Lloyd’s names regional chief
31 January 2011
New Zealander Kent Chaplin has been appointed as the head of Lloyd’s Asia-Pacific operations…
Corporate
Calliden stays in warranty market
31 January 2011
Calliden Group has reversed its decision to exit the Victorian domestic builders’ warranty insurance market…
Newline grows local operations
31 January 2011
Newline Australia is transferring the management of its operations to Melbourne with the promotion of Craig Rowsell to Regional Manager. He will also continue as the Underwriting Manager of Liability…
Australis upgrades Melbourne office
31 January 2011
Australis Group Underwriting has made its Melbourne office a full branch and former underwriter Glenn Eason has rejoined the firm…
Holland moves to Midland
31 January 2011
Melbourne-based Midland Insurance Brokers has purchased Mt Eliza brokerage Holland Insurance for an undisclosed sum…
XL reaches out to middle market
31 January 2011
XL Insurance is extending its reach into the Australian market with a move to offer solutions pitched at middle market companies…
QBE Aviation moves into PNG
13 December 2010
QBE Insurance has started writing aviation business in Papua New Guinea…
Landmark Insurance stays despite AWB takeover
13 December 2010
Landmark Insurance will continue under the same brand after the takeover of its parent, AWB, by Canadian agribusiness group Agrium…
McDonald’s man joins IAG board
13 December 2010
Insurance Australia Group has appointed former McDonald’s Australia CEO Peter Bush as a non-executive director…
Lumley improves broker relations
13 December 2010
Lumley Insurance has improved its relationship with brokers, according to its latest annual survey…
Suncorp lists benefits from statutory classes merger
13 December 2010
A senior Suncorp manager says many insurers are failing to capitalise on the similarities that exist in personal injury claims in workers’ compensation and compulsory third party insurance…
Zurich reorganises for better broker service
06 December 2010
Zurich Australia’s general insurance arm is to undergo a major transformation in a bid to increase market share by working more closely with brokers…
Suncorp restructure gets regulatory approvals
06 December 2010
Suncorp’s proposal to undertake a restructure has received approval from the Federal Treasurer as well as the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority…
Rothbury completes Tasman deal
06 December 2010
Rothbury Insurance Brokers has taken control of Tasman Insurance Consultants after settling the purchase deal with the Insured Group on December 1…
Insured Group creditor payments approved
06 December 2010
Shareholders in the NZ-listed WA-based business Insured Group have approved paying creditors with the company’s shares…
Adjuster applies an app
06 December 2010
MYI Freemans has developed an in-house iPhone application for its loss adjusters…
Court approves Munich Re’s Australian changes
06 December 2010
Munich Re America has received Federal Court approval to transfer its Australian direct insurance contracts to Great Lakes Re in Sydney…
QBE Europe consolidates divisions
29 November 2010
QBE Europe has consolidated its operating structure into three divisions and moved to fill the gap in its underwriting management caused by the move of Chief Underwriting Officer John Neal…
PIH agrees to Centrepoint merger
29 November 2010
Professional Investment Holdings financial advisers have voted in favour of the merger with premium funder Centrepoint Alliance…
Rates will stay stable, says Austbrokers
29 November 2010
Austbrokers Holdings expects premium rates next year will remain “relatively stable”, with modest increases over the rest of the financial year in the SME sector…