealand, taking its systems and infrastructure across the Tasman to further expand…
Gallagher acquires Milne Alexander
09 July 2018
Gallagher has announced the acquisition of Sydney-based brokerage Milne Alexander…
Zurich appoints general insurance CEO
09 July 2018
Zurich’s appointment of Tim Plant as its CEO General Insurance for Australia and New Zealand is the latest in a remarkable set of moves for the highly regarded insurance executive…
Suncorp stands by its decision to reject job applicant
09 July 2018
Suncorp has been criticised by the Australian Human Rights Commission for withdrawing an offer of employment for a man with a child pornography conviction…
CBL administrator disposes of UK business
09 July 2018
CBL Corp’s administrators have announced a deal to sell its UK-based Professional Fee Protection business for an undisclosed sum…
360 Underwriting recruits industry high-fliers
09 July 2018
Former QBE senior manager Andrew Borden has joined 360 Underwriting Solutions one of four experienced executives to recently join the Sydney-based underwriting agency…
Insurers explore Flamingo virtual assistant technology
09 July 2018
Artificial intelligence provider Flamingo AI says insurers are moving ahead with testing and use of its virtual assistant technology…
Cunningham Lindsey to rebrand as Sedgwick
02 July 2018
The Cunningham Lindsey name will disappear from Australia following the loss adjuster’s acquisition by US-based claims manager Sedgwick late last year…
QBE parks telematics product
02 July 2018
QBE has put the brakes on its consumer telematics offering Insurance Box as it reviews the operation’s future…
IAG NZ discards sales-driven pay structure
02 July 2018
IAG New Zealand has stopped using sales target to decide employee remuneration…
CBL faces fraud office probe
02 July 2018
New Zealand’s Serious Fraud Office and the Reserve Bank have begun investigations into CBL Insurance and its related entities…
Chubb strengthens cyber incident response program
02 July 2018
Chubb cyber policyholders in more than 50 countries will have access to round-the-clock assistance as the insurer beefs up its incident response management capabilities…
iSelect backtracks on CFO appointment
02 July 2018
Insurance comparison website iSelect will not appoint Nadine Lennie as CFO, after “unsolicited strategic interest” in the company made the role’s tenure uncertain…
Sparkes flying as Curwoods loses lawyers
02 July 2018
Consolidation in the insurance law services sector is continuing, with Sparke Helmore Lawyers today announcing it has bolstered its commercial insurance team with four new partners, two special counsel, a senior associate and 25 lawyers and support staff…