Insurance Advisernet goes it alone in NZ
15 April 2019
Insurance Advisernet New Zealand has resigned as a corporate member of NZbrokers after a three-year partnership…
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Johns Lyng takes over US restoration group
15 April 2019
Johns Lyng Group has bought US water and fire damage restoration company Steamatic for $US3.1 million…
Nomads no more as Nib-owned insurer rebrands
15 April 2019
Travel insurance provider World Nomads Group has rebranded as Nib Travel…
Cover-More hails flexible insurance take-up
15 April 2019
More than 57,000 people have taken up Cover-More’s flexible insurance product since it was introduced a year ago, the travel insurer says…
Cyber specialist brings digital health cover to Australia
15 April 2019
UK-based CFC Underwriting has launched its bespoke e-health product in Australia as part of a global rollout…
Lockton boosts health and community services team
15 April 2019
Lockton Companies Australia has expanded its national health and community services division with the appointment of Vikki Karatovic, Ann-Marie Gordon and Genevieve Mathews to specialist roles…
Health specialist Tego targets life sciences
15 April 2019
Specialist healthcare underwriting agency Tego Insurance is targeting growth in the rapidly expanding life sciences and clinical trials sectors…
AUB division head quits to work on start-up
08 April 2019
AUB Group’s divisional CEO of risk services, Sunil Vohra, has left the business to focus on a digital start-up…
UK claims specialist builds Gallagher platform
08 April 2019
Gallagher has contracted UK claims specialist 360Globalnet to develop a real-time system for personal and commercial lines customers in Australia…
NTI uses new tech to combat driver fatigue
08 April 2019
National Transport Insurance has teamed up with technology developer Seeing Machines to reduce accidents caused by driver distraction and fatigue…
Marsh backs new cyber offering
08 April 2019
Broker Marsh and insurtech Cyber Indemnity Solutions have teamed up to provide data security solutions…
AAMI wades through Sydney hail claims
08 April 2019
AAMI has paid more than $30 million for claims arising from December’s Sydney hailstorm…
Andrew Boal takes over at Rice Warner
08 April 2019
Rice Warner has appointed former Willis Towers Watson head of Australasia Andrew Boal to be its new CEO, effective immediately…
McCabe Curwood recruits for new Melbourne branch
08 April 2019
Law firm McCabe Curwood has appointed Benjamin Karalus as Principal of its new office in Melbourne…
IAG offers staff childcare for Easter
08 April 2019
IAG is offering a free school holiday program this Easter for employees with children…
QBE ditches coal business
01 April 2019
QBE has unveiled plans to withdraw from coal-related businesses when the next financial year starts…
CBL fallout drags on Assetinsure earnings
01 April 2019
Assetinsure’s pre-tax profit fell by $2.4 million to $5.4 million last year because of additional expenses linked to its financially troubled former parent CBL Corporation…
CBL Corporation owes creditors $166 million
01 April 2019
New Zealand insurer CBL Corporation has paid none of the $NZ173 million it owes creditors, according to voluntary administrator KordaMentha…
QBE seeks restoration service partners
01 April 2019
QBE today launched a tender for the provision of insurance restoration services across its personal and commercial lines…
HDI names ex-QBE exec to pilot aviation team
01 April 2019
HDI Global Specialty has appointed Jamie Bowes as Head of Aviation, overseeing its new Melbourne-based aviation team…