Zurich launches SME offering in New Zealand
26 April 2022
Zurich has announced its small business insurance product will be available in New Zealand and distributed through select brokers...
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AM Best affirms Tower ratings as 'positive' underwriting results projected
26 April 2022
Rating agency AM Best says Tower Limited is expected to report positive underwriting and operating results, following a review of the New Zealand insurer’s credit assessment...
NTI's Marine Protect marks five-year milestone
26 April 2022
NTI-owned Marine Protect is celebrating its five-year milestone, welcoming the occasion with an annual insured portfolio of $150 billion worth of cargo, nearly 4000 vessels and thousands of transport companies...
QBE global subsidiaries' ratings affirmed
11 April 2022
AM Best has affirmed its credit ratings of QBE Insurance Group’s key subsidiaries in Europe, the UK and North America...
Ebix chief d'Apice recovering after bike accident
11 April 2022
Ebix Australia MD Leon d’Apice is recovering from injuries suffered in a serious mountain biking accident in late February...
Blue Zebra adds commercial motor on Steadfast platform
11 April 2022
Blue Zebra Insurance will launch its commercial motor product on the Steadfast Client Trading Platform later this month...
Guild’s outlook lifts with BI claims certainty
11 April 2022
AM Best has revised the outlook of Guild Insurance to stable from negative, saying its balance sheet and operating fundamentals are benefitting from increased certainty over exposure to covid-related business interruption claims...
Cyber expert to lead new Clyde & Co service
11 April 2022
Law firm Clyde & Co says it has launched its APAC Cyber Risk Advisory practice in response to growing demand from clients seeking support to improve their digital security...
AUB says no agreement reached on Tysers deal
04 April 2022
AUB Group says it has not reached agreement with London-based wholesale broker Tysers regarding a potential acquisition...
Allianz Deputy MD departs after eight years with insurer
04 April 2022
Allianz Australia says it is “actively recruiting” for a candidate to take up the newly created role of General Manager, Office of the Managing Director, following the departure of Deputy MD Helen Silver last week...
Coface sets up in New Zealand
04 April 2022
Global credit insurer Coface announced today the opening of its first branch in New Zealand, after securing a licence from the Reserve Bank of New Zealand last week...
Johns Lyng wins NSW flood recovery contract
04 April 2022
Building services provider Johns Lyng Group (JLG) says it has been contracted by the NSW Government to lead its recovery response to the February/March flood catastrophe...
Berkley adds management liability to bindIT portal
04 April 2022
Berkley Insurance Australia has added Management Liability to its online broker portal bindIT...
QBE restructures Australian business
28 March 2022
QBE has “reorganised its Australian operating model” around two broad customer segments – Consumer and Business – as part of aims to enhance customer value and experience...
Tower provides Tonga tsunami, Cyclone Dovi update
28 March 2022
Tower says it has received 288 claims from the Tonga volcanic eruption and tsunami as well as 762 claims triggered after the remains of Cyclone Dovi hit parts of New Zealand’s North Island in February...
New WTW-backed risk management initiative focuses on 'high impact' threats
28 March 2022
Global brokerage WTW and US-based Risk and Insurance Management Society are teaming up to help organisations in the Asia Pacific manage “high impact” threats such as climate, geopolitics and cyber...
AM Best lifts Ansvar outlook to stable
28 March 2022
AM Best has revised its outlook for Ansvar Insurance to stable from negative and affirmed its A- rating after increased financial and reinsurance support provided to Ansvar by its UK-based owner Ecclesiastical Insurance Office...
RACQ arranges flood replacement vehicle support program
28 March 2022
RACQ members who lost their cars in recent floods can benefit from preferential pricing on new cars and help finding a replacement vehicle under agreements with three Queensland dealerships...
Suncorp to recruit 600 extra people to speed flood response
21 March 2022
Suncorp says it will recruit more than 600 extra people to speed up flood recovery efforts as insurers continue to receive more claims from the Queensland and NSW catastrophe...
IAG publishes motor, property repair inspection stats
21 March 2022
IAG says it completed more than 14,400 motor repair inspections and conducted 2867 property repair inspections in the last financial year, despite challenges posed by covid restrictions...