Corporate
  
  
  24 September 2018
  New Suncorp Chairman Christine McLoughlin says the board is setting  up a new customer-focused committee, and has promised shareholders at  her first AGM there will be a sharp focus on governance, conduct and  culture…
  
  24 September 2018
  Administrators KordaMentha have sold failed New Zealand insurer CBL’s  UK-based European Insurance Services for an undisclosed price…
  
  24 September 2018
  Risk survey consultant ICPS Australia has gone into voluntary administration…
  
  24 September 2018
  Vehicle auctioneer Manheim will manage the disposal of damaged vehicles written off by Suncorp for another five years…
  
  24 September 2018
  Claim Central will manage IAG-backed insurer IAL’s  property and motor claims as part of a three-year agreement announced last  week…
  
  17 September 2018
  Suncorp has teamed up with Hollard to provide AAMI customers with pet insurance…
  
  17 September 2018
  Zurich Head of Distribution General Insurance Scott Luxford has left the company…
  
  17 September 2018
  Strata insurance will undergo “enormous change” over the next three to five years, CHU CEO Bobby Lehane says…
  
  17 September 2018
  Ironshore parent Liberty Mutual has formed a standalone unit to provide mergers and acquisitions insurance solutions…
  
  17 September 2018
  Insurance broker BMS Group has rebranded its wholesale broking division as Lions Gate Placement Services…
  
  17 September 2018
  New Zealand insurer Tower has brought in two experienced executives to help drive change as it overhauls its digital operations…
  
  10 September 2018
  QBE says its recruitment of former Youi CEO Frank Costigan signals a push for greater market share in personal lines…
  
  10 September 2018
  Youi has appointed Hugo Schreuder as CEO ahead of Frank Costigan’s departure to QBE…
  
  10 September 2018
  Tony Barber has left JLT Australia after less than two years as Chairman of Specialty…
  
  10 September 2018
  Insurance News co-founder Naomi Conway has sold her shareholding and left the company…
  
  10 September 2018
  Zurich is targeting a new era of worldwide growth for its Australian  travel insurer Cover-More, and has installed one of its own global  executives as CEO…
  
  10 September 2018
  The Cunningham Lindsey brand has ceased to exist in Australia and New  Zealand, following the loss adjuster’s acquisition by US-based claims  manager Sedgwick…
  
  10 September 2018
  Gallagher has acquired employee benefits consultant and corporate  advisory group Super-Advice as it continues to diversify beyond  traditional insurance broking…
  
  10 September 2018
  Finity Consulting has partnered with secure data company IXUP to  launch a technology and analytics platform aimed at the insurance  industry…
  
  10 September 2018
  Zurich has opened the Innovation World Championship, inviting  start-ups from more than 20 countries including Australia and New  Zealand to make propositions…