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IAG tips motor club deals to bring ‘considerable growth’

Mon, 27 Oct 2025 03:07:39 GMT

IAG says its acquisition-led growth strategy is delivering results and it anticipates an immediate earnings boost from RACQ Insurance...

Private investor seals Johns Lyng takeover

Mon, 27 Oct 2025 03:07:18 GMT

Pacific Equity Partners has completed its acquisition of Johns Lyng Group...

CGU to contact customers affected by Claim Central halt

Mon, 27 Oct 2025 03:07:07 GMT

Administrators will hold a creditors’ meeting on Wednesday to discuss options for the Australian property business of Claim Central...

360 moves into casualty

Mon, 27 Oct 2025 03:06:46 GMT

360 Underwriting Solutions has launched a casualty agency offering tailored products backed by capacity partner Lloyd’s...

Tego marks anniversary with innovation award wins

Mon, 27 Oct 2025 02:45:06 GMT

Medical malpractice underwriter Tego Insurance won six accolades at this year’s Global Insurance Innovation Awards...

‘We’re not the bad guys’: Claimo rejects blame for Eric failure

Sun, 19 Oct 2025 23:40:32 GMT

Refund specialist Claimo says it will not accept responsibility for the failure of motor add-on group Eric, despite an administrators’ report stating it was a string of complaints and associated fees that brought down the insurer...

Insurance buyout drives up RAA bottom line

Sun, 19 Oct 2025 23:40:17 GMT

SA motoring group RAA’s after-tax profit jumped to $276.1 million last financial year due to an upfront payment from the deal to sell its insurance underwriting operations to Allianz...

Allianz holds onto biggest brand crown

Sun, 19 Oct 2025 23:39:59 GMT

Allianz has been named the world’s top insurance brand for the seventh year running...

Castle flags positive response since launch

Sun, 19 Oct 2025 23:39:58 GMT

Castle Insurance MD Bradley Heath says broker uptake of the group’s home, contents and landlord products has been “enormously encouraging”...

‘So many new CEOs’: broker talent war breaks out

Mon, 13 Oct 2025 03:57:33 GMT

A string of new local leaders at the major international brokerages is turbocharging an already competitive recruitment market, experts say...

Steadfast unveils new specialty agency

Mon, 13 Oct 2025 03:57:24 GMT

Steadfast has today launched Prevail, a multiline high net worth and farming specialist that brings together three long-standing underwriting agencies – Mansions, Dawes and Argis...

Court approves Johns Lyng takeover

Mon, 13 Oct 2025 03:57:04 GMT

The Supreme Court of NSW today gave its approval for Johns Lyng Group’s takeover by Pacific Equity Partners, after the building company’s shareholders last week backed the move...

Liberty overhauls financial institution cover

Mon, 13 Oct 2025 03:27:52 GMT

Liberty Specialty Markets has responded to legislative changes with new policy wordings for Australian financial services company covers...

NZ court hits IAG with ‘significant’ penalty for pricing breaches

Mon, 06 Oct 2025 03:15:27 GMT

IAG New Zealand has been penalised $NZ19.5 million ($17.2 million) for pricing failures that affected about 269,000 customers...

MB picks up former Steadfast agencies manager

Mon, 06 Oct 2025 03:04:56 GMT

Chris Quick has been appointed head of strategy and business development at underwriting agency MB Insurance, which is expanding in the prestige motor market...

Lloyd’s faces leadership shake-up as Mackinnon leaves

Mon, 06 Oct 2025 03:04:42 GMT

Lloyd’s will lose a “core member” of its commercial leadership team next April when Chris Mackinnon departs...

Marsh names corporate and commercial region head

Mon, 06 Oct 2025 03:03:50 GMT

Marsh has filled its Pacific head of corporate and commercial position after Johannes D Veldsman moved to join rival brokerage Gallagher...

RACQ says sorry over ‘false’ comparison prices

Mon, 29 Sep 2025 04:50:35 GMT

RACQ Insurance has apologised for a renewal notice transparency failure that has led the corporate regulator to launch Federal Court action alleging false or misleading representations...

New Suncorp chair to ‘build on strong foundations’

Mon, 29 Sep 2025 04:42:19 GMT

Suncorp director Duncan West has taken over as chair, replacing Christine McLoughlin, who left following Friday’s annual general meeting...

RAC insists IAG deal is best option, as profit rises

Mon, 29 Sep 2025 04:27:31 GMT

WA motoring club RAC Group says the sale of its insurance arm to IAG offers the “best path forward” for the business after the competition watchdog raised concerns over the $1.35 billion deal...