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Helia wins new ING contract

Mon, 06 Jul 2026 05:15:42 GMT

Helia has secured a new four-year contract to provide lenders’ mortgage insurance to ING Bank home loan customers...

Zurich enters homes with Honey

Mon, 06 Jul 2026 05:15:31 GMT

Underwriting agency Honey and global insurer Zurich have expanded their partnership in Australia with an entry into the home market...

QBE takes full control of Indian operation

Mon, 06 Jul 2026 05:15:18 GMT

QBE has bought the 10% stake it did not already own in its Indian joint venture Raheja QBE General Insurance Company, and says it will ramp up expansion plans...

New pet insurer aims to help owners avoid ‘tough decisions’

Mon, 06 Jul 2026 05:15:07 GMT

CoverMy Pet says it has entered the market with a no-frills approach that aims to stop insurance being dropped due to rising premiums...

Tower partners up on renters’ cover

Mon, 06 Jul 2026 05:14:52 GMT

Tower has become the exclusive insurance partner of New Zealand rental services start-up Renti...

AAMC reshuffles heavy motor leadership team

Mon, 06 Jul 2026 05:14:24 GMT

Accident management group AAMC has made senior appointments in its Land + Road division, as it aims to strengthen its support for insurers in heavy motor crash assessing...

BizCover platform adds Berkshire Hathaway ML cover

Mon, 06 Jul 2026 05:14:06 GMT

Online business insurance broker BizCover has expanded its partnership with Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance, adding the insurer’s management liability product to its digital platform...

PSC secured ACCC waiver to buy transport specialist

Mon, 29 Jun 2026 04:41:16 GMT

PSC’s acquisition of MA Insurance Brokers is not expected to reduce competition in the transport market, the mergers watchdog says...

Guardian names new COO

Mon, 29 Jun 2026 04:41:06 GMT

Guardian Insurance Brokers has appointed compliance specialist Fiona Wood as COO...

BizCover’s broker tool adds Zurich ML product

Mon, 29 Jun 2026 04:40:58 GMT

The BizCover for Brokers platform now offers Zurich’s SME management liability insurance designed for private companies, non-profits and unlisted public groups with revenue below $20 million and fewer than 200 employees...

Clyde & Co brings in employment practice leader

Mon, 29 Jun 2026 04:40:43 GMT

Law firm Clyde & Co says Sarah Wood has joined as a partner and employment practice leader in Australia...

IAG takes stake in modular builder

Mon, 22 Jun 2026 03:42:16 GMT

IAG’s Firemark Ventures has invested in Melbourne modular builder Spacecube after a pilot of its units as claimant accommodation in Victoria after January bushfires...

Bidders tipped to scrutinise Steadfast network structure

Mon, 22 Jun 2026 03:42:08 GMT

Steadfast’s relationship-driven broking network arrangements will be closely examined by the Amwins and Dragoneer consortium as it considers firming its bid for the group, Macquarie Equity Research says...

Aviva’s Probitas 1492 syndicate rebrands

Mon, 22 Jun 2026 03:41:57 GMT

Lloyd’s syndicate Probitas 1492 will be rebranded as Aviva Syndicates across all communications, systems and market interactions from October...

Halliwell buys Melbourne polymers lab

Mon, 22 Jun 2026 03:41:45 GMT

US loss consultancy Halliwell has acquired polymer testing laboratory ExcelPlas, which was founded in Melbourne in 1994...

Vero rolls out no-commission strata cover

Mon, 22 Jun 2026 03:41:31 GMT

Suncorp’s intermediated brand has launched a strata homes product “designed from the ground up” to address market challenges making it difficult for brokers to place cover...

Consortium cold feet unlikely after Steadfast bid: analysts

Mon, 15 Jun 2026 04:41:15 GMT

The Amwins and Dragoneer consortium’s offer for Steadfast is more likely to proceed than the private equity bid for AUB Group that fell over last year, analyst group Jarden says...

Regis picks up Sphere ARs

Mon, 15 Jun 2026 04:35:16 GMT

Regis Licensing has picked up a group of authorised representatives who were with Sphere Insurance Group, which entered liquidation earlier this month...

Forensic accountancy C Lewis lands in Australia

Mon, 15 Jun 2026 04:34:03 GMT

British forensic accounting firm C Lewis & Company has opened a Sydney office to provide services to insurers, loss adjusters and brokers in Australia, New Zealand and the wider region...

Consultancy adds tech unit run by former IAG exec

Mon, 15 Jun 2026 04:33:53 GMT

Customer experience consultancy CXO2 has added a practice specialising in process optimisation and technology enablement...