Axa XL targets Asia Pacific mid-market growth
18 September 2023
Axa XL says the mid-market segment provides a clear growth opportunity for the insurer and it’s appointed a new regional head to drive the expansion...
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Helia announces new partnership
18 September 2023
Helia has entered a five-year partnership to exclusively provide Great Southern Bank home loan customers lenders mortgage insurance...
Aon announces new Asia Pacific COO
18 September 2023
Aon has named Citibank Asia Pacific executive Jeff Plein as its new Asia Pacific COO...
Allianz says ‘sustainability’ of optional flood cover a concern
11 September 2023
Allianz is considering its optional flood cover offering, saying last year’s floods have “called into question” the sustainability of the current arrangement...
Marsh new regional head to take up role in January
11 September 2023
Marsh says new Pacific President Josh Roach will take up the Sydney-based role effective from the start of January...
AMA says capital raising receives ‘strong support’
11 September 2023
Smash repairer AMA Group says a fully underwritten share placement and institutional entitlement offer to raise $55 million has received strong support...
Dual’s Abbruzzo takes new role amid leadership overhaul
11 September 2023
Dual Asia Pacific CEO Damien Coates has announced leadership changes across Australia and New Zealand...
AM Best affirms Delta rating
11 September 2023
Rating agency AM Best has affirmed the Performance Assessment of Delta Insurance New Zealand Limited and Delta Underwriting Private Limited as PA-2.
Finity’s new advisory practice ‘open for business’
04 September 2023
Finity has launched its new Economic Advisory Practice to help bolster insights on a wide range of fields, including general insurance...
Hilary Bates joins Zurich’s UK team
04 September 2023
Zurich Financial Services Australia COO Hilary Bates has been appointed Chief Compliance Officer in the insurer’s UK team...
Meridian Lawyers collaborates with Singapore firm
04 September 2023
Meridian Lawyers has announced a "strategic alliance” with Singapore-based heritage law firm Donaldson & Burkinshaw LLP to strengthen and expand its insurance and commercial legal operations...
QBE Foundation opens submissions for annual grants
04 September 2023
The QBE Foundation has opened applications for this year’s local grants program, offering $360,000 for charity and community organisations working to build climate resilience and inclusion opportunities...
GB flags complexity of EQC claims
04 September 2023
Claims manager Gallagher Bassett has highlighted a combination of in-field experience and targeted training and development as the key to its status as a preferred partner for insurers managing Toka Tu Ake EQC claims...
AUB forecasts strong growth, raises mid-term targets
28 August 2023
AUB Group has forecast strong growth this financial year as its UK Tysers acquisition provides benefits while premium rate momentum continues...
New PSC chairman to ‘find acquisitions’ after Honan, Tysers snags
28 August 2023
Incoming PSC Insurance Group non-executive Chairman Paul Dwyer will support the broker’s search for potential investment opportunities when he takes over from Brian Austin after the annual general meeting in November...
HDI Global mid-market strategy ‘gaining traction’
28 August 2023
HDI Global Australia says its mid-market strategy is gaining traction and the branch has made a meaningful contribution to the Germany-based group’s overall first-half financial results...
Helia business impacted by First Home Guarantee scheme
28 August 2023
Lenders’ mortgage insurer Helia Group says the Federal Government’s First Home Guarantee scheme is having a “material impact” on its business...
Nib travel arm achieves record GWP
28 August 2023
Nib Holdings’ travel business rebounded strongly as a surge in post-pandemic travel drove gross written premium to a record $224.1 million for the year to June 30. In the preceding year GWP reached $96.5 million...
Berkley Re discusses rising ‘worker-to-worker' liability claims
28 August 2023
Berkley Re Asia Pacific CEO Glen Riddell has flagged the rising trend of employment related worker-to-worker liability claims in a video discussion...
Finity forms strategic partnership with NIWA
28 August 2023
Finity has partnered with New Zealand’s National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research to help deliver insights on water perils within New Zealand and the wider Pacific region...